Wet Plate Collodion Photography Demo

I created this video for my local camera club in Kelso to demonstrate how I create wet plate collodion portraits.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
00:22 Preparing the glass plate; dulling the edges and dishwasher cycle
02:16 Cleaning the plate with Calcium Carbonate
03:04 Setting up the camera
05:15 Composing and adjusting focus
06:46 Darkroom preparation
08:41 Pouring Collodion on the Plate
09:54 Sensitising plate with Silver Nitrate
10:29 Loading the plate holder and final prep
13:55 Exposing the plate
15:05 Developing the plate
17:13 Fixing the plate
18:08 Final water rinse
18:35 Scan of the final image

My website: http://www.jameslpearson.co.uk

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