Yaum's Photo Diary

I shot 2 days of 11x14 and 14x14 inch Ambros, this last trip, rather exhausting. Campsite forest shots next to my motorhome. One of the shot...

Ambrotos Kanata  Ambrotos = the Greek word for immortal. I pu t this in the title to indicate the strength and lasting power of an ambrot...

Got some nice freebies tonight for from the Photographic Historical group I belong to. A first class 12 inch cable release, a 75mm medium fo...

Love this painting by Lucian Freud. I think it will impact my Ambrotypes portrait work. Man in a Headscarf (Procurer) 1954

Am tiring of FACEBOOK. For me it was a great learning tool. I do not think I could have learned Wet Plate without it. Now I am learning Phot...

 

Been thinking a lot about ambrotype portraitures lately.  I find 90% of modern wet plate portraits trite and boring. I need to go in a diffe...

Bought me a ton of new books today, those in the basket are $2 CAD each. Also bought another 6 or 7 at prices between $1 and $4.  Love my bo...

Did the Friday night classic film on Saturday night this week.  A  TRULY GREAT FILM! "On the Waterfront" 1954, 8.1 on IMDB Marlon ...

For fun I counted the countries I have visited. Been to 23 different ones. Went to most several times, especially Thai. Not as many countrie...

Bought this today. I use white vinegar developer for my ambrotypes but wanted a more acidic version to raise contrast a bit. Pickling vinega...

Mixed up 5 Litres of Gerry Collodion. Should last a couple of days. Also bought 250 grams of Silver Nitrate.   The expensive part of the pro...

Nice thrift store find from yesterday. One of the six books written by Churchill post WW2 on the conflict. I had the other five but was miss...

After a 11 hour day of making Ambrotypes, a barbecued steak, with salad, potatoes and corn, feels just right! A wonderful view, makes it eve...

It was a very good day, lots of successful plate’s. silver nitrate war wound!! I must have touched my face when working with the Silver Ni...

 

This one has a story.  I was trying to run this plate through my silver nitrate tank yesterday. It was too thick (4-5mm) for the tank to han...

Leo Tolstoy   viewed being human not as a biological given, but as an active moral and spiritual achievement . In works like  A Confession ,...

The 3rd day went very well. I felt good, refined, focused, and the work flowed fluidly. The longer I make Ambrotypes, the more easy it becom...

From AI: To achieve more contrasty results with your wet plate collodion developer,  increase the ratio of acetic acid (the restrainer) to f...

 

 

The latest Japanese Ambrotype buy. My collection of these type Ambrotypes is about 6 or 7 now. I find these little beauties fascinating. Who...