Thumbs up for Ilford — by Bruce Robbins on October 04, 2023

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Credit where credit’s due. I bought ten rolls of 120 HP5 a few years back but found quite a bit of mottling (see below) in many smooth toned...

Glamis Dam — by Bruce Robbins on September 22, 2023

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Just half a mile from the famous Glamis Castle in Angus where the Queen Mother spent her childhood is a small dam that was built to provide ...

Why 35mm is Film Photography — by Bruce Robbins on August 28, 2023

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A squall over the North Sea. There's a little bit of dramatic licence in the print but not too much. All of the images in this post, exc...

Return to Port Allen — by Bruce Robbins on July 29, 2023

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Readers who stop by both this blog and that of my pal, Phil Rogers, must be wondering why Phil has written about a few photo days out we...

A Question of Balance — by Bruce Robbins on July 21, 2023

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Shelter, Monifieth I suspect we're all guilty from time to time of obsessing about grain and sharpness in a print but how much attention...

There's a hole in the sky... — by Bruce Robbins on July 08, 2023

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  ...where the rain gets in but it's ever so small that's why the rain is thin.                                                     ...

Transcending Artspeak with ChatGPT — by Bruce Robbins on June 25, 2023

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A decorative pic Just for a laugh when I was waiting to pick Cath up from an appointment the other day, I decided to enlist the help of arti...

How to get the James Ravilious look — by Bruce Robbins on June 14, 2023

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It's a shame, but not uncommon for artists, that James Ravilious didn't receive the respect and appreciation he deserved for his ...

The Matrix is a System, Neo. — by Bruce Robbins on June 05, 2023

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It's Vacillating Bruce here again, he of the feeble mind who struggles to stick with one idea. I'm still switching between graphic-t...