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taulen
Subscriber Joined: 06 November 2011 Location: Norway Online Status: Offline Posts: 126 |
Topic: World Wet Plate Day 2013 Posted: 06 May 2013 at 20:38 |
I had fun shooting the plate I submitted, as some of you know I'm just starting out, and got what i consider a pretty good plate ! I did it both on trophy and clear glass. I have much more problem getting a clean image on glass than trophy, but still happy with all three plates I got on Saturday ! =)
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mikelprat
Subscriber Joined: 24 February 2013 Location: Catalonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
Posted: 06 May 2013 at 14:31 |
Yes, Beautiful images from the 2013 WPD pool . In special, I'm totally fascinated by this timeless images...
Sonia Macak Garrett Allen Kasia Kalua Krynska PD: I didn't asked previous authorization to the authors to post here the images. Hope that won't be a problem. :) If no problem, may we can post here the pics from this year that we specially loved... |
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Mark
Member Joined: 08 December 2009 Location: Northern AZ Online Status: Offline Posts: 126 |
Posted: 05 May 2013 at 00:41 |
Very nice images posted over there.
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TinfoilPhono
Subscriber Joined: 25 June 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 776 |
Posted: 04 May 2013 at 20:24 |
Yours are outstanding. Beautiful work, and great subject. Yes, I very much admire technical perfection. I'm glad you have the same philosophy.
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René Rondeau
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Goamules
Subscriber Moderator Joined: 14 July 2007 Location: Desert Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 3203 |
Posted: 04 May 2013 at 20:22 |
Yeah, I saw your plates Rene, nice. I had great luck too, very bright and good exposures. You and I both try to replicate the best of the 1860s pros, and it's not easy!
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TinfoilPhono
Subscriber Joined: 25 June 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 776 |
Posted: 04 May 2013 at 20:19 |
A terrific shoot today. I was delighted to be nailing perfect exposures from the very first plate. I had so many good plates that it was hard to choose only two images for the wetplate.org site.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone else's work on the site. I sure what I'm seeing on there so far. |
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René Rondeau
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prussianblue
Subscriber Joined: 16 May 2012 Location: Chicago Online Status: Offline Posts: 227 |
Posted: 03 May 2013 at 11:44 |
Just checked, yup, all ready to go. Thank you Rene' and to your friend.
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TinfoilPhono
Subscriber Joined: 25 June 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 776 |
Posted: 02 May 2013 at 14:58 |
Okay, it's all set. My friend has coordinated with Geert-Jan and she will update the original site. So bookmark http://www.wetplateday.org/ and plan to upload your images this weekend. All of the previous years' posts are still available for viewing there as well.
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René Rondeau
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zmanphoto
Subscriber Joined: 26 April 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1038 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 21:39 |
I just wished I would have waited until after finals to pick the date :-)
Oh well. This is way more important than grading anyway... |
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Goamules
Subscriber Moderator Joined: 14 July 2007 Location: Desert Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 3203 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 21:28 |
That's part of growth. World Wetplate Day started that growth.
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paxette
Member Joined: 14 April 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 54 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 19:53 |
More than anything what worries me is how fragmented such a small group can get (has gotten?). At one point it was basically this site or the CW Reenactors as the place to go and now ...? Imho, keeping the original alive sounds like the wisest option.
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prussianblue
Subscriber Joined: 16 May 2012 Location: Chicago Online Status: Offline Posts: 227 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 16:09 |
Great solution!
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Goamules
Subscriber Moderator Joined: 14 July 2007 Location: Desert Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 3203 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 15:08 |
Oh....ok. Nevermind!
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TinfoilPhono
Subscriber Joined: 25 June 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 776 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 15:07 |
I think you missed my edit to the original post: he is enthusiastic and they're working on her updating his existing site instead of making a new one. It's looking promising that the original site will continue after all.
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René Rondeau
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Goamules
Subscriber Moderator Joined: 14 July 2007 Location: Desert Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 3203 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 15:04 |
Just kidding. But honestly, from someone in the business, her site is a cheap imitation. Anyone can get a domain name and slap up a site with wordpress. So far...this looks like that's what she did. Geert-Jan has a quality site, with admin logins to upload the pictures, thumbnail features, sorted by year, multiple tabs with more information, etc. Etc. http://www.wetplateday.org/ I would not muddy the water with yet another site, unless we have to kill the original for some reason. I helped Geert-Jan write the content for the first site, and I understand he doesn't want to manage it forever. Why not ask your friend to just manage HIS site?
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TinfoilPhono
Subscriber Joined: 25 June 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 776 |
Posted: 01 May 2013 at 11:16 |
EDIT on 5/2: please see page 2 for the latest update on this. The old http://www.wetplateday.org/ site will be up and running again this year.
A friend who has been modeling for me for the past 5 years, including every Wet Plate Day since 2009, was asking me yesterday about the old website and any plans for this year. I told her the situation as discussed in this thread, and the next thing I knew she was volunteering to set up, host, and manage a site dedicated to the 2013 event. No sooner did she offer to take it on than she had a site set up. Please check it out:[edit: http://www.wetplateday.org/] . Neither of us wants to step on anyone's toes here, but if everyone is okay with this it will give a public face to the work everyone does next Saturday. She also has experience in online publishing so a 2013 book is a potential possibility if people are interested. Please post or PM any opinions, suggestions, complaints, or anything else. Again, she doesn't want to step on any toes but she has always been enthusiastic about Wet Plate Day, and most especially the previous websites. She loves to see other peoples' work, as do I. I thought the 2009 book was great and I'm sorry there haven't been others. EDIT TO ADD: she has been in touch with Geert-Jan Heyda, he is totally supportive. In fact she may end up using the original site instead of a new one. Stay tuned for updates. |
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René Rondeau
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