Yes….. Wet Plate just might be my new love. It takes a lot longer to do that shooting with large format, I like slowing down. One of the more fascinating aspects of the process is that the collodion is mostly sensitive to ultraviolet light. This is challenging because the colors being photographed are rendered differently…
Yippeee, I did it! A few more from today. The in-studio coating and development tent. What happens when you get some collodeon on you… It turns brown when you go out in the sun, its going to be with me for a while.
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…
I thought I’d show off my bad boy…. both of them… I was able to slow Ry down enough to get a few images. I love the way the paper negative renders the skin texture. Its hard to see on the web but it has an incredible old time feel. I guess it goes with…
We had the pleasure of having Pastor Shawn and his family in for one last family portrait before they moved. When we were done I asked Shawn if he would mind sitting for me so I could do an image with the 8×10 view camera. This is a film process and as it happend…
My first stab at a paper negative. It was a first try so I didn’t do much with the posing. I think she did pretty good. I’m using my 8×10 Deardorff.
They are only so willing when they see me dragging out the Deardorff
I’m using up the 4×5 on the Dorff and abusin’ kids. I love the holidays… I can make them do almost anything. I’m starved for models the rest of the year.
