Yaum's Photo Diary

Here are some more forgotten face scans. I am still waiting on a order of 47 glass plate negatives from the seller. Note* A fellow on my ...

I  have purchased over 100 of these 3x4 inch glass plate negatives from a seller in Canada. They might have come from Chicago, not sure the...

Got some info on the "Healing Process" invites that are being printed up. The Art Gallery of St. Albert really goes all out in t...

Put $5000 CAD down on my HF3535 camera yesterday (payments 2 and 3 at the same time), I sent a wire transfer to Filip in the Czech Republic...

Met up with Jenny the curator of the Art Gallery of St. Albert yesterday. She visited my darkroom then we went to mom and dads house where ...

Check out these wonderful fun (German speaking) media videos from Kurt Moser's ambrotype wet plate Lightacatcher page. Well worth a loo...

In the past I would scrounge and beg for lens boards to be made for my various cameras. I would get cheapo plastic ones made free (by a fri...

I have exchanged an email with Kurt Moser, the wonderful wet plate photographer in Italy I wrote about earlier. http://gerryyaum.blogspot....

I am laying off my buying now, but had bid high on this Japanese ambrotype last week. This item is expensive $95USD (plus shipping) but rat...

Even thou I have not weighed myself I feel my weight loss and fitness program is yielding positive results. I have tightened up 1.5 belt lo...

Happy fathers day dad!! Am working on this photo tonight of my father (spotting, cut the mat), it will be the lead introduct...

I have been thinking of changing the name of "Oh! Canada!!" (seems too corny). One possible new name would be KANATA, Kanata is t...

I just made a 2nd payment on my HF3535. No contact after huge payment with my lens seller Leica.com in Germany yet. Kind of worried about t...

Bought some more negative glass plates, these are larger mearsuring 5x7 from another seller in Canada. I paid more for these (probably too ...

Not sure why I bought this exactly, I just found it haunting and sad. This is how we will all end up. Maybe I can make a print then post it...

I have been buying up a bunch of glass negs from a Canadian seller on eBay. I do not know the histories of these negatives, the people in t...

From his obituary. “I know why I got cancer. It’s so I can make these people doing chemo with me smile.”

With the coming of the "Oh! Canada!!" ambrotype project (4-5 years away) I am trying to educate myself. Am trying to learn about ...

Not sure what The "ARTSTACK" is, but found a bunch (15) of my sex worker images on the site. Not sure who put the pics together, ...