What a disaster of a film february for me. I started by doing a wet plate course and to be honest I've spent the rest of the month trying to get set up for doing it - I'm nearly there - the last job I had was modifying a film holder to take aluminium plates. Looked easy but I hadn't figured out how to cut a large rectangle in 1.5mm thick metal. I did it - very painfully - using a jewelers saw and about 15 fine blades. It took 2 hours and I was nearly crying. Then I decided I'd develop a film from my jar - turns out it was 95% close ups of the Italian chapel for a project I had in mind. This was one of 2 or 3 that wasn't. Apart from that I've done hardly any photography but I am keen to get back into this site. This is Lamb Holm - a small island connected to the largest of our islands by the Churchill barriers - I walked around it in a couple of hours - it's tiny and has the Italian Chapel on it.
Look forward to seeing your wet plate stuff, I started researching a pioneer of wet plate a lady called Caroline Crofton who left 3000 glass plate negs, now in the National Library of Ireland, I got to see some of them a few months back and was astounded at their beauty. If you are interested digital prints from them all can be viewed on line. Google THE CLONBROCK COLLECTION. Asks regards film Feb I got a film back yesterday taken on a Yashica Minster, very mixed results intend to post a few over the next few days..
Love the marine tones. You're making me miss the sea again. ;)