Yaum's Photo Diary

Here are another 10 images made in the Mae Sot Thailand dump with the families back in April/May 2016. This selection is from the 12 rolls ...

This is the type of wet plate portrait work I would like to do on my proposed "Oh! Canada!" project, the image is by photographe...

I also got my 11x14 glass plate holder today. The holder was very well packaged in an oversized box with foam pellets and bubble wrap. My n...

I got my Carl Vandyk brass petzval 1865 lens today! And it is a real real BEAUTY!. I did not realize that it had an adjustable shutter/diap...

Picked up 2 new wet plate books tonight off Amazon. The first is Quinn Jacobson's book on making wet plate collodion negs (I own anothe...

Think I will start calling (at least in submissions) my work NON FICTION ART instead of social documentary concerned photography. Many art ...

Not sure I need yet another tripod but this one seems to fit a need at a cheaper price. It is made by Linhof which only makes quality gear....

"What is drawing? How does one do it? It's the action of forcing one's way through an invisible iron wall which seems to be lo...

Today I got another rejection letter from a local small artist run gallery called Latitude 53. The work submitted and rejected was  from th...

Am going to get my next 16x20 holder made in the Czech Republic! Contacted my man there (Filip) who is going to make a holder for me to tes...

I fell in love with a new library book of Curtis portraits titled, "Edward S Curtis: The Women". As always Curtis's subjects ...

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night, It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which...

Here are some of my new ULF lens mounted on Sinar lens boards. I will have to sand down one of the boards as it does not quite fit into the...

After I did my darkroom redo today I set up "May Lee" my 16x20 camera with 2 tripods, the Ilex Process Lens, and the new 16x20 we...

I have the new-used enlarger now set up in my darkroom. The enlarger is not quite as nice as I had hoped, a bit too much plastic and thin m...

Another place I would love to go during the "Oh! Canada!" is the island of Haida Gwai (Queen Charlotte Islands) off the coast of ...

To get to Inuvik Northwest Territories I would have to travel North from Dawson City Yukon on the Dempster highway which in winter uses ice...

Found another possible cargo trailer, this one is tall enough for me and a bit shorter than the earlier trailer post. It does not have the ...

Been thinking of places I would like to go for the "Oh! Canada!" project if it happens. At the top of the list right now is a pla...

Today I got my ULF wet play holder for 16x20 camera "May Lee". What a ascetically beautiful piece of equipment. The people in Chi...

I have been studying the videos of Quinn Jacobson on YouTube. Quinn is an advanced teacher in the art of wet plate photography. Todays vide...

This is my latest and possibly last email from the Polish seller of my Carl Vandyk lens. "I hope that you will be lucky with the len...

Had a great gab session with my friend Larry tonight. We meet usually every 2 weeks and have a small simple meal and then go to the coffee ...

I can now make photos with my ULF 16x20 May Lee. I have: - 16x20 Camera - 3 lens on boards with shutters (one not on a board or with a ...

I got my first 16x20 film holder today. It is the most expensive film holder I have ever bought, an astounding $695 USD!!!! It is also the ...