Head Rest and Posing Stands

[RPippin]

I'm sending off my Kodak 2D to Star Camera to have a back made for tintype work and have a few questions I'm hoping to get some help with. I'll be using the Rockland kit to start and I'm wandering how long I have between coating the plates and shooting them before they start to go south. Also, has anyone got any ideas about either finding or making a head rest or posing stand for long exposures. I've searched through Ebay and can't find anything, also none available new or refurbished so I guess it's make your own time. Anyone have any plans or thoughts?

[andrehh]

Hi,

that´s the one I built (total cost ca. EUR 75)

http://www.collodion.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10412&KW=&PID=72796&title=diy-head-brace#72796

and here is another DIY solution

http://www.mauritsbollen.com/A-DIY-Head-Brace

Best regards
André

[Scott Davis]

If you're going to do collodion, skip the Rockland kit and do the real thing. I haven't seen good results from one yet although others may have examples to prove the contrary.

[ghostcount]

I'm sending off my Kodak 2D to Star Camera to have a back made for tintype work and have a few questions I'm hoping to get some help with. I'll be using the Rockland kit to start and I'm wandering how long I have between coating the plates and shooting them before they start to go south. Also, has anyone got any ideas about either finding or making a head rest or posing stand for long exposures. I've searched through Ebay and can't find anything, also none available new or refurbished so I guess it's make your own time. Anyone have any plans or thoughts?

Claude Levet makes Centennial Head Rest Stand. Not cheap but they are great.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?78361-Looking-for-Brady-Stand&p=752046&viewfull=1#post752046

http://photo.net/gc/view-one?classified_ad_id=1207750
(http://photo.net/gc/view-one?classified_ad_id=1207750)

[Tin Can]

Seems to me, many of us could use the head part only with existing mike stands, lab equipment or c-stands with sandbags.

I would prefer to find only the adjustable head piece as that all I would need to adapt to my posing chair.

[ghostcount]

Claude Levet makes Centennial Head Rest Stand. Not cheap but they are great.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?78361-Looking-for-Brady-Stand&p=752046&viewfull=1#post752046

http://photo.net/gc/view-one?classified_ad_id=1207750
(http://photo.net/gc/view-one?classified_ad_id=1207750)

Incidentally, Claude sells the head portion separately.

[BarryS]

I use a small light stand with a grip arm and a plastic spring clamp from Home Depot gaff taped to the grip arm. The spring clamp provides the V for the head rest, the light stand is the base and height adjustment, and the grip arm acts as a pivot. A mic stand with a short boom would probably do the job--worth a trip to Guitar Center. Claude's stands are nice, but $600 is a lot if you aren't setting up a period studio.

[Tin Can]

Great, I will contact him.

Thank you.


Incidentally, Claude sells the head portion separately.

[RPippin]

Thanks for the reply, Scott, but my plan is to do tintypes right now. Will want to mix my own chemicals in the future, but from the results I've seen the Rockland kit will do for now. If you have some alchemy tricks up your sleeve, come down to C'ville and visit with Keith and myself. I have a working studio, darkroom and living space on the old downtown mall.

[ghostcount]

I use a small light stand with a grip arm and a plastic spring clamp from Home Depot gaff taped to the grip arm. The spring clamp provides the V for the head rest, the light stand is the base and height adjustment, and the grip arm acts as a pivot. A mic stand with a short boom would probably do the job--worth a trip to Guitar Center. Claude's stands are nice, but $600 is a lot if you aren't setting up a period studio.

Indeed... a few sandbags/ankle weights does wonders for stability.

[Tri Tran]

Here's my version . It's not pretty as Claude's product but it works for me so far. FYI Red knob patented :)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/835/oc6k.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/n7oc6kj)

[Tin Can]

Very nice! Are those coat hooks?

I will only use a black traditional knob.


Here's my version . It's not pretty as Claude's product but it works for me so far. FYI Red knob patented :)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/835/oc6k.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/n7oc6kj)

[Tri Tran]

Thats correct Randy. You can find this exact one at Home Depot.

[Tin Can]

Thank you!

Great tip!

I will be shopping HD today!


Thats correct Randy. You can find this exact one at Home Depot.

[Jim Noel]

I'm sending off my Kodak 2D to Star Camera to have a back made for tintype work and have a few questions I'm hoping to get some help with. I'll be using the Rockland kit to start and I'm wandering how long I have between coating the plates and shooting them before they start to go south. Also, has anyone got any ideas about either finding or making a head rest or posing stand for long exposures. I've searched through Ebay and can't find anything, also none available new or refurbished so I guess it's make your own time. Anyone have any plans or thoughts?

Experience tells me you are wasting your time with the Rockland kit if you intend to advance to real tintypes and wet plate negatives or ambrotypes. You will have the same learning curve after that experience as you will have if you begin with the proper materials. Order a kit from Bostick & Sullivan and get started right. You may be surprised at how well learning with those kits will go.

[ScottPhotoCo]

Experience tells me you are wasting your time with the Rockland kit if you intend to advance to real tintypes and wet plate negatives or ambrotypes. You will have the same learning curve after that experience as you will have if you begin with the proper materials. Order a kit from Bostick & Sullivan and get started right. You may be surprised at how well learning with those kits will go.

Completely agree.

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co