Matting prints — by Bruce Robbins on March 03, 2014

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My efforts to put together a portfolio have been progressing painfully slowly. I've done a few prints - 9.5" by 12" - so a sta...

House of Ilford — by Bruce Robbins on February 28, 2014

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Boy at Train Window. Copyright Andrew Sanderson I promised my friend, Andrew Sanderson , that I'd write something about the House of Ilf...

UK Film Symposium — by Bruce Robbins on February 27, 2014

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Another sign that analogue photography isn't going anywhere soon is a one-day film symposium at the Photographic History Research Centre...

Analogue Archives: Kevin MacDonnell — by Bruce Robbins on February 26, 2014

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Keeping it simple: Nikon F and 35mm lens from the '60s, HP5+ and Spur HRX developer. There's a tendency amongst photographers who we...

Kodak Technical Pan at $20 a 20-exposure roll? — by Bruce Robbins on February 24, 2014

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Technical Pan was an amazing film, capable of the sharpest and finest grained results, but it went the way of some other emulsions and disap...

Abandoned Places: Stanley Mills - Part Two — by Bruce Robbins on February 21, 2014

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The Phantom Sun - I added it in the darkroom. See the original scan of this neg below. After publishing Part One on Monday, I had an email ...

Preserving those family memories — by Bruce Robbins on February 19, 2014

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"What you have to remember is that digital technology is not developed so much to preserve as it is to give people immediate gratificat...

Abandoned Places: Stanley Mills - Part One — by Bruce Robbins on February 17, 2014

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I'm one of those photographers for whom old, derelict places have an irresistible attraction. And it pains me to know that these special...

Matt Pringle medium format video — by Bruce Robbins on February 14, 2014

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Here's a guy who I can really identify with. He's an ex-Newcastle photographer who now lives in Stirling just a 90-minute drive from...