I know that bragging that I’m going to Indy is not what most people would envy. But I’m excited as all get out!!!!
I’m heading off to take a two-day workshop on Wet Plate Collodion Photography. This is a process that was developed by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851 and uses a glass or metal plate as the negative and is hand coated just before photographing. The photography and development must also be done while the plate is still wet. Mathew Brady used this method during the Civil War but also use Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes.
I’m hoping to have some sample work from the workshop to show you next week.
The image below is closer to a Calotype, which was developed by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1835. Of course, Renee is not that old, I made this photograph of her last week.
