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Haven’t had as much time for much plate making this year as I am heavily involved with one of my better ideas – the ImageObject exhibit and symposium. The idea got mooted after a chance meeting with the Director of … Continue reading
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
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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.
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My camera maker has completed the main work on the body of my Grand Photographe, next is the dark slides.
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My camera maker is making very pleasing progress on the grand Photographie reproduction..
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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
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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
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A quarter plate study of a gravestone sculpture.
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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
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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.
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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
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The latest showing of my Reflecting Mana exhibit here in NZ is on at the Whangarei Art Musuem and includes my third plate camera.