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collodion

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
Making wet plate collodions

Wet-Plate Collodion Process – Ambrotypes

Alexey Alexeev talks us though the wet plate collodion, or ambrotype process. From history to final print.

Categories Wetplate collodions
Calotypes by Christopher Wright

Ancient ways, modern views

Calotypy for the 21st Century; Pt1: Dr Hugh Diamond’s Single Solution Process: Christopher Wright gives us a history of Calotypes and explains the process.

Categories History of alt. proc.

The world of plate photography

Rediscovering and revisualizing the arqaic plate processes, an excerpt from “Diffusion magazine, volume II” written by Phil Nesmith.

Categories Open blog and essays
Ken Watson Poudera

The wetplate collodion process

Ken Watson, a serious “wet head” shares his joy and experience of making wet plate collodions.

Categories Wetplate collodions

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