Author Topic: My very first wet collodion plates (Read 7223 times)

sapata · « **on:** May 01, 2012, 06:53:55 PM »

I've spent a wonderful weekend in Glasgow learning this amazing technique with Carl Radford... I'm really pleased with my first experience and very excited to be able to use what I've learnt in the future.

Learning this process it's almost like a survival guide for those (like me) who fears that one day film will not exist or will be really hard to get!

damiand · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2012, 07:27:11 PM »

Welcome in collodion world

. Nice plates. Did You enjoy smell of ether ?

charles binns · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2012, 07:42:04 PM »

Sapata,

These are fantastic! One day.....I'd love to give this a go!

sapata · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2012, 08:01:16 PM »

Quote from: damiand on May 01, 2012, 07:27:11 PM

Welcome in collodion world . Nice plates. Did You enjoy smell of ether ?

Oh yesss! the smell of ether...

Quote from: charles binns on May 01, 2012, 07:42:04 PM

Sapata,

These are fantastic! One day.....I'd love to give this a go!

Thanks! I do recommend...

Sandeha Lynch · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2012, 08:19:05 PM »

Brilliant.

Was it Jean Cocteau who, when discussing opium, said something like, "Ah, but have you tried ether?" It was quite popular in France in the seventies ...

(But you possibly did not want to know that.)

But seriously, if that's your first attempt, it is brilliant.

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2012, 08:20:45 PM »

Wow!!! Sapata those are stunning, that first is great. It is a dream of mine to take such a class.

CarlRadford · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2012, 09:26:24 PM »

It was a pleasure Mauricio! You really did take to it like a duck to water. Could wait till Thursday him :-)

astrobeck · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2012, 09:47:15 PM »

a stunning set for your first outing...looks like you got on very well with it.

I hope to see more of this soon!

Lovely stuff!

sapata · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2012, 10:54:23 PM »

Thanks guys...

Quote from: CarlRadford on May 01, 2012, 09:26:24 PM

It was a pleasure Mauricio! You really did take to it like a duck to water. Could wait till Thursday him :-)

I couldn't wait to post this Carl....

besides, today it's May the 1st

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:28:30 PM »

Great stuff, Mauricio

original_ann · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:01:48 AM »

Oh wowwww, Sapata! These are fabulous!!!

jojonas~ · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2012, 08:18:44 AM »

coool~ gotta love those swirly coatings. and I hear ya with the survival guide

Suzi Livingstone · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2012, 11:03:23 AM »

These are really nice Mauricio! What a shame Deborah was ill and couldn't make it up to assist Carl - would have been nice for you to meet her as she is lovely

sapata · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2012, 07:17:03 PM »

Thank you guys...

Quote from: Suzi Livingstone on May 02, 2012, 11:03:23 AM

These are really nice Mauricio! What a shame Deborah was ill and couldn't make it up to assist Carl - would have been nice for you to meet her as she is lovely

It was real shame Deborah couldn't make Suzi... it would've been really nice to meet her

Lino · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2012, 08:36:50 PM »

Damn these look good Sapata!

I'm running out of options to develop film here. I'm very curious about wet collodium now

Late Developer · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2012, 09:06:13 PM »

Fantastic series, Mauricio...!!

For me the second one looks the most technically accomplished but they're all superb photos.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #16 on:** May 03, 2012, 12:23:40 PM »

Well done, Mauricio and obviously a big shout must go out to his teacher and Collodion sage, Mr Radford

I like the look of the attractive gent in the second shot...now who could that be I wonder?

How big are the resulting plates, BTW?

sapata · « **Reply #17 on:** May 03, 2012, 07:27:42 PM »

Thanks Ed...

Quote from: Ed Wenn on May 03, 2012, 12:23:40 PM

...and obviously a big shout must go out to his teacher and Collodion sage, Mr Radford

Indeed ! Carl is really Knowledgeable and he was very helpful in every aspect during my stay in Glasgow, worth mentioning that he's doing another workshop end of May.

Quote from: Ed Wenn on May 03, 2012, 12:23:40 PM

I like the look of the attractive gent in the second shot...now who could that be I wonder?

Attractive? That's me trying to stay motionless with eyes open for 6 seconds under the freezing windy weather conditions !

Quote from: Ed Wenn on May 03, 2012, 12:23:40 PM

How big are the resulting plates, BTW?

We've done loads of 8.5 x 6.5" and a few 4x5 as well ...

This-is-damion · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2012, 12:36:26 PM »

Great stuff.

Id also love to try this. once day ill get round to it.

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2012, 04:57:19 PM »

Beautiful work Mauricio! I am hoping to get a chance to do a workshop with Carl..Suzi, Britt and I talked about it while in Paris last year..Unfortuneately I can't come over in the summer, but maybe something will open up in the other months!

Karl · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2012, 06:22:42 PM »

Attractive? That's me trying to stay motionless with eyes open for 6 seconds under the freezing windy weather conditions !

Quote from: Ed Wenn on May 03, 2012, 12:23:40 PM

Freezing and windy in Scotland. That's strange.
Fabulous results!

Miles · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2012, 09:44:47 PM »

Amazing !

There's so much out there to learn.

Suzi Livingstone · « **Reply #22 on:** May 09, 2012, 02:37:05 PM »

Quote from: Diane Peterson on May 07, 2012, 04:57:19 PM

Beautiful work Mauricio! I am hoping to get a chance to do a workshop with Carl..Suzi, Britt and I talked about it while in Paris last year..Unfortuneately I can't come over in the summer, but maybe something will open up in the other months!

Yes we did!

I hope to get up north in the near future to do one of Carl's workshops too, in the meantime I'm doing one at the end of this month with John Brewer http://www.johnbrewerphotography.com/ as luckily he had a London one set up via the Films Not Dead peeps.. am really looking forward to it

jochen · « **Reply #23 on:** May 09, 2012, 07:23:57 PM »

Beautiful! One thing i want to do in the future.

Jochen

Randy B · « **Reply #24 on:** May 09, 2012, 07:42:09 PM »

Those are great!!! Hope you fall deeply in love with it so I can see more of them on here

sapata · « **Reply #25 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:14:07 PM »

Thank you so much guys...

I really hope you all have a chance to do at least once...

I'll do whatever I can to do more back home... still don't know how easy it will be to get the chemicals in there but I guess I can always import from the US.

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #26 on:** May 10, 2012, 06:45:54 PM »

Good for you Suzi! Have to let me know how it turns out! Just knowing your going to enjoy yourself!! So envious!

hookstrapped · « **Reply #27 on:** May 11, 2012, 02:50:22 AM »

Real nice work.

Lucy Telford · « **Reply #28 on:** May 13, 2012, 05:34:58 PM »

These are excellent. Welcome to the world of wet plate - it is an addiction :-)

Carl is a brilliant teacher and I spy Douglas in there too, sorry you didn't get to meet Deb - another time hopefully.

Look forward to seeing some more plates from you.

CarlRadford · « **Reply #29 on:** May 13, 2012, 08:38:22 PM »

Thanks for the kind words Lucy. However, Carl has now retired from teacher and handed the mantle over to Deborah Parkin and Alex Boyd - there are others of course!

Dave R. · « **Reply #30 on:** May 26, 2012, 07:30:14 PM »

These are outstanding!

Photo_Utopia · « **Reply #31 on:** May 26, 2012, 10:11:29 PM »

Ill second what others have said–lovely work. I think you can feel justifiably proud.

Author Topic: My very first wet collodion plates (Read 7223 times)

astrobeck