4x5 tintype in press camera
15 second exposure
15 second exposure
Congratulations to my fellow 100 Dayers on the completion of our project. It was a lovely summer of art, inspiration and camaraderie. Thank you all.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Day 99 - August 28th 2009
4x5 tintype in press camera
30 second exposure
30 second exposure
Ode to Dan Estabrook and our brief conversation about photographic imagery in dreams at f/295
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Day 94 - August 23rd 2009
4x5 tintype in press camera
15 second exposure
15 second exposure
The dissolving emulsion/temporal image issue has been resolved! The propellant from the can of spray enamel I use to prep my aluminum plates left a fine layer of grease underneath the emulsion causing the emulsion to disintegrate. There are still other emulsion issues to resolve but I at least have a tintype that will still exist in an hour!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Day 93 - August 22nd 2009
4x5 tintype in press camera
45 second exposure
45 second exposure
This is a photograph of my 5th attempt at making a tintype today - the emulsion on this image is in the process of dissolving and it soon will no longer exist as was the result with the 4 images that preceded it. I've used the same materials, cameras and chemistry I've been using all along and this is yet another strange result with the modern tintype process. I fear my final seven tintypes may be just as fugitive as this one. At day 93 there are still surprises. I guess this result is an appropriate paradox to Steve's 93rd story - there is no predictability here; no expectations to ground myself in nor to become bored with.
I'd also like to thank Rockland Colloid for making a modern tintype emulsion so completely unpredictable that I have finally received the motivation I needed to make my own tintype emulsion from scratch... a project for day 101
I'd also like to thank Rockland Colloid for making a modern tintype emulsion so completely unpredictable that I have finally received the motivation I needed to make my own tintype emulsion from scratch... a project for day 101
Friday, August 21, 2009
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Day 70 - July 30th 2009
4x5 tintype in press camera
45 second exposure
Today was a day of experimenting with developers and playing the role of chemist... this is the best developer variation so far as we try to crack the secret developer formula from the manufacturer, this is progress from this mornings completely black plates!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Day 69 - July 29th 2009
4x5 tintype in press camera
15 second exposure
Photograph in collaboration with Christopher James
Thanks Christopher, Adam, Tom, Kim and Al for helping me out with this one!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Day 68 - July 28th, 2009
A Story About the End of the World4x5 tintype in press camera
1 second exposure
Special thanks to Christopher James and my wonderful Alt Process classmates for the background mural in this photo!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Off to Rockport, ME
Off to Rockport for the week to spend time with some of my favorite photo people... I will post # 66 this evening when I arrive and plan to make lots of interesting tintypes during the week on location... stay tuned!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
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