Wet Plate Collodion images.

[removedacct1]

This is a new piece I did last night: a wet plate collodion image on aluminum, 7.5" X 9.25", using Old Workhorse. Camera: Deardorff with the Ektar 12" lens, 2 minutes exposure at f16.

 

[awty]

Wonderful picture, great lighting ...Although I find the leaves on the bottom a little distracting.

 

[removedacct1]

8X10 tintype, Deardorff with the 15" Lerebours et Secretan lens at f5, 110 seconds exposure on Old Workhorse.

 

[Brickbird]

Another winner, Paul.

 

[jwd722]

Both are beautiful! I hope to have my wet plate venture up and running by spring.

 

[awty]

Another excellent picture. Well done.

 

[removedacct1]

Both are beautiful! I hope to have my wet plate venture up and running by spring.

I hope you do! Its a completely fascinating process and deeply rewarding. I've never had so much fun with a camera (or two).

 

[removedacct1]

I was testing a Brownie 3B box camera as tintype device this afternoon. The results indicate I need to hone the process for this small camera a bit, but this looks very promising.

 

[williaty]

One of my recent ones:


20180124-1.jpg by Ty Williams, on Flickr

 

[removedacct1]

Skull Jar #2
Wet Plate Collodion on aluminum (tintype)
8X10 plate shot with the Deardorff and 12" Kodak Ektar lens at f16. Exposure was 45 seconds, using Old Workhorse collodion and home-made developer.

 

[awty]

Beautiful portrait and still life, keep them coming.

 

[removedacct1]

Beautiful portrait and still life, keep them coming.

Thank you very much

 

[Brickbird]

2nd what awty said. Nice one.

 

[removedacct1]

Oak Leaf Grid #1
Wet Plate Collodion image on glass (as negative).
Old Workhorse collodion used, with B&S developer diluted for negative processing. I'm not thrilled with the overall density and contrast (and the uneven development marks), so I need to practice making negatives more. Next time, I made John Coffer's negative collodion and corresponding developer.

 

[williaty]

I forgot to add two of mine from last week:


20180311-1.jpg by Ty Williams


20180228-1.jpg by Ty Williams

 

[removedacct1]

This afternoon I had a chance to test a new Collodion I made on the weekend: John Coffer's #7, which is formulated specifically for making glass negatives (which is what this image is from). It definitely has better contrast and greater density than the other Collodions I had used for negatives, so that's good. Not a perfect neg, but a nice first try!.
Shot with my Lerebours et Secretan 15 in f5 lens. Exposure was 60 seconds.

 

[mooseontheloose]

Beautiful images Paul! I would love to do wet plate but it's not something I can easily do here in Japan.

 

[removedacct1]

Beautiful images Paul! I would love to do wet plate but it's not something I can easily do here in Japan.

Thank you!
So, are the materials not available in Japan??

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Wonderful picture, great lighting ...Although I find the leaves on the bottom a little distracting.

Actually, I thought the leaves at the bottom gave the image a sort of balance; great work!

 

[warden]

Actually, I thought the leaves at the bottom gave the image a sort of balance; great work!

Me too. Just lovely photography.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Me too. Just lovely photography.

agreed,

 

[awty]

Actually, I thought the leaves at the bottom gave the image a sort of balance; great work!

+3 I agree now, much more natural, dont know what I was thinking.
Excellent work Mr Bardon, dont stop.

 

[removed account4]

Excellent work Mr Bardon, dont stop.

exactly what i was thinking !

 

[mooseontheloose]

Thank you!
So, are the materials not available in Japan??

They are, there is an American photographer outside of Tokyo doing wetplate (Everett Kennedy Brown) that I have been in contact with about doing this process in Japan; unfortunately I need a business license in order to get chemicals directly from the chemical companies. That's not a huge problem, but something that is a little more difficult for me to deal with as I am not married to a Japanese (which most long-term foreigners in Japan are, which helps them with starting businesses and buying property here, not to mention dealing with all the kanji on Japanese forms). The other hurdle I have is that I don't have a dedicated wet darkroom which complicates things, but not overly so. In any event, I have been overworked the last 2 years so haven't been able to spend much time in the darkroom, never mind think about new processes. But hopefully this is something that I can get into more, as work has become more stable (I am now full-time tenured at my university) and I can start focusing on things that are important to me.

 

[removedacct1]

Yesterday I received my Intrepid 4X5 Camera - part of the prize package I won for one of my tintypes recently (See: Dead Link Removed Thank you very much Modern Collodion/Intrepid Camera Co/UV Photographics!)
This is the first glass collodion negative I made with the Intrepid, fitted with a 1930s Kodak 5.5" Anastigmat lens (from Blue Moon Camera in PDX). While its not a great negative, it does show some nice texture and demonstrates just how sharp and capable the Anastigmat is!
Coffer's #7 negative collodion used, in conjunction with John's developer for negatives - well seasoned with used developer. The negative was intensified using John Coffer's intensification method, which I must say works beautifully. Exposure was 6 minutes at f6.3