Yaum's Photo Diary

from Facebook.... Bought a new battery for the trailer $146 CAD. The old one was looking rather wasted as you can see from the photograph...

from FaceBook.... Some photos made in the dump in 2017. Pictures made with a Linhof 5x7 camera and 120mm, 210mm lens, on Tri-x. The attac...

Added a second row of red LCD safelights in the darkroom trailer today. I can add and subtract the light now in combination with the window...

I finally figured out a system that I think will work for the windows in the darkroom trailer.  I wanted to have the ability to go 100% bla...

from Facebook... Good and bad news over the last few days. Got rejected from the National Gallery of Canada, which was expected. The goo...

I will be answering a second set of questions for ANALOG FOREVER MAGAZINE in the coming days. The editor contacted me today, hewill send me...

I had originally planned to start my major wet plate photography project AMBROTOS KANATA in 2022 or 2023. Now tho with Covid-19 destroying ...

Am on my days off again, thank goodness!! So much to do thou, today after my 7th 12 hour night shift and a short sleep I bought some grocer...

"I'm not good at playing stereotypes. I don't ingratiate myself to the powers-that-be as some nice, Negro, colored, abiding p...

I have been looking for sources of chemicals in Asia. One of the big difficulties in doing ULF size 35x35 inch collodion plates is the cost...

"Perception is real and the truth is not"  The quote is from this new documentary, will try to watch it soon.  THE KINGMAKER ...

Been thinking of  Dr. Kings speech today. As soon as you look at a human being and then make a judgement based on skin color, that is a rac...

I am thinking the final name for the cross Canada Ambrotype project will be AMBROTOS KANATA. Ambrotos = the Greek word for immortal. I se...

I got a very nice rejection letter from the National Gallery of Canada yesterday. It was kind of them to take the time to reply to me, I ap...

Just answered the first set of questions for the new photography magazine ANALOG FOREVER MAGAZINE. https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/...

I ordered another 4 boxes of Eco-Feu Bio Ethanol tonight, there are 4-3.78 liter bottles per box. My last order in July was for 4 boxes but...

Tonight I picked a couple of items off Amazon for the darkroom trailer. A 26 gallon water tank that I will use with a pump to provide water...

Got my new head brace stand from the Ukraine today. IT IS LOVELY!! Heavy as it should be and everything locks down very well. I can use it...

"Fear does not stop death. It stops life. And worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace....

“Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me; the blunt poetry of his w...

Thinking of the kids of the dump today, hope they (their parents and grand parents) are safe in this covid-19 world. 2013, Sky Blue Sch...

Mixed up my second batch of Gerry Collodion this morning. My first time making this Collodion I invented (as far as I know) I only did a 27...

This very hot week off I have been working on setting up the plumbing in my wet plate trailer. First I unplugged the backed up stinky sink,...

Today I did a bit of work in the wetplate trailer darkroom. I was working putting up new red LCD safe lights, but could not get them workin...

Am offering a FUN WET PLATE PHOTO DAY along with my regular darkroom workshop on kijiji. Will add my view camera workshop soon (it was quit...