Two different ways to fix a tintype...

The image on the left was fixed in hypo.

the image on the right was fixed in potassium cyanide.

Hands, Mexico

from La Calaca in San Miguel de Allende, January 2009

SPE NW Conference, Seattle

I will be giving a presentation on the Wet-Plate Collodion Process at the SPE Northwest Conference in Seattle on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at the Photographic Center Northwest.
http://spenw.org/blog/?page_id=202

Next Meeting... Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 @ 7pm

Meeting: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

John Chiara @ Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco
This is the exhibition that Claudia mentioned tonight.

Virgin Lamp

This image was shot of a lamp that I bought a couple of years ago while visiting my grandparents in Venice, FL.

French Mannequin Head

She is so beautiful. Originally shot at the Alameda Antique Faire a couple of months ago. Makes a great wet-plate image. I like it much better than in color. Perhaps I'll upload the polaroid transfer that I made of her as well.