We got out in the nice weather today and made a couple of Collodio-Albumen Dry Plates. It was a lot of fun. When you have 12 acres you can hike around on, it makes for easy access to things. Although, you couldn’t get a camera and all of the gear you need without a camera backpack. The F64 backpack works great. It holds my Chamonix 10x10 camera, two vintages lenses, lens board, loupe, stopwatch, dark cloth and a loaded plate holder. I can fasten the tripod on it too.
Working my way through the processes. This was a great exercise in understanding exposure times, development times, and general workflow. Jeanne came with me and carried a loaded plate holder and assisted me with the set up. Looking forward to doing this all spring and summer!
Me and my F64 camera backpack - it works great for hiking around in the rocks and mountains. I’m carrying all of the gear - a 10x10 camera. lenses, etc. Photo by Jeanne Jacobson.
Making the exposure of a rock that looks like a dolphin. 4.5 minutes at f/6 - about a 7 minute development. Photo by Jeanne Jacobson
“Log and Rocks” Collodio-Albumen Dry plate. 5 minutes at f/8
Log and Rocks - scanned, desaturated and inverted.