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Benjamin Bowles
@bowlesillion.bsky.social
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Preserving the past in pixels — museum digitisation by trade, photography by passion.
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Polished, parked, and possibly possessed ghost tour bus

📍 Edinburgh, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 55mm ƒ/2.8 N
🎞️ #KodakGold 200 - ƒ/2.8 - 1/250

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Analogue #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #PhotographersofBluesky
Close-up of a black Routemaster double-decker bus, used for a ghost tour; the headlight, front wheel, and part of the windshield are visible.
July 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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A city behind, a moment in front

📍 Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Ilford Delta 400 - ƒ/5.6 - 1/250

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #Edinburgh #BlackAndWhite
Black and white photo of two people sitting on a blanket in a large grassy park, facing a gothic church with a tall spire and historic buildings in the background.
July 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Flats, lines, and traces of life

📍 Tron Square, Edinburgh, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm ƒ/2.8 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 400 - ƒ/11 - 1/125

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Landscape #Travel #Analogue #Photography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
Three-storey apartment block with red and white doors, metal railings, and concrete paving in the foreground; laundry and potted plants on balconies
July 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Pulling you out to sea

📍 Anstruther, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - ƒ/5.6 - 1/500

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Landscape #Travel #Analogue #Photography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
White lighthouse at the end of a stone pier lined with fishing creels, under a clear blue sky with the sea in the background
July 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Stone and sky in the Kingdom of Fife

📍 Balvaird Castle, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - ƒ/8 - 1/125

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Landscape #Travel #Analogue #Photography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
Balvaird Castle, a 16th-century stone tower house, stands alone on a grassy hill under a pale sky in Fife, Scotland.
July 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Evening light through Monk Bar, the North-East gateway into the walled city of York

📍 York, England
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 35mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Ilford FP4

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #York #England #BlackAndWhite
Black and white photo of Monk Bar, a medieval stone gatehouse in York, with sunlight casting long shadows through its archway
July 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin and snow-capped peak of Mullach Fraoch-choire

📍 Glen Affric, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - ƒ/16 - 1/125

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Analogue #Photography #BelieveInFilm
View across a forested loch with small islands, surrounded by hills and distant snow-capped mountains under a partly cloudy sky
June 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Highlights on moss and water

📍 Glen Affric, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - ƒ/3.5 - 1/500

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Analogue #Photography #BelieveInFilm
Sunlight filtering through a dense forest of slender trees, with a small stream running through mossy ground in the foreground
June 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Sculpture, shadow, and space

📍 National Gallery of Scotland: Portrait, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm ƒ/2.8 N
🎞️ #Ilford Delta 400 - ƒ/2.8 - 1/60

#Edinburgh #Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Analogue #Photography #BelieveInFilm
Interior of a museum gallery with arched windows, decorative iron railing, and a bust displayed on a windowsill
June 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Short nature walk outside of Aviemore

📍 Craigellachie Nature Reserve, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - ƒ/5.6 - 1/125

#Mamiya #FilmPhotograph #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Landscape #Analogue #Photography #BelieveInFilm
Rain falling on a pond with reeds with a hillside of birch trees in the background
June 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Layers & light

📍 A835 to Ullapool, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor ULD C 300mm f/5.6 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - f/11 - 1/250

#Mamiya #FilmPhotograph #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Landscape #Analogue #Photography #Highlands
June 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Across the Firth of Forth from Anstruther harbour

📍 Anstruther, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - ƒ/5.6 - 1/500

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Landscape #Travel #Analogue #Photography
June 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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🥳 To mark 730 years of historic friendship between #Scotland and #France, we’re thrilled to unveil the 1st edition of the Auld Alliance #Comics Festival in Edinburgh! Come to meet talented comics artists from both countries ✨

5 & 6 July at @ifecosse.bsky.social
🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
June 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Ben Wyvis from the A835 to Ullapool

📍 Near Garbat, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor ULD C 300mm ƒ/5.6 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - ƒ/11 - 1/250

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Landscape #Analogue #Photography #BenWyvis
June 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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A quiet portrait in stone

📍 National Gallery of Scotland: Portrait, #Edinburgh
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm ƒ/2.8 N
🎞️ #IlfordDelta 400 - f2.8 - 1/30

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #Analogue #Portrait #Photography #Scotland
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Grey skies and rusty bracken on the edge of the Scottish Spring

📍 Beauly, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm ƒ/3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - f8 - 1/250

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #LandscapePhotography #Analogue #Photography
June 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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While looking for dolphins on Moray Firth, North of Inverness

📍 Chanonry Lighthouse, #Scotland
📷 #Mamiya645 Pro
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm f3.5 N
🎞️ #Kodak #Portra 160 - f22 - 1/250

#Mamiya #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #Film #AnalogPhotography #LandscapePhotography #Analogue #Photography
June 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Touch of snow during a mid-April drive to Inverness

📍 Pass of Drumochter
📷 Mamiya 645 Pro TL
🔎 Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm f3.5 N
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160 - f8 - 1/1000

#Mamiya #Mamiya645 #FilmPhotography #Kodak #Portra #MediumFormat #120Film #AnalogPhotography #LandscapePhotography #Scotland
June 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Blooming gorse in early Spring

📍 Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh
📷 Mamiya 645 Pro TL
🔎 Mamiya Sekor C 35mm f3.5 N, circular polarizer
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200 - f3.5 - 1/500

#Mamiya #Mamiya645 #FilmPhotography #Kodak #MediumFormat #120Film #AnalogPhotography #LandscapePhotography #Edinburgh #Scotland
June 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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A quiet pint at Brass Monkey, Drummond Street, Edinburgh

📷 Mamiya 645 Pro TL
🔎 Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f2.8 N
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus

#FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #120Film #AnalogPhotography #Portrait #Mamiya #Mamiya645 #Ilford #BlackandWhite #Edinburgh #Scotland
March 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Memorable session at glenuiginn.bsky.social

📍 Glenuig, Scotland
📷 Nikon Z5
🔎 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S
🎞️ f1.8 - 1/160 - ISO 1600

#Portraits #Photography #Nikon #Z5 #NikonZ #Mirrorless #50mm #Scotland #Highlands
March 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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streetphoto.social
📣 Our next free and friendly social photo walk will be on Sunday 23rd March in Edinburgh. Meet outside the Scottish Parliament Building at 1pm

#Edinburgh #Photowalks #Photography #StreetPhotography
The street photo social flyer
March 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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@hpstrdufu.bsky.social from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh.

📷 Mamiya 645 Pro, Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f2.8 N
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#KodakPortra #FilmPhotography #Edinburgh #Scotland #AnalogPhotography #Portrait
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Rose, from our first week living in Scotland and first roll of #KodakPortra color film.

#Mamiya645 #FilmPhotography #Edinburgh #MediumFormat #AnalogPhotography
March 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM