Comments on: The silver gelatin dry plate process

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By: Round-up: DIY Silver Gelatine Emulsions | thebromidediaries

Round-up: DIY Silver Gelatine Emulsions | thebromidediaries — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:29:28 +0000

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By: ricky

ricky — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:31:29 +0000

What about putting the subbing layer on acetate or mylar and using a more readily available film holder? Or maybe skip the subbing layer and coat some vellum for a super-sexy softness?

David: contact the schools surrounding you and see if one of them has a working darkroom and photo students. It would be super easy to make contact prints from your plates, and I bet that if you contact the appropriare professor they will be more than happy to acquaint you with a responsible student who would geek out at the opportunity to fondle your treasure in exchange for a little cash…

By: David

David — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:35:08 +0000

i have found several boxes of dry plates, i believe including photos of my local town and greatgrandfather from the late 1800′s. ..i live in n. illinois (rockford area) and am looking for someone that can develop photographs from the dry plate exposures. can you advise?
your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

By: Vawds Cincerric

Vawds Cincerric — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:28:50 +0000

Both are evident but only when looking from an aesthetic pov can one truly appreciate the benefits of cross developing patterns of blue, yellow, and orange. With that said, the problem will only then remain if the six step process is bypassed or forgotten. But I’ve found that avoiding extremely low temps. and bringing the fluid ratio up to the same level as you would the ga

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:18:59 +0000

Mark…. your article is a great intro into preparing gelatin emulsions. You are right about frilling (the lifting of the emulsion from the plate) is one of the biggest problems and your use of a proper subbing layer is right on the money.

I’m not as big a fan of pre-prepared “Liquid Light” for this process as you are, though. It works, and it’s great for a lot of things…. but I’ve found that it’s not much more difficult to make a totally traditional emulsion. The hard part is in the gelatin, not in the senstitization….. and you’ve got the gelatin down to a science.

By: Vannevar Bush Reading Response: 1/26 « Sarah Gold's Blog

Vannevar Bush Reading Response: 1/26 « Sarah Gold's Blog — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:40:04 +0000

[...] the future in order to speed up the photography process. I found a website that describes one way dry photography is achieved, similar to a process Bush describes in his article. Leave a Comment LikeBe the [...]

By: Beyond gallery visits « Miglena Minkova

Beyond gallery visits « Miglena Minkova — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:46:50 +0000

[...] fantastic resource for alternative photographic processes can be found here as well as some shorts of the featured artists, on the V&A [...]