Collodion process used for a Romanian wine label

A few months i was contacted by a branding company.

They were representing a famous Romanian wine house named Domeniul Coroanei.

Domeniul Coroanei was interested in using one of my plates for the label of one of there new wines.

Mine was used for "Honor".

It might be the firt time ever the collodion proces has been used for making a wine label.

Here is the brochure, bottle and original plate.

Picture made bij Brandient.com

 Picture made bij Brandient.com

How i did the framing

I have received several questions about how I did the framing of my plates.
Actually it isn't that difficult. It sure is no rocket science.

This is the final result : http://collodion-art.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-first-exhibition.html

I bought some 9 mm thick oak plates.
Because there are so thin and I wanted to prevent it from curling I placed a 2mm steel plate at the back.
I took 2 small pieces of oak and glued them on the the oak plate. On top of that I used adhesive velcro.
One piece attached to the glass plate and the other on the small pieces on the oak plate.

First I tried adhesive tape but that was more permanent and much more difficult to remove the plate again.
With the velcro I have a kind of picture frame where I can easily remove the plate and put on another one.

Studio shoot at "MIJNSTUDIO"

Last week i was invited by Marc Vreenegoor, owner of a very beautifull professional studio in ter Aar ( near Amsterdam) to give a demonstration wet plate photography.

He invited a very beautifull, but also very patient model Marisa to make some plates.
The other photographer was Huibert van der Meer. A great and very creative photographer.
For the most of them it was the first time they ever saw wet plate photography.
It was a very long but also joyfull day.

Location : www.mijnstudio.nu

Marc Vreenegoor : http://www.m-xposure.com/

Huibert van der Meer : http://www.huibertvandermeer.nl/

some impressions :

picture made by Marc Vreenegoor

Dallmeyer 3b wide open

exposure time 10 sec

black glass

Dallmeyer 3b wide open

exposure time 6 sec

black glass

Dallmeyer 3b wide open

exposure time 10 sec

black glass

How "The Alien" was made

Following is a brief explenation how "The Alien" was made.

Currently I am using 2 falconeyes studiolights 5500k with 9 bulbs each.

This picture was made with a noname petzval lens.

focallenght was 350 mm at 5.6

poorboy collodion

exposuretime aprox 4 sec

clear glass

KCN fixer.

a little flashlight from behind to create a body

two falconeyes daylight studiolights