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Wetplate Collodion – My First Plates

August 10th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

Over the weekend I had the pleasure to attend a live workshop with Quinn Jacobson and get my hands black from silver and other chemistry.

It was a very cool experience mixing all the stuff, pouring the plates, expose them with 19th century equipment, develop and varnish.

So here are my first plates… more to come as soon I have my own chemistry.

Enjoy,
VT


5×7 allumitype


5×7 allumitype


5×7 allumitype


4×5 black glass ambrotype

  1. dougearle
    August 10th, 2009 at 20:06 | #1
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    I did a workshop on that a couple of years back. Great fun, slow process. I wonder where my wet plate self portrait is? I’ll have to search.

  2. admin
    August 11th, 2009 at 01:51 | #2
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    these are awesome. I really need to take a workshop myself. I’ve been meaning to for years. very cool work.

  3. idamai
    August 11th, 2009 at 13:34 | #3
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    very cool vernon!

  4. claudine
    August 12th, 2009 at 04:58 | #4
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    I love these! For some reason the last two images remind me of an old style circus. Maybe its the clothes…

  5. sukumar
    August 27th, 2009 at 00:35 | #5
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    Very interesting. Would love to see more.

  6. Vernon Trent
    August 29th, 2009 at 10:21 | #6
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    thanks everybody :)
    there will be more plates pretty soon… still waiting for some chemicals to arrive.

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