A family album – Chester
I bought this photograph album at a house clearance stall at a local antique fair a week or so ago. There’s no text to give any …
I bought this photograph album at a house clearance stall at a local antique fair a week or so ago. There’s no text to give any …
Last Thursday I went along to the opening of Beyond the Battlefields: Kathe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany WWI Grosvener Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, M156BR …
I’ve seen these at various print studios and always thought what a great simple idea. As I’m having a clear out of equipment at the …
I really have to thank Mark Acton for this great little tip. He’d come to the studio last weekend for a wet plate refresher and …
Its time for that clear out I keep talking about, lets start with this lot… Now all on ebay 1: A large plate rack, makers initial …
I’m sure some of you are aware that I’m not a big fan of the “blueprint”. I’m far more accommodating if it’s been toned in some …
I noticed I have some gaps in my collection and thought it would be interesting to try and fill them with some affordable examples. I’ve always been …
This years first arrivals. Two heavily overpainted framed portraits of a young couple. 12×15 inch. One has a partially rubbed label to the reverse: “Porteous Art Shop 120 …
Well, it’s been a busy year. Some great wet plate events, have met some really lovely people and worked on some amazing jobs. This year I …
Today is the general cinema release of The Phantom Thread. A historical drama, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, set in the 1950s world …
This blog post has sat in my draft folder for a couple of years now, I can’t believe I’ve not blogged it. Mea Culpa. The …
Today I started to digitise my collection of Magic Lantern Slides and Stereographs. I figured these would be the best to start putting into Omeka as they will …
I bought this old wooden cash register back in the summer ready for the charity wet plate events that I attend with Andy and Patrick. …
Back in April I did a little photography work for the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie “The Phantom Thread”, starring Daniel Day Lewis, in what …
As I’m cataloguing, and making available online, my digitised Victorian photography collection I thought it best to store them a little bit better than the …
I have now sorted the CSV import errors I was having with the Omeka software, so I’m now looking at standardising my vocabulary for the …
The past few months I’ve been looking at different ways to get my historic photographic collections searchable and online with relevant metadata and images. In the …
I know this is really early but we need to see how much interest there is in holding the 2018 UK Wet Plate Weekend at Guys …
It’s not often I re-blog about “proper” work related topics but I thought I’d share this image from an item we recently digitised at the John Rylands …
Moo cards offered to reprint my gold foil business cards because of the pooling issues. Rather than just reprint with the same problems Jonathan updated the …
Last weekend Colin came to the studio for a wet plate tutorial. His first wet plate attempts, on location at Llanthony Priory, might have left him …
My new Moo business cards arrived today and they may be a little too bling, what do you think? Last month I had similar cards made …
Thanks to everyone who turned up to this years Lllanthony Priory wet plate weekend. And for those who couldn’t make it, next year there is …
Today is the UK general cinema release of “The Limehouse Golem“, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyds novel “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem”. Directed by Juan …
Popped into the local antiques fair today, slim pickings indeed, not even any crazily over priced photographic material. There were the usual boxes of postcards, cabinet …
Last weekend was the 2017 Phoenix Alternative Festival at Llanfyllin Workhouse. Andrew, Patrick and myself attended last year, we had a great time and raised a little …
To say I am very happy with these two whole plate ambrotypes would be a slight understatement. They had been advertised on Feepay for not …
I couldn’t resist this set of family portraits dating from February – October, 1884. I’m assuming its Father, Mother, Son and Daughter.Amazing quality and a pleasure to …
As part of the DevelopedinBirmingham program, Argentea Gallery and I hosted a two day wet plate collodion portrait event. It was booked via Eventbrite as 40 minute slots. …
Well you wait all year and its over with way too soon. It has to have been the most enjoyable European Collodion Weekends to date. …
Picked these glass plate negatives up off Feepay recently, the seller had a large number of them, I bought a handful of the better ones …
Following on from the previous blog post… I’d made three 12×15 inch ambrotypes for the Shadow Merchants exhibition. The main problem is how to mount/frame such …
Yesterday saw the opening of Shadow Merchants at Argentea Gallery, Birmingham, a fantastic space for photographic art.Its part of the Developed in Birmingham season celebrating the …
A Dry Plate (1/2) negative of Jones the Chemist. I bought this for a couple of pounds of Feepay just because of the window content. …
Last weekend Steph and I joined Andrew and Patrick in Brecon, Wales for a Rorkes Drift fundraising event in aid of Help For Heroes and other …
Just a very quick blog post before I head to the airport. I’m speaking at the 2+3D Photography Conference at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam tomorrow and just wanted …
The Limehouse Golem is due for UK release September 1st. Can you spot The John Rylands Library, Manchester? I’m intrigued to see how they’ve used my wet …
It’s amazing what one can find in the storage space on top of the darkroom. James had called in to pick up a portable darkroom project …