Scraggly Trees #2, Badlands, Alberta, Canada, July 2023
Friday, August 4, 2023
Similar Look, 140 Years Apart
Got to love Ambrotypes. These two images were made about 140 years apart (2023 and 1890?) but similar in tonalities. It speaks to the beauty and longevity of these things. Some of the Ambrotypes from AMBROTOS KANATA could potentially (assuming they are collected by museums, which may have already started, hope hope) be viewed in near their original beauty 200 or even 300 years after they were made. NOW THAT IS SUPER COOL!
Dodging A Plate During Exposure?
Am asking advice online about this. Trying to see how many folks out there dodge during exposure to lesson blown out highlight areas of the plate. I have h ad problems in the past photographing mountain scenes. I am thinking the UV light is too strong in those areas compared to foregrounds in that type of composition. If I could reduce the exposure in the mountains/trees/whatever, I might be able to print the selected composition within the limited latitude a wet plate Ambrotype is able to capture.
Regions I Like!
With every plate I make there are usually at least some regions in it I like. With this most recent overexposed sky image I like these sections, it makes it so hard to destroy the plate because I so enjoy just staring at these small little worlds.
Video: Overexposed Forest Scene
This overexposed plate will probably be destroyed, and the glass reused.
Forest Scene Version #3, Badlands near Drumheller, Alberta, July 2023
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Video: Forest Scene AMBROTOS KANATA
Forest Scene #2, AMBROTOS KANATA, clear Glass Ambrotype, Badlands, Alberta, July 2023
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Forrest scene 2, AMBROTOS KANATA, 8x10 Clear Glass Ambrotype
Forrest scene 2, AMBROTOS KANATA, 8x10 Clear Glass Ambrotype, Near Drumheller, Alberta, July 2023
This image is underexposed but kinda like the feel and foreground white bush.
Little Old Man, Japanese Ambrotype
The latest Japanese Ambrotype buy. My collection of these type Ambrotypes is about 6 or 7 now. I find these little beauties fascinating. Who was he, what happened to him. What kind of life did this little old man have? Did he have a family? What was his story?
The Ambrotype probably dates to 1870-1890. Meaning the man has been dead for 100 years plus but amazingly still lives inside the glass. You got to love the beauty and lifespan of wet plate collodion photography.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Video: Forrest Scene, AMBROTOS KANATA, 8x10 Clear Ambrotype
Forrest Scene, AMBROTOS KANATA, 8x10 Clear Glass Ambrotype, Near Drumheller, Alberta, July, 2023
Video: Multiple Cottonwoods, 2023
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| Multiple Cottonwood Trees #1, AMBROTOS KANATA, Badlands, Alberta, Canada, July 2023 |
The Ups and Downs Of 20x24 Mammoth Ambrotypes!
So, the ups and downs of Mammoth wet plate work. I am having an up and down day. I am learning a lot but not producing much.
The latest learn? The 20x24 inch plate is to big to stop wash in my trailer sink. I can do it with 16x20 but 20x24 glass is damn tough. I ended up dropping it into the sink and. Breaking a corner. I will try a water tray next time.
A good learning day I might step back to a 16x20 camera next trip.
Cottonwoods near Drumheller Alberta.
9 min 30 seconds, 42-inch Goertz Lens, Gerry Collodion, Vinegar Developer, f128
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20x24 Ambrotype Day
Slept about 10 hours and then got outside at about 6am to start the 20x24 shooting day. It turns out that 6am is way too late. Set up of all the 20x24 camera gear and the darkroom takes forever to do by yourself. For future 20x24 days I need to start working closer to 4am (in the dark).
The mosquitoes are swarming here!!!’ Even with deep woods off I am being attacked.
Will try the 42-inch Goerz Lens for the first time.
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