A visual guide for beginners to making a tintype photograph
Liam Smith, a photography teacher at a local college, gives a visual guide how to make tintypes.
The Ambrotype – Equipment and darkroom
An excerpt from The Ambrotype, a book by Radosław Brzozowski who shares the first chapter with us. Writer / Radosław Brzozowski Photography / Radosław Brzozowski and Małgorzata Bardoń Let’s start by stating the obvious; making ambrotypes requires us to use a large format camera. We should, however, remember that not all large format cameras are equally suitable for the purpose; it is a bit of a paradox, that quite frequently … Read more
The Ambrotype: A Practical Guide
by Radosław Brzozowski Buy “The Ambrotype” directly from Radosław Brzozowski $30-34 for paperback including shipping. Ship this book to Europe $30,00 USDUSA $32,00 USDRest of the world $34,00 USD Why buy it here? When you choose the option to buy directly from the author, the book is shipped by the author ensuring most of the money goes to the author. When buying from Amazon the author will get … Read more
Making the Sliding Box Camera
Learn how to construct a camera in wood, dating back to the daguerreotype era.
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.
Making the Traditional Wet Plate Camera
From the basics to more advanced techniques on building a historically-correct bellows camera for plate 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.
Ambrotypes – a beginner’s view
Emma Bjorndahl has recently learned a new skill – making ambrotypes. She shares her passion and frustrations with this process.
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.
Wet-Plate Collodion Process – Ambrotypes
Alexey Alexeev talks us though the wet plate collodion, or ambrotype process. From history to final print.
The wetplate collodion process
Ken Watson, a serious “wet head” shares his joy and experience of making wet plate collodions.
