Yaum's Photo Diary

Freddy the wet plate darkroom trailer is ready for action!! Filled the tires and greased the trailer wheel bearings!! All the chemistry, wat...

 

 “The artist simply gives shape to his own dreams.”

I greased the darkroom trailer wheels for the second time today. A messy job that requires you crawl under the trailer to jack it up. Not th...

Gosh 6 years ago, before the darkroom trailer was scared with silver nitrate and other stains! The ice fishing tent is also for wet plate ...

Got me a beauty Emily Carr book today, All her collected writing. She was such a talented painter and author! I have always found her work v...

I keep trying to streamline and lock down all the moving parts in the darkroom trailer. Its an ongoing battle. Here is how I am currently ...

Got 2 new 6v batteries for the motor home Fanny. The old ones were all used up and would not hold a charge. Cost was $480 CAD, got a $40 r...

  Put a new 2000 watt inverter in Fanny the motor home. The inverter changes battery DC power to AC power. It will create a backup power s...

Spent a bunch of money on AMBROTOS KANATA today, feel a bit bad about it, but it needed to be done. 200 grams of Silver nitrate and 2 litres...

Mixed up 2000ml of fresh Gerry Collodion Have some very old stuff which I will try to use but the new mix is more likely to work well.   Not...

The darkroom trailer is a wonderful working space. There is a peace here, free from distractions. I have a heater, lights , running water an...

17 Thrift Store book buys today. Best book is this wonderfully inspiring Claude Monet book. It was the last book of a long and tiring day (b...

Working on. Freddy my wet plate trailer. Silver in, chemistry n, water in. painted counter done. Cleaning and remaining things I do not ne...

 

My 33 cent book on Berthe Morisot. A creative person ahead of her time. Was reading how she outsold Monet, Sisley and Renoir at their 4 pers...

Unlucky start! Got a flat tire, inner dually drivers side. Waiting on AMA to come and change  the tire. Will need to go get the tire repaire...

Will do a ZOOM talk for the Victoria Camera Club on Thursday January 14, 2027. They will pay $250 CAD, money to be used to help the people i...

A large 700 page book filled with so many lovely and moving drawings/watercolours from the Albertina collection. Work from Michelangelo, to ...

Another possible talk is shaping up. It looks like it will be a ZOOM talk withe the Victoria Camera Club. Possible date will be sometime in ...

Found a vintage (1970s?) staple gun at a thrift store for $6.30 CAD, got me 5000; staples online for $5. A good deal, new staple guns run $...

"Fanny" the motor home is getting ready for the road. Doing cleaning, adding batteries, water and even did some painting! Cleaned...

Decided to paint my counter top (after sanding), in the wet plate darkroom trailer. The stains from Silver Nitrate were very bad, and anytim...

Been thinking of my sideline art, silk screen prints on paper. I will go it on my own at first, setting up an outdoors printing area. I have...

David Kirby was born in a small Ohio town, where he had a difficult adolescence due to his sexuality. After graduation, he moved to Californ...