Kodak Specialist half plate: first "outing" — by Bruce Robbins on October 03, 2014

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Now that the darkroom is functional once again - how long it stays that way remains to be seen - I thought I'd get the Big Beast out to ...

Please watch this video and pledge some cash! — by Bruce Robbins on October 01, 2014

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It's not every day we have the chance to increase the number of factories making colour film by a third. At the moment, only Fuji, Koda...

What exactly is the Vintage Look? — by Bruce Robbins on September 30, 2014

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Photography forums are replete with people seeking that "old-fashioned" look in their photographs without ever really defining acc...

Kodak Bromesko - a 32-year-old gamble — by Bruce Robbins on September 28, 2014

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Well, I got the finger out on Friday and managed a brief spell in the darkroom, just feeling my way back. For some strange reason, I decided...

A newcomer to the darkroom — by Bruce Robbins on September 25, 2014

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I shouldn't have done it. I already had three enlargers and my darkroom was cluttered to the point of being largely unusable. But it was...

New Firstcall catalogue out — by Bruce Robbins on September 23, 2014

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Sometimes it can seem as though film is set to disappear up it's own fundament but every now and again something appears to renew hope. ...

View from my bathroom — by Bruce Robbins on September 19, 2014

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Before retiring last thing at night I sometimes open the bathroom window and drink in the night air, enjoying the peace and quiet. A few nig...

A few more coastal shots — by Bruce Robbins on September 17, 2014

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As promised, here are some more photographs off the two rolls of Silvermax I shot last week at the shore along the coast from my home. If yo...

Along the coast — by Bruce Robbins on September 15, 2014

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A couple of years ago the Angus coastline was a regular stopping off point for me particularly as I was doing a fair bit of long exposure ph...