Nice article at "Eager"

Recenty Hans and Douwe visited my studio because they wanted to know all about wet plate photography.
Douwe wrote a nice article which was published at Eager.
This time it's in Dutch AND in English !!

http://didyousayeager.com/magazine/nl/201110/article/eager/collodion Dutch version

http://didyousayeager.com/magazine/en/201110/article/eager/collodion English version

some pictures

Douwe made by Hans and me.

Hans made by Douwe and me.

Gathering with Albert and Bart

Today we made some portraits during my workshop.
Albert is a photography shop owner ans also a collector of all kinds of photographic items and Bart is a student at the Fotovakschool at Venlo and he loves to works with alternative processes.

For the first time i have used a 420 mm 4.5 hermagis petzval.
I have bought it last year at the Houten fair but wasn't able to give it a try before.
http://collodion-art.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-am-in-love.html

I should have.... It turns out to be a great lens. great details and a beautifull DOF.
some plates we made during the day.

 

Clear glass Ambrotype

Hermagis 420mm 4.5 petzval

exposure time 6 secs

KCN fixer

Black glass Ambrotype

Hermagis 420mm 4.5 petzval

exposure time 6 secs

KCN fixer

Albert made by Bart

Black glass Ambrotype

Hermagis 420mm 4.5 petzval

exposure time 6 secs

KCN fixer

 

Albert made by Bart

Black glass Ambrotype

Hermagis 420mm 4.5 petzval

exposure time 7 secs

KCN fixer

Another publication

This magazine just fell on the door mat.
It contains lots of cultural information about Brabant, the provence i live in.
With the help of Joep Eijkens, correspondent of Brabant Cultureel, i have been published again with this beautifull photographic process !.
Sorry it's in Dutch...
Just click on one of the two pictures to see the larger versions

"Ben"

Today i finally had some some to make a portrait of my friend Ben.

Clear glass ambro

26 x 26 cm

Non ether collodion

KCN Fixer

exposure time 7 secs

Dallmeyer 3b open