Great stuff. Carl is a wonderful, patient and good humoured teacher isn't he? Had a great day down in Glasgow on Saturday at a "consolidation" day with him and now my tin has arrived
Glad to see this process is gathering momentum...
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- Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: Critique
- Topic: First Wet-plates
- Replies: 25
- Views: 26852
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:24 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: Wet Processing
- Topic: Wet Plate Cameras and Lenses
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14107
Re: Wet Plate Cameras and Lenses
Hi Andrew, Yep sounds like it might be me. And thanks about the kind words re. my blog. Hi, I like your blog. Re the varnish - weirdly the same thing happened to us at a recent Carl Radford workshop. We used the olde worlde trad varnish and the images literally slid off the tin. I am not sure if Ca...
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: Wet Processing
- Topic: Modern Victorian Photography
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24384
Re: Modern Victorian Photography
Thank goodness someone has had the good idea to start a forum on this... There are some of us large format users out there who stilll like to dabble with the dangerous chemicals instead of only using film
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:11 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: In-camera positives using Ambrotypes and Tintypes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13294
Re: In-camera positives using Ambrotypes and Tintypes
Hi all, Thanks for staring this new thread John, I'm glad you're so interested :-) For starters, the course I did was with Carl Radford http://www.carls-gallery.co.uk/index.html and I did the course at his home in Glasgow as it was nice and handy for me. He is running another course in the Lake Dist...
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:30 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: New Members
- Topic: Hello from Aberdeenshire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7174
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Hi John, Well - it depends on what camera you are using of course and whether you are making ambrotypes (using glass) or tintypes (using aluminium). The glass used is normally either 2 or 3mm although I haven't used glass yet. The aluminium is all-round easier as there is no prepping involved. For m...
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:03 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: New Members
- Topic: Hello from Aberdeenshire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7174
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Hi John, yep, small world just about covers it! No, my existing lenses are for a 4 x 5 but I am able to do wet plate work with my camera and, in fact, I found it easier to handle that size plate rather than any of the bigger sizes as I have girly small hands. I'm interested in alternative processes ...
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:51 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: New Members
- Topic: Hello from Aberdeenshire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7174
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Welcome Lucy ..... and hello back from way down south. Congrats on the Speed Graphic. I met a trader at the Photographica Fair in London last week. He was showing me the most amazing lens - Kodak 7inch Aero Ektar f2.5(!) - and explaining about how it was a WWII lens, was radioactive(!), and that pe...
- Thu May 26, 2011 4:15 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: New Members
- Topic: Hello from Aberdeenshire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7174
Hello from Aberdeenshire
Hi, I'm Lucy and I am hoping that one of these days I might know enough to start posting some questions on here... I'm new to LF photography and have a Speed Graphic which I am loving and I can tell I'm in it for the long haul.