Here is last weeks 8x10 self portrait attempt. Think I over developed it a bit. There are comets and other artifacts as well. Still an ok first attempt at 8x10 ambrotype. The blackening was done with asphaltum (dislike the smell).
Doing more wet plate work this week off. Am filtering my sunned (26 hours) silver now.
WET PLATE PHOTOGRAPHY IS FUN!!!!
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| Self portrait, reversed clear glass ambrotpye, 2022 |
A video of the earlier self portrait plate. Ambrotypes look better when you can move around them. Subjects seem caught INSIDE THE GLASS, science fiction like. A VICTORIAN POLAROID, tech from 1851.
