I have always been a traditional film based photographer. I work mostly with large format cameras, both 4" x 5" and 8" x 10". I have other cameras... medium and small formats, but rarely use them. When the world went digital, it left me behind. I do not enjoy sitting at a computer and much prefer the rhythm of the darkroom. Every photograph that I take is self processed in my personal darkroom.

I am based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and also have a part time residence in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. I photograph mostly in these areas. My forty year working career, running a small manufacturing company, came to an end in 2020 when I retired. Up until then, my travels were limited due to my work commitments. Now that I am freed from my day job, I look forward to travelling a lot more, though the Covid pandemic has paused these plans, at least temporarily. As I find it difficult to travel by air with large cameras most of my work is done on road trips.

I also enjoy experimenting with different film and developer combinations and some of the work that I post is sharing the results of that experimentation.

The copyright to all work posted remains with the photographer. Please do not use any of my images without my permission.

I welcome any and all questions and comments.

None of my color work is presented here on this Flickr account but can be viewed by visiting my blog.

Please visit my blog at www.robertspohl.blogspot.com or contact me by e-mail at rspohl@shaw.ca

I conduct view camera, large format film processing, and silver gelatin printing workshops from my base in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.