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Watch as a Tintype Portrait of Adam Savage is Made on Stage, From Start to...
Tested recently put on a show at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. One of the presentations was by local photographer Michael Shindler, who specializes in wet plate collodion photography. In the...
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Shooting Wet Plate Collodion Portraits with 12,000Ws of Studio Lighting
This is a story about a collaboration to overcome 19th century technology problems using 21st century technology to produce well lit portraits. Luke White and I, Paul Alsop, are two English...
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These Are Likely the World’s First Wet Plate Collodion Photos of Snowflakes
Want a crazy photography challenge? Try photographing a snowflake. Want to make it even more challenging? Try doing it with the wet plate collodion process. That’s what a couple of photography...
View ArticleThe Wet Plate Collodion Process from a Photographer’s Point of View
During a photo shoot last summer under the hot sun in the South of France, photographer Nède strapped a GoPro HERO4 Black to his chest to document what the wet plate collodion photography process is...
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Shooting a Surreal Photo with the Wet Plate Collodion Process
French photographer Nède has been working on a project called Altered Reality in which he explores the line between mundane reality and madness. One of the images, shown above, is titled “The...
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Haunting Ambrotypes of Endangered Species Encased in Ice
When photographer Erik Hijweege realized that there were over 22,000 species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, he was shocked… and inspired. Inspired to create a hauntingly beautiful series...
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This is the First Known Photograph of a US Presidential Inauguration
The Capitol was still under construction on March 4th, 1857, when photographer John Wood set up his wet plate collodion camera and captured the first known photograph of a US Presidential...
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Photographer Uses 1800s Process for Ethereal Portraits of Kids
For her project titled “Nebula,” Spanish photographer Jacqueline Roberts shot portraits of youth in the limbo period between childhood and adolescence using the wet plate collodion process from the...
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Wet Plate Portraits of WWE Superstars
New York-based photographer James Weber recently shot a series of portraits of WWE wrestling superstars using the 1800s wet plate collodion process. The photos were shot over two days in two different...
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Making Collodion From Scratch
A few days ago, for the first time ever in my experience with wet plate photography, I mixed up collodion from scratch. I thought I’d share about the experience. First of all, plain USP (U.S....
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Creating a Wet Plate Collodion Photo in a Portable Darkroom
Adrian Cook is a wet plate collodion photographer based in Sydney, Australia. The Guardian made this 7-minute video in which Cook talks about his background and walks through the wet plate collodion...
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I Built the Largest Natural Light Wet Plate Studio in the US in Over a Century
There are fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, and as far as I know, I am the only one in the state of North Dakota. 5 years ago, I didn’t own a camera and knew...
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Shooting Wet Plate Double Exposures with a Handheld Camera
Wet plate photographer Markus Hofstaetter recently tried his hand at tackling an unusual project: he wanted to shoot wet plate portraits handheld. Hofstaetter started out by using his country’s...
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The Winning Photos of the First Annual Wet Plate Competition
This year, the wet plate supply brand Modern Collodion ran its first annual Wet Plate Competition. The 2018 contest received over 200 submissions from 75 wet plate photographers based in 19 countries....
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Shooting a Wet Plate Macro of a Cherry Blossom High on a Tree
After I recently saw cherry blossoms on my tree, I wanted to shoot one of them with my wet plate camera… while the blossom is still high on the tree. When I was young, this tree was the location of my...
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Photographer Cuts His Own Wet Plates on a 75-Year-Old Machine
Photographer Markus Hofstaetter often gets asked about how he acquires the plates he uses for wet plate collodion photography. To answer that question, Hofstaetter made this 7-minute video showing how...
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Wet Plate Photography Makes Tattoos Disappear
Here’s something you may not have known about the 1800s wet plate collodion photography process: it can make certain tattoos disappear in photos. It’s a curious phenomenon that photographer Michael...
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This is the World’s Largest Wet Plate Collodion Photo
Wet plate collodion photographer Ian Ruhter has made a name for himself by pushing the boundaries of the medium. For his latest endeavor, Ruhter turned a 200-pound sheet of glass into the world’s...
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I Shot Ultra-Macro Video of the Wet Plate Collodion Process
Normally I use videos to document my work. This time the video is the main outcome of my work — I shot an ultra-macro video that shows how the crystals/salts change during the wet plate collodion...
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Ice Crystals Captured in a Wet Plate Portrait
New York photographer Justin Borucki has been documenting his city with a pop-up tintype studio out of the back of his car. While shooting a portrait for a client recently, Borucki unexpectedly...
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