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Wet collodion image of a sake bottle

Say goodbye to cyanide: a less toxic approach to fixing wet collodion plates

Elizabeth Graves experiments with Waldack’s Formulas for Collodion Positives “Formula No. 1. For Dead-Whites” followed by a sodium thiosulfate fixer.

Categories Wetplate collodions

Get Organized, Alt Process Photographer!

Elizabeth Graves recommends some good organizational habits for wet darkroom, alt-process photographers.

Categories Darkroom photography

Blue plate special: Wet collodion images on blue aluminum

Elizabeth Graves satisfies her curiosity about straying from black to explore wet collodion on deep blue plates.

Categories Wetplate collodions
a black and white, aluminum and acrylic large format camera prototype

Acrylic and Aluminum Homemade Large Format Camera: Preview

Elizabeth Graves provides a preview of her recent large format camera-building experiments.

Categories Cameras, film & technique
Image of a large format film holder modified to hold metal plates

How to modify a film holder for wet plate collodion: design #2: magical magnetic tape

Elizabeth Graves develops another impermanent, non-damaging way to hold thin metal plates in a conventional large format film holder.

Categories Wetplate collodions
Wet collodion ferrotype image detail of reflective CD Roms

Is what you see what you get? Sometimes.

Elizabeth Graves remarks on the perils of digital reproduction of analog media in a un-color-calibrated age.

Categories Negatives

The mysteries of pricing art for distant shows: a plea

Elizabeth Graves on the mysteries of pricing art for distant shows, what research to do and guidance needed.

Categories General alternative processes

How “alt” is alt?

Elizabeth Graves on the alt. proc. label on art – loathing it or loving it?

Categories Open blog and essays

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery: Thoughts on Faux-Alt-Process Digital Images

Thoughts from Elizabeth Graves on why new digital imaging technology is often used to imitate the appearance of old, chemical photography.

Categories Open blog and essays
Color Shade First Flush

Subtle blues: Impossible Color Shade

Elizabeth Graves reviews the first edition of The Impossible Project’s experimental color film, Color Shade First Flush and finds the aged prints resemble color photographs of earlier eras.

Categories Open blog and essays
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