Todays lot…
Not a bad haul from todays antique fair. A selection of cheap tintypes… Some cabinet cards and larger, one of a musical family. Turns out the chap with …
Not a bad haul from todays antique fair. A selection of cheap tintypes… Some cabinet cards and larger, one of a musical family. Turns out the chap with …
We recently had a week away in the sunshine in Portugal. I decided to take along some cyanotype chems as its one of the easiest …
A set of quarter plate glass negatives arrived last week, bought for one plate in particular. Its such a shame there is deterioration in the …
I’m becoming a bit of a fan of Frederick Hollyer and his connection to the Pre-Raphaelites. I’ve very recently moved the majority of my collection from …
I’ve become quite skilled at searching through large numbers of images on internet auction sites. The other day I had to do a double take …
I’ve been an Instagram member for a while but had never posted anything. During a recent trip to the USA, I was asked a few …
I totally forgot to blog about my visit to the V&A Photography Centre back in October. That was a busy weekend with a workshop, several …
I’m still struggling with calibrating my photopolymer plates. Well, its not so much the calibrating but getting a standard where I can actually calibrate the …
Merry Christmas everyone. The website/blog is back up and running after a few episodes of down time. Now hopefully sorted. Steph recently asked if she could …
I’ve got household Christmas chores to be doing but keep getting distracted by stuff in my collection. Every now and again I’ll have a rummage …
In my quest for a rotten Kodak No.4A I found this falling apart Kodak No.4, so 5×4 inches instead of halfplate size. The leatherette was falling …
This might be of use to someone, please take it away and pay what you think its worth. Vacuum still works, needs one additional bulb, one …
Okay, I realise the previous post talks about getting rid of stuff…. but I couldn’t help myself! Heres todays job lot, bought from a house clearance …
First lot for a clear out of the studio to make a little space and raise some funds. My trusty workhorse 5×7 (13×18) tailboard camera with …
This weekend I managed to collect two brass lens flanges, kindly organised by Mark Voce, one of which was for the huge Dallmeyer 4B lens. …
I’m in London for five days so took the opportunity to ask Constanza Isaza from Lux Darkrooms if she’d provide a workshop on calibrating and …
Another busy weekend, this time at Guys Cliffe House in Warwick. An excellent location this year arranged by Ray Spence. With thanks to property caretaker …
The Phoenix Alternative Festival asked us back for another year, this time our third, its always great fun even if the weather wasn’t going to …
Today is my first day off with my new part time contract and I’m sitting at home exhausted with a chest infection after two weeks …
There’s something about a blank cabinet card that I find quite intriguing. Wether its the loss of potential, a missing story or just material that …
I managed to spend a few hours at the studio yesterday as I was determined to get to the bottom of the mottling in my …
I’ve been looking for rough Kodak 3A and 4A’s for wetplate collodion but prices have gone a little crazy on Ebay. The ones I do …
Well that was frustrating. It seems its been 12 months since I last looked at photopolymer printing, its the main reason I bought the etching …
I realise I haven’t posted these quarter plate collodion negatives on the blog following the April Fools post (sorry about that, especially to those that …
Whilst watching the Argentina V Wales match on TV, I took the opportunity to take a closer look at the Victorian photograph albums sitting in …
Had a trip out to New Brighton this afternoon, some lunch on the sea front and then on to pick up an ebay camera purchase. This …
This is Mike, today he reminded me of what a refreshing challenge it is to teach a non photographer the wet plate collodion photographic process. From …
What a fantastic weekend. We’ve just returned from this years European Collodion Weekend, (ECW2018). Steph came along with me this year. The previous years have been …
My new mobile darkroom/campervan. A 2004 Renault Master MWB panel van 120 bhp with 105K. I’d been looking for a van for a while but …
This weekend we took a train down to London to meet up with some friends and fellow wet plate photographers to see some exhibitions. First up …
Today Id like to share this recent purchase with you all. A wonderful full case half plate ambrotype. When it arrived I was very disappointed to …
A huge thank you to fellow photographer and friend, Patrick Ballanger, for inspecting and collecting my latest purchase, proving it is still possible to find a …
Lynne took a wet plate workshop maybe two years ago. Her chemicals have sat dormant for a long while and she was now in a …
Here are two framed half plate ambrotypes to add to the collection. Purchased off Feepay for a little more than usual. Mr and Mrs Edward Leigh Both …
This wonderful salt print is by Fran Sanchez Montesinos. He doesn’t have a website but you can find him via FB, Instagram and Flickr. I’d noticed …
I have to thank Andy for visiting me at the studio this weekend. He’d travelled up from Devon for a day of shooting and a …
Check out the fantastic artwork on The Wattingers latest album, Bad Day At Growlers Rock. Colour photography by Ruud De Korte. Inside case wet plate image by …
I bid on some nondescript quarter plate glass negatives on Ebay and had a sneaking suspicion they were trick double exposure photography….. or three sets …
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