What are wet plate images?

Wet plate photography uses a glass base to produce a negative image that is printed on albumen paper. The plate, still wet, was exposed in the camera. It was then developed by pouring a solution of pyrogallic acid over it and was fixed with a strong solution of sodium thiosulfate.”

What is a dry plate collodion?

Dry plate, in photography, glass plate coated with a gelatin emulsion of silver bromide. These qualities were great advantages over the wet collodion process, in which the plate had to be prepared just before exposure and developed immediately after.

How long does wet plate collodion last?

It is also a very stable recipe, so you can expect it to remain usable for about a year if stored properly (cool, dark). I recently finished a bottle of UVP-X that was 18 months old and still worked well!

What is a photographic dry plate?

Dry plate, in photography, glass plate coated with a gelatin emulsion of silver bromide. It can be stored until exposure, and after exposure it can be brought back to a darkroom for development at leisure. The dry plate, which could be factory produced, was introduced in 1871 by R.L. Maddox.

When were dry plates used?

Richard L. Maddox and first made available in 1873, dry plate negatives were the first economically successful durable photographic medium. Dry plate negatives are typically on thinner glass plates, with a more evenly coated emulsion. Dry plate glass negatives were in common use between the 1880s and the late 1920s.

What did Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner do?

Alexander Gardner began documenting the Civil War as one of the photographers supplying negatives to Mathew Brady, whose organization was reproducing and selling images of the conflict. These photographers were authorized by the government to accompany Union troops during the campaigns.

How does collodion wet plate photography take place?

Collodion wet plate photography is an extensive process where a glass plate is prepared with several chemical solutions, transferred to a camera to expose, and then developed quickly all before it dries.

How do you create a wet plate effect in Photoshop?

Duplicate the original photo, place it into a group, and name the group” Wet Plate Effect.” This will be the new group where the effects take place. Under the new group, right-click the copy of the original layer and duplicate it twice. Keep the bottom layer normal while you set the second layer to Hard Light, and the top layer to Multiply.

What kind of photo is a wet plate?

Wet plates are generally gray scale (no pure whites). Chemicals may produce tinted photo with red, yellow, or blue undertones. Streaks where the chemicals drip off are common.

How to do motion blur in wet plate photography?

In wet plate photography there is often a blur that moves outward from the focal point. In this case the front ballet shoe is our focal point. So right-click the “wetplate2” layer and duplicate it. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and set the angle to -90 degrees and the distance to 16 pixels.