John Robertson

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I’m a commercial & editorial photographer working with:
• Brands
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Agencies

Based in Rothwell, North Northamptonshire, UK and available nationwide.
Portfolio → www.jr-photos.com

Yay!
New Macbook Pro and I'm back in business. ;-)

Then again, it’s a feature film, not a documentary—entertainment first, accuracy second.
As a former Rolleiflex owner (how I wish I’d kept mine!), I couldn’t help noticing that—unlike me—Winslet’s character didn’t wander around with a battered old lens hood hanging off the front. Aaargh—flare!

I finally watched the film about Lee Miller yesterday. Personally, I didn’t feel it lived up to the hype, though Kate Winslet played the role convincingly. Too many parts of Miller’s life were either glossed over or rushed through as if the filmmakers were working through a checklist.

Wasssup?
Apologies- I stopped using Bluesky as it no longer seems to work on my MacBook and this iPhone is too small to type. What happened to Bluesky on the Mac?

My caption writer 'Will' and me with a silly expression and a photoshopped Leica! Photo by Suzy Watts-Robertson, www.jr-photos.com 07850931219

I'm hoping to be back to work soon following my hospital stay and diabetes type 1 diagnosis.
My co-worker Will, the chap who writes my captions, is delighted and so am I. Can't wait to get stuck in!
#johnrobertsonphotography #editorialphotographer #commercialphotographer #photography #work #back

What a disgusting stain on humankind Elon Musk is. His Trump ass-licking remarks about Zelensky show just what kind of a dick he is.
#trump #musk #elonmusk #zelensky #america #ukraine #russia #war #europe

Only time will tell, although I suspect after today's outburst the orange manchild is probably cerebrally challenged and needs to drink more covfefe 😈

WW2 Arnhem veterans talking to me at Eden Camp, Yorkshire.
That's a photo one of them is showing me- taken by the Germans when he was shot in the arm then captured.
Marvellous chaps, one wrote to me and said it was a privilege to meet me! Other way round I thought.
#army #parachuteregiment #arnhem

© John Robertson for The Telegraph. www.jr-photos.com A Bristol Scout plane is lit by evening sunlight as it taxies in to Shuttleworth Air Museum in Bedfordshire.

Frustrated my newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes is keeping me in at the moment due to crashes.
I'm consoling myself by looking at my old work & websites of other photographers who inspire me.
#photography #diabetes #creativity #health #Telegraph
Bristol Scout plane I photographed for The Telegraph.

Is the world really going to watch as the orange shitgibbon and his war criminal chum 'own' Gaza and make it into a property developer's wet dream 'for everyone'.
Everyone but the Palestinians of course........

I'd rather pour molten lead into my ears than ever have to deal with Virgin Media again!
Possibly even worse than TalkTalk !

I've put humanity at the core.
So now I'm off to Tesco to buy some apples......

Still not up to 100 percent yet after a week in hospital following a DKA attack which came out of the blue.
Getting better each day that passes though. ;-)

Photo of a test tube going through a Seimens autolab bound for Africa. It's only when you have to rely on the NHS that you realise how bad things have become in third-world Britain. Considering my symptoms, I'd have thought a week for my blood test then 2 more to check results was too long. I've worked for a German company who make machines for Africa which can do all that within a day. #NHS #UK #health #brokenBritain #thirdworldbritain #UKhealth #journalism #africa #britain #johnrobertsonphotography #diabetes #prostate #cancer #ill #britishhealth #starmersbritain #twotierkeir

It's only when you have to rely on the NHS that you realise how bad it's become in third-world Britain.
With my symptoms, I'd have thought a week for my blood test then 2 more to check results is too long.
I've worked for a German firm who make machines for Africa which can do it in a day.
#UK

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Iphone snap of somebody's discarded Christmas cup, flattened,stepped on, abandonded & empty of cheer. Seen on the way back from the Co-op, Rothwell, Northants., UK today, 1st January, 2025.
© John Robertson, www.jr-photos.com

I've followed your advice and let Carson the butler go.
He kept watering down the Château Lafite 1869 in any case, the bastard.

Amazeballs!
I actually got to work today.
Christmas & Boxing Day at daughter's lovely old Bedfordshire pub, then studio shots today.
Afraid I couldn't be arsed to take the studio set up shot before we ripped it apart ;-(
But rest assured it was a quality product ;-)
#johnrobertsonphotography #studio

I think I can see the face of...... Darth Vader.....

Ok, I'll take them all, plus the transporter and you can have the Zagato 3:-)

I quite like the mellow taste of a teaspoon Nouri Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder in Oatly barista,(heated), sieved plus a teaspoon of acacia honey.
The Yerba Mate is holly leaves- very festive!
#Yerbamate #matcha #oatly #oatmilk #drink #healthydrink #weightloss #energy #energydrink #healthy #yum

1960's Alfa Romeo cars on a car transporter back in the sixties.

I'd better get the drive sorted out- my Christmas present has arrived early.
Not all of them obviously- that would be greedy!
Just the 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale in red, top-second in from right.
#johnrobertsonphotography #cars #sixties #alfaromeo #giulietta #sprintspeciale #gorgeous

Aaaargh!
I've become a trendy in my old age.
Matcha tea. It actually seems to give me more energy than 'Bulletproof coffee', (see earlier post to understand what that is).
Next I need a bamboo whisk & Yerba Mate Argentinian silver cup and straw.
#trendy #johnrobertsonphotography #matcha #tea

The old Jesus Hospital in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, in the snow, with backlit old lantern. Photo by John Watts-Robertson, www.jr-photos.com Photographer and regular freelance contributor to The Guardian and The Telegraph group since the 1980's.

Rothwell's 'Jesus Hospital', founded in 1586 by local benefactor Owen Ragsdale for the purpose of accommodating single, widowed, old men. In recent times it was converted into flats for married elderly people.
#christmas #uk #photography #rothwell #northants #jesushospital #johnrobertsonphotography

Haha. I voted Labour but sadly this isn't what me and my wife voted for. A PM who is both rich and greedy. I had my reservations about voting for the head of the former CPS- another bleddy lawyer like Tony Bliar.
They get to be rich & powerful then forget about the poor and less well off in society.

Oh man- I'd love to live near the ocean. We are about as far from the sea as you can get here in the UK ;-(

I used to keep my ugly face out of social media. These days I no longer photograph badguys so no need any more ;-)

John Robertson leapfrogging over a trig point in Leicestershire, UK. Copyright www.jr-photos The Guardian.

One I shot for The Guardian. Eamonn McCabe didn't believe that was me leapfrogging a trig point- but it was!

Merry Christmas from John Robertson, www.jr-photos.com Photo shows the Thomas Tresham Market House in Rothwell Northants., UK, dating back to 1578.

Happy Christmas to all my friends on Bluesky & may it continue to be a friendly place unlike Musk's 'X' which has become toxic.
#bluesky #merrychristmas #johnrobertsonphotography #helpeachother #friendship #christmas #festive #photography #UK #rothwell #northants #markethouse #tresham #Eastmidlands