Barry Thornton Articles — by Bruce Robbins on May 17, 2017

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I've added a page to the Resources section in the right side bar which contains some of the articles that Barry used to have on his old ...

Learning about the masters — by Bruce Robbins on May 15, 2017

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I think most of you would be surprised at how truly ignorant I am of the work of some of the past masters of photography. Even well-known na...

G.A.S. attack outflanked — by Bruce Robbins on May 07, 2017

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The Autocord on offer at MW Classic Cameras. Is camera equipment buying infectious, like yawning? I'd been doing rather well lately to k...

Shedding light on the darkroom — by Bruce Robbins on April 21, 2017

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Darkroom sink in need of a wash If anyone out there still gives a toss, then you might not be surprised to learn that I'm no nearer gett...

Pimp my Pacemaker — by Bruce Robbins on April 11, 2017

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A 1990s take on the classic Speed Graphic/flash set-up with a Rolleiflex for scale. As someone with a heart arrhythmia (but no pacemaker!), ...

Clicking with the SL66E — by Bruce Robbins on April 02, 2017

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Over the last few weeks, I've been looking at lots of Michael Kenna photographs and reading the interviews he's given which are post...

It's a library, Joan, but not as I knew it... — by Bruce Robbins on March 23, 2017

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Lochee Library in the years after its opening My photographic education, such as it was, was almost entirely library-based. Throughout my li...

Russians hack The Online Darkroom — by Bruce Robbins on March 16, 2017

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I wrote in this post how I'd inadvertently missed the blog passing the one million hits mark and I've since been determined not to ...

The Fog — by Bruce Robbins on March 13, 2017

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Lochee Road What a pea-souper we had a week or so ago! Absolutely brilliant - if you like that sort of thing, which I obviously do. We'd...