Shell Bay, Elie — by Bruce Robbins on

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A dramatic sky over Cocklemill Burn. About 20 minutes from my home in Fife is Shell Bay, a nice, sandy beach on the Forth Estuary with a hol...

Blyth - Part Two — by Bruce Robbins on

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Digging for bait Here we are back in the northern coastal town of Blyth just a short hop north of Newcastle. The photographs in this post ...

Blyth — by Bruce Robbins on

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OM2, 135mm f3.5 Zuiko, Delta 400, DD-X I mentioned in the last post that we'd had a wee break in Northumberland and the temptation was s...

Darkroom Upheaval — by Bruce Robbins on

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It's been a barely believable ten months since I last posted anything on The Online Darkroom so where should I start? Is an apology in o...

Thornton v Barnbaum. Are they both right? — by Bruce Robbins on

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A while back, I wrote a post questioning whether Barry Thornton or Bruce Barnbaum were right on the subject of pre-exposure of film as an a...

Free lockdown reading - and Merry Christmas! — by Bruce Robbins on

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During the last lockdown, I spent a fair bit of time reading free books and publications on   archive.org . Since it looks as if we may b...

Anatomy of a Print — by Bruce Robbins on

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People with only a digital background must get very confused if they're ever tempted to hoist themselves up on the garden wall and peek ...

Information is key — by Bruce Robbins on

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Maryfield Snooker Hall Valoy II print on Kodak Bromesko I had an email in response to Saturday's post from a reader saying it can't ...

Six, not out — by Bruce Robbins on

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The business end of the darkroom just after a printing session Well, here we go again. Another day, another darkroom. My sixth if I've t...