Photographing ruins: a Dutch master at work — by Bruce Robbins on

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Dutch photographer Niki Feijen has produced a book of fantastic interior shots of old ruined buildings. I know, I know. It's a colour p...

Cheap Fomapan 100 — by Bruce Robbins on

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AG Photographic had me going late this morning when they emailed details of a great new price on Fomapan 100 that sounded very tempting. Ten...

Steeped in History - Part One — by Bruce Robbins on

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17th Century stable, Contax 137 MA, 28mm f2.8 Distagon, Silvermax developed in Spur HRX. I absolutely love it when I find something new to ...

Singular Image: Reporters' Room — by Bruce Robbins on

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Reporters' Room, Olympus XA2, Ilford XP2 The newspaper company I worked for in Dundee latterly had two sites for reporters - one in a lo...

Acurol-N sells out as a new project gets underway — by Bruce Robbins on

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A new project for me - a 17th C stable block and groom's quarters. Read on for more. Contax 137 MA, 28mm f2.8 Distagon, Silvermax develo...

How to Develop Large Format Negs — by Bruce Robbins on

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You can't beat a big negative. There are as many ways to develop large format negatives as there are cameras to take them (well, not qui...

A Glimpse into the Future of Adox — by Bruce Robbins on

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Mirko Boeddecker of Adox has given quite a candid interview to Jesse Struyvelt of the Film Foundation, a chat which has just been published ...

Honouring a War Hero — by Bruce Robbins on

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Graham's war grave at Arbroath Western Cemetery A few days ago Cath and I took the dogs for a walk through a cemetery in nearby Arbroath...

Shadow detail is SO over-rated! — by Bruce Robbins on

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Typical Ralph Gibson - at least during his film days. I was struck whilst looking at some of Ralph Gibson's images on his website by jus...