End of an era

After nearly 14 years of custom making authentic daguerreotype enclosures for clients around the world, I have decided to cease seeking this work and just make them for my own daguerreotypes. I feel fortunate to have gathered the experience I … Continue reading

Camera completed

Cam.darkslide © 2013 . All rights reserved.

My whole plate camera is finished and is ready to go into plate production. I have a landscape as well as a portrait lens and the darkslides which shoot whole plate vertical or horizontal have reduction frames for half plate.

Body complete

Macro focus © 2012 . All rights reserved.

My camera maker has completed the main work on the body of my Grand Photographe, next is the dark slides.

Whole plate movements

Chevfbox © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Construction has begun on my next camera. A reproduction of the Chevalier “Grande Photographie” folding whole plate camera design (see image of vintage examples) but carrying a Voigtlander petzval lens. It is part of my long term goal of having … Continue reading

Becquerel revisted

2012.10.30.becqbrom © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Last week I taught a workshop to a photographer and demonstrated both the mercurial and becquerel versions of the process. Having not made a non mercury developed daguerreotype since 2008 it took some testing to find out the ASA of … Continue reading

New equipment

IMG_4960 © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Some new acquisitions the darkroom has made this daguerreotypists life much easier of late. From Lundphotographics.com, two dipping tanks, one I use for galvanising, the other for fixing. These store in a handy caddy and save me having to decant … Continue reading

Testing the water

2012.08.18.Trough © 2012 . All rights reserved.

After a long hiatus I am back into plate making, this was a test plate that came out surprisingly well and while ungilded will be a keeper.

Collecting the Contemporary

NFM.detail © 2012 . All rights reserved.

I would like to extend an offer to all contemporary daguerreotypists – a trade of work – my enclosures for an example of your work. For a mercurial daguerreotype one of my moroccan cases and for a becquerel plate, a … Continue reading