The Digital Luddite — by Bruce Robbins on December 05, 2024

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When my daughter asked me this morning if I was ever going to update my blog I looked back and discovered that it was exactly a year since m...

Always carry your camera - I didn't... — by Bruce Robbins on December 05, 2023

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  The iphone view of the pool. The two conical shapes on the horizon are the Bass Rock island on the left and North Berwick Law on the south...

On holiday with a Rolleiflex — by Bruce Robbins on October 28, 2023

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Long term readers will know that I’m not normally a big fan of “one lens” photography, preferring a few focal lengths when I’m out and about...

New project: The Eden — by Bruce Robbins on October 11, 2023

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I've been feeling for a while now that I needed something to give me some extra motivation and get me heading out the door with a camera...

Final defects — by Bruce Robbins on October 09, 2023

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  No more HP5 mottling after this post - promise. I thought I’d use it to answer a reader who asked why I kept on using the defective 120 ro...

More HP5 woes — by Bruce Robbins on October 08, 2023

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Following on from my previous post about mottled HP5, here’s another example of the fault. The question is, can I use it to my advantage? Th...

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...