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    Re: Collodion - Wet Plate Images

    PS: i swear i was trembling as pouring this one.. Next one is covered from corner to corner almost perfectly

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    Hey Sergei, looks like you are coming right along. I found the B&S ol workhorse a bit thin mixing it like they suggest. According to the sheet they recommend 50ml colldion to 80ml iodizer. I'd probably bump the collodion up a bit to thicken it.
    The amount of pour is something you get use to and will work it's self out.
    I like developing 'in hand' because it gives you cleaner plates as opposed to using a helper tray.
    It really doesn't take much. Just try to make a wave go 'quickly' across the plate and then keep it on the plate. Easier said than done but I always err on the side of using a bit more because islands are one of the 'effects' that I don't particularly like....
    If you want to learn the insides of it, there are some great modern books but plenty of free stuff on google books, see below. I'm a big fan of Waldack and Lea. Towler is very well known for his book as well.

    Charles Long - Practical Photography
    Hardwich,Peobody -A manual of photographic chemistry, including the practice of the collodion process
    Hennah - Photographic manipulation, The Collodion process
    Gamble - An Introduction to the Practice of Wet Collodion Photography
    Lea, manual of photography
    Sutton - A treatise on the positive collodion process
    Wilson - A practical guide to the collodion process in photography
    Hunt -The collodion process simplified
    Kodak -Collodion and the making of wet plate negatives for photo-engraving work, a handbook of information concerning the production of wet plate negatives by simple and sure methods
    Towler - The Silver Sunbeam, A Practical and Theoretical Text-book on Sun Drawing and Photographic Printing
    Waldack,Neff - Treatise of photography on collodion
    Sutton - Photographic Notes
    Routledge - The photographic annual - 1908 - Wet Collodion Section
    Weights and measures

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    Re: Collodion - Wet Plate Images

    Thank you, Scott.

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    Re: Collodion - Wet Plate Images

    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Schroeder View Post
    Hey Sergei, looks like you are coming right along. I found the B&S ol workhorse a bit thin mixing it like they suggest. According to the sheet they recommend 50ml colldion to 80ml iodizer. I'd probably bump the collodion up a bit to thicken it.
    The amount of pour is something you get use to and will work it's self out.
    I like developing 'in hand' because it gives you cleaner plates as opposed to using a helper tray.
    It really doesn't take much. Just try to make a wave go 'quickly' across the plate and then keep it on the plate. Easier said than done but I always err on the side of using a bit more because islands are one of the 'effects' that I don't particularly like....
    If you want to learn the insides of it, there are some great modern books but plenty of free stuff on google books, see below. I'm a big fan of Waldack and Lea. Towler is very well known for his book as well.

    Charles Long - Practical Photography
    Hardwich,Peobody -A manual of photographic chemistry, including the practice of the collodion process
    Hennah - Photographic manipulation, The Collodion process
    Gamble - An Introduction to the Practice of Wet Collodion Photography
    Lea, manual of photography
    Sutton - A treatise on the positive collodion process
    Wilson - A practical guide to the collodion process in photography
    Hunt -The collodion process simplified
    Kodak -Collodion and the making of wet plate negatives for photo-engraving work, a handbook of information concerning the production of wet plate negatives by simple and sure methods
    Towler - The Silver Sunbeam, A Practical and Theoretical Text-book on Sun Drawing and Photographic Printing
    Waldack,Neff - Treatise of photography on collodion
    Sutton - Photographic Notes
    Routledge - The photographic annual - 1908 - Wet Collodion Section
    Weights and measures
    Good stuff! Thanks Scott.
    Henricus

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    Re: Collodion - Wet Plate Images

    I should add the modern manuals that I've used
    Otto Dippold sells a book on how to make your own wet plate camera.
    http://r.ebay.com/JLocFd

    I taught myself on Coffer's dvds and manual.
    http://www.johncoffer.com/

    I have since acquired books from Quinn, which is also very very good
    http://studioq.com/chemical-pictures-book/

    Also, I have the Osterman's book
    http://www.collodion.org/pubs.html

    Sergei, I know about the trembling.... ;-) Usually that happens to me when I'm thinking/trying to hard instead of just going with the flow (pun intended).

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    Quote Originally Posted by SergeiR View Post
    PS: i swear i was trembling as pouring this one.. Next one is covered from corner to corner almost perfectly
    Heh, after 20 or so plates all that disappears, maybe closer to 3-4 in a row unless you're doing nudes then there's other elements involved with shaky developing

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    Theres also Facebook groups that will provide some instant help here and there, pretty good times in some of them like the collodion bastards one

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    The actual collodion pour made me nerous at first but the old workhorse stuff is so nice I don't even really think about that, it's the developing/ and then fixing that always seems like opening presents on Christmas morning as a kid

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    Sergei, if you are in Dallas you could do a workshop with Frank Lopez if you want http://www.franklopez.com/
    Or if you ever come to Austin, I'm happy to show folks the ropes.

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    Re: Collodion - Wet Plate Images

    Stalley album cover
    I had the pleasure of working with Robb Kendrick on this album cover. It's always cool to watch others work.
    http://youtu.be/i9Vcu-uOXtA

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