Wet Plate Collodion, Film, Darkroom and other alternative photography antics!
The company I work for recently upgraded their warehouse light source from metal halide to LED. So I saved one of the (rather big and very heavy) units from the metal skip and salvaged all the spare 400W bulbs that … Continued
I am a member of Kelso Camera Club, which is, like most other camera clubs, almost exlusively digital photography focussed. I enjoy it from a social and inspiration point of view and it gives me some regular goals to aim … Continued
As part of my ‘portrait theme’ presentation I gave to my local camera club I put together a video demonstrating how I create portraits using the historical wet plate collodion photography technique from the second half of the 19th century. … Continued
Last year, after a patient search, I bought a 12×10 view camera. It needed a bit of a fix up before it could be used – it was rather stiff, needed a ground glass, and some other repairs to the … Continued
12th August 2015 – Another old post I didn’t get round to publishing. This one is from September 2013!! (I’m not a very good blogger) I recently acquired a Polaroid 405 back that will let me expose Type 100 Polaroid … Continued
12th August 2015 – Here’s a post from October that I didn’t find the time to quite publish! Ages ago I bought a pair of old, beautiful, ceramic Kodak tanks and three 5×4 sheet film/plate hangers. I usually develop sheet … Continued
Ever since I overexposed an Ambrotype I’ve wondered how well it would perform as a negative, mounted in the DeVere 54. So I finally got round to knocking up a holder from cardboard to fit in the plate holder. Turning … Continued
Since starting wet plate collodion at home I have made a total of 13 plates (including the failures / test exposures). Here are all of my scanned plates below. It’s vital to get the exposure spot on to get a … Continued
Back in July of last year I attended a brilliant afternoon Wet Plate Collodion introduction workshop by Alastair Cook. I had been keen to explore wet plate collodion photography, especially after seeing the results in the flesh at Alastair’s exhibition. … Continued
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My wonderful wife Lynsey, a brilliant Family Life Photographer, documented me making my first ever paper negatives with a camera I borrowed from my friend Alastair Cook. There were so many unknowns (like the lens aperture) and challenges I was … Continued