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Getting Started in Wetplate article

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Category: Workshops & Events
Forum Name: Workshops & Demonstrations
Forum Discription: Announcements and information for wet plate Collodion training and demonstrations.
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Printed Date: 29 March 2024 at 05:11


Topic: Getting Started in Wetplate article
Posted By: smieglitz
Subject: Getting Started in Wetplate article
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 08:53
Hi,

I've written a web article entitled http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/WPC/wpc.html - "Getting Started in Wetplate Collodion Photography" that has just been published on the unblinkingeye.com website.  Have a look.

Thanks to everyone on this forum who actually helped me get started and also to those who later helped me straighten some things out.

Joe



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Posted By: gustavo
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 08:59
Thanks this is great lots of useful Information !!



Posted By: schrochem
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 09:51
Nice job Joe!
Thanks for helping me along a couple of months ago on APUG. Now you can just point people toward your article.... :D
I was just making some new gear this weekend and ended up making a new helper tray. I'm gonna try the hole in the bottom but can't figure out how to make the hole! I just know this stuff tends to crack on me....So any hints on how to make that hole in the helper tray??
Thanks
Scott


Posted By: jodyake
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 10:02
your article is great!
I wish it was around when I was just starting out. It would of helped a lot !


Posted By: smieglitz
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 10:56
Originally posted by schrochem

Nice job Joe!
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I was just making some new gear this weekend and ended up making a new helper tray. I'm gonna try the hole in the bottom but can't figure out how to make the hole! I just know this stuff tends to crack on me....So any hints on how to make that hole in the helper tray??
Thanks
Scott


Thanks Scott,

I just use a forstner drill bit in a drill press and take it slow.

Joe


Posted By: BSchwab
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 14:47
Way to go Joe! Great article. -Bill


Posted By: schrochem
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 19:18
Thanks for the tip Joe. I used a forstner bit but did it by hand. It took awhile but no cracks...
Scott


Posted By: Petzval Paul
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 20:06
Joe, very well done!

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Posted By: ambropoetica
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 20:44
Very nicely done joe. Congratulations!

steve


Posted By: mankai
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 04:09

Very good work. i like the photo much. is easy to understand and got the ideas. thanks.



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Posted By: Minieball
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 17:58

Joe,

Excellent article....very well presented and thorough.

Great stuff!

Todd



Posted By: admin
Date Posted: 23 January 2008 at 04:03
Well done Joe!

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Posted By: zmanphoto
Date Posted: 23 January 2008 at 05:06
Joe, this is great. It will be nice to send this to people who have any
questions about the process.

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Mark Z
http://www.markwzimmerman.com - http://www.markwzimmerman.com


Posted By: Goamules
Date Posted: 23 January 2008 at 08:59
Congratulations on adding a needed topic to the virtual world.  Good article.



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Garrett
Occupational Technologist, Avocational Luddite
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettsphotos/sets/72157601802735284/ - Flickr Gallery


Posted By: BSchwab
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 13:31
For those who are interested in the process and haven't as yet begun, Joe Smigiel will be leading a beginning Wet Plate Collodion workshop this June 23rd and 24th at my Northern Michigan place near Cross Village. The workshop is limited to 6 people and the fee will include all chemicals, materials and gear. Your own 4x5 camera will be a plus, but not required. I'll be assisting Joe and we will have 2 mobile darkrooms to work from enabling much hands on for everyone involved.

http://www.northlightworkshops.com/workshops/collodion/ - More info and Registration Here

This will be back to back with our annual http://www.northlightworkshops.com/workshops/michigan_gathering/ - Photographer's Gathering which begins on June 25th and runs to the 29th. If interested in an intensive week of photography and good times, check us out!

Thanks, Bill Schwab



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