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REMINDER - Shoot Saturday May 2!

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Category: Workshops & Events
Forum Name: World Wet Plate Day - The Archer Project
Forum Discription: Information and communication about the WWPCPD and the Archer Memorial Project
URL: http://www.collodion.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3092
Printed Date: 29 March 2024 at 14:21


Topic: REMINDER - Shoot Saturday May 2!
Posted By: Goamules
Subject: REMINDER - Shoot Saturday May 2!
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 10:41
Don't forget, this Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 is World Wet Plate Day!  Shoot some plates, then:

Upload: your collodion work from May 2nd here:
http://www.wetplateday.org/ -



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Posted By: mylar_stars
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 15:18
Oh wow. Where have I been? I thought there were two separate events and the worldwide wet plate day was June 21. Thanks for the post.

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Troy R. Bennett
State 'O' Maine
www.mysteryjig.com


Posted By: Eddie
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 06:49
it is here and raining.....looks like i will be getting wet....:)


Posted By: Goamules
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 08:54
Thats too bad, but under cover or an indoor still life still should work.  Good luck Eddie.  I checked my chems last night and other than a little fog everything is fine.  

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


Posted By: Eddie
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 09:20
Got One!  the black clouds cleared out and the thin white ones gave very nice diffused light and even a light shadows could be seen!   the heavens were looking out for me today.  :)

i will shoot another now.  just trying to figure out what....




Posted By: zmanphoto
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 13:17
Raining here :-( But I've shot a few.

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


Posted By: TinfoilPhono
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 13:39
Raining here too, dammit. I'm still waiting for my model to show up, we'll have to work under fluorescents.


Posted By: zmanphoto
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 15:11
For what it's worth, I love the rainy weather.  After wrapping my film holder in a wet towel, I have been able to shoot on the road. Plenty of UV for me.  I just did a plate from a local cemetery.  20 minutes from coating to developing without a hint of dry out.  I wonder how long I can push this?

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


Posted By: davidjohnlotto
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 16:45
Raining here too...but my model and I are due to shoot in 1 hour. It could prove to be quite interesting since it's a nude in the rain. Hopefully she'll have a good sense of humor.

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davidjohn
platinum/palladium/collodion
www.davidjohnlotto.com


Posted By: Life_in_sepia
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 16:56
rain rain.  no model.  what's a guy to do?  self-portrait in the rain!
 
5x7 alumitype.  14.5" Verito, f4.  packard shutter, 30-seconds. 
 
happy wet plate day!!!
 
 
[with the benefit of hindsight, it appears better to keep the shot on the designated website]


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ed ross

www.edrossphotography.com
http://edsplates.blogspot.com/


Posted By: davidjohnlotto
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 16:58
Nice plate...not to mention the handsome model.

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davidjohn
platinum/palladium/collodion
www.davidjohnlotto.com


Posted By: mlarkin
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 17:29
Year old collodion and fading light, but I got mine, and I promise I won't let the forum down!! Post tomorrow


Posted By: nawagi
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 18:55
Rain this morning. Cleared at noon, with sun an hour later. Kousa is the bomb (even better mammoth!) and the Beech lost its virginity for this event. Thanks Q and the gang- can't wait to see the rest.

NWG


Posted By: Eddie
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 19:06
Originally posted by Life_in_sepia

rain rain.  no model.  what's a guy to do?  self-portrait in the rain!
 
5x7 alumitype.  14.5" Verito, f4.  packard shutter, 30-seconds. 
 
happy wet plate day!!!
 
 


PHEW!  at least this model has some clothes on!  har har har!

nice plate!




Posted By: Eddie
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 19:07
today turned into a wonderful day for shooting.  so good that i got 14 plates out of it.....now i should have know to decrease my exposure a bit as the sun got stronger but........a few are a bit light after dry down.....but who cares?  it was a blast to play photographer all day.




Posted By: TinfoilPhono
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 19:33
I am stoked! I got a couple of good really shots, including a great stereoview. I just finished uploading them to the gallery so they should appear soon.


Posted By: Kerik
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 21:50
Rain on and off here, but sarah got two images done and I got 3! And we didn't even start until almost 4...

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Kerik Kouklis
Platinum/Gum/Collodion
www.kerik.com


Posted By: Goamules
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 22:12
I got a couple out at the folk festival but it wasn't easy.  Sheeze, I was shooting a wide angle rectilinear at f64, then closed it down to f128 and still was overblowing shots.  On the good side, it was easy to pour the plates, and everything was working very consistently.  

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


Posted By: cogden
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 22:18
Rain, rain,rain.......Glad you liked it MarkZ. I hate trying to shoot indoors!!! Shot 23 plates today, 13 shot indoors and they are crap. So what do you do?? Go outside in the rain...last 10 plates shot outside all are great!!! This was alot of fun even though the first half the day was frustrating. My hands have never been blacker!!!
 
Chuck


Posted By: magruder
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 22:40
I had a helluva time trying to find somewhere that wasn't blowin 30MPH (50KPH) winds. 

Finally settled down around noon and I was able to make about 5 plates along the Colorado River. I attempted a tryptich of 8x10s.  

First two didn't line up perfectly... but, c'est la vie. I enjoyed getting out and pouring and I had alot of people coming up interested in what I was doing. 


Posted By: Bruce Schultz
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 00:24
I worked my butt off, making images at the bicentennial celebration in Liberty, Miss. Made some money and nice pictures.


Posted By: smieglitz
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 00:45
I shot several in my new studio using electronic flash for the most part.  I uploaded a couple to the Wetplate Day site.

I have a very lousy scanner and so the plates look much better in person.  I can't quite seem to get the color correct and the scanner always builds more contrast and noise into the scan.  I'll try to do some better scans next week at school. 

Joe


Posted By: hiottb
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 03:15
I shot four plates today and really liked one portrait.  I'm uploading that one.  Hope everyone had fun shooting today.

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Vaccinated Time Travel: To fantisize about travelling backward in time, but only with proper vaccinations.

Douglas Coupland, Generation-X


Posted By: admin
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 03:40
It's great to read what everyone's been doing. And it's even more exciting to see the images being uploaded to http://www.wetplateday.org - the site . 

We owe Garrett a BIG thank you. I know he's investing a lot of time in getting the images up there - THANK YOU GARRETT! 

If you want to be included in the catalog/publication, please send me (wetplate@gmail.com) 300 dpi images - size them for 8x10 (or somewhere in there - depending on your format). The information is on the http://www.wetplateday.org/wpd_base_fr.php?p=4 - wetplateday.org site - thanks.  Also, Rene has sent me his - spot on, release and all!


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Posted By: schrochem
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 11:44
Well, after a 3 month hiatus it was like riding a bike. I was happy with the chemistry and had a blast making plates again. I sent along 4 plates from the afternoon.
It's exciting to see all the other plates.


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Scott


Posted By: Goamules
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 11:52
It has been my pleasure to create the thumbnails and upload your plates to the website.  Each of you immortalized a thought on your plates yesterday. I, too, shot plates, and though I was in public, it wasn’t until I started looking at all of your work that I appreciated the camaraderie.  Each of us were doing the same things physically; inventorying chemicals and equipment, fighting the elements whether sun or rain, pouring and dipping in our settings, and getting our fingers black.  Each of us wondered how the others would embrace our work.  How the public would react.  Each of us showed our solidarity in solitary.

Few of us have actually met.  Yet we spend time together on the Collodion forums, and learn from each other virtually.  But as I opened each email posting, and looked at your pictures, I suddenly felt it.  I recognized your style, or a favorite subject, or the emotion, or the learning difficulties.  And today as you look at the website, you will see that together were were a success.



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


Posted By: Life_in_sepia
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 12:09
thanks for making the effort, Garrett!  

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ed ross

www.edrossphotography.com
http://edsplates.blogspot.com/


Posted By: Goamules
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 12:20
And let's thank Geert-Jan Heyda, who programmed this great site, worked with a lot of us to tweak it and applied the domain name.  It's a nice site where we can archive this day.  Thanks Geert-Jan!

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


Posted By: Life_in_sepia
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 12:34
THANKS Geert-Jan  -- it's a great site and a great project!

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ed ross

www.edrossphotography.com
http://edsplates.blogspot.com/


Posted By: magruder
Date Posted: 03 May 2009 at 17:18
Originally posted by schrochem

Well, after a 3 month hiatus it was like riding a bike. I was happy with the chemistry and had a blast making plates again. I sent along 4 plates from the afternoon.
It's exciting to see all the other plates.

Scott, sorry I didn't see your post about meeting up until last night. 
Glad you got to pour some though. I like em, by the way. 




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