I now have the camera, liquid light, So Im asking if anyone has done this before and would like to share any tips. It looks amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzCCjlubQ2o
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@chewyteeth Thank you!!! I had seen the first one. Which is soooo AMAZING! Then about a month ago I got the camera that got the spark going again. Which was cool because it came with the glass.The second video gives so much info. I will be researching alittle more before I jump in. And yes Im looking into the safty part too=). I will never give up my DSLR but film and stuff like this makes my heart sing. Sorry to through that sick thing at ya. I have Lupus and POTS. Which is a real kick in the butt. So either I sit and say some day...or do it now!!!
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Those vids make my eyes sweat a little bit, the music and the mission and the scale. It makes me happy that digital will never overtake film, not even in the future. For digital images to become better than view camera large format negs the sensors would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and be far too expensive to build. Therefore photography peaked in the mid nineteenth century - in terms of image quality - and the only modifications we've made have been making it easier to use, and cheaper to use. I only shoot on 35mm but the science of it and developing my own film makes it just as magical even if the images are not as good as from processes like wetplate. you gotta get models, wetplate in my opinion excels with people shots.
I'm so dying to do wet plate. There's a workshop of it at my school Spring quarter. Let me know if you want more info. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take it. The instructor is a master.
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Those vids make my eyes sweat a little bit, the music and the mission and the scale. It makes me happy that digital will never overtake film, not even in the future. For digital images to become better than view camera large format negs the sensors would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and be far too expensive to build. Therefore photography peaked in the mid nineteenth century - in terms of image quality - and the only modifications we've made have been making it easier to use, and cheaper to use. I only shoot on 35mm but the science of it and developing my own film makes it just as magical even if the images are not as good as from processes like wetplate. you gotta get models, wetplate in my opinion excels with people shots.
They also hold regular workshops at Yosemite and in Albany at Camp Tintype(?). I am hoping to do a workshop later this year. It is possible to get 4x5 wet plate holders from Chamonix, which is useful if you are using a large format camera. I read somewhere that it is argued that you are not a real photographer until you have few wet plate liquid stains on your camera!
Cf http://www.yosemitepark.com/wet-plate-collodion-photography-workshop.aspx
http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/wetplateholders.html
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