In this case we had some 50yr old Madeira, then a whole bottle of white wine (98 points as per
the Wine Spectador/I meant Wine Speculator...), then a half bottle of 30yr old Port and plowed
through an exquisite red Italian wine bottle from the Piedmont region before being done. It was
glorious fun.
Art and wine go so well together.
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Check out the routine of Daido Moriyama when he shoots... this cat takes a break/shower
between drinking and shooting and other profane activities. I call that enlightenment.
Thinking about such consumption makes my liver ache. OTOH, in glaring contrast, I had a glass of inexpensive sparkling Australian moscato with dinner tonight - wine critics would wince, but it was refreshing.
I'm a CW reenactor. We have two guys that come around to events and make these using period cameras. I have a few of them of myself. My questions: 1) How do transfer the image to the plate ? 2)Are the chemicals available to anyone ? 3) Any special equip. needed ?
1) Btw, this is more complex than what you see on the video. The video speaks mainly of the
collodion part.
Lawrence's images were shot in medium format film and scanned and then placed in film again,
this time with a specific light curve to match the light parameters that work best in collodion. I
am truly hybrid and can move between formats and digital to analogue to collodion to anything.
This is common to anyone who is fluent in many alternative processes but not necessarily
common to collodion artists. Lots of imaginative possibilities here.
Obviously the plate can be shot directly via camera and can also under this process combine
other 1800's processes such as photogenic drawings, etc...
How to is something that you would have to see step by step including understanding and
making curves.
2) Yes
3) Yes
If you are interested in learning I suggest you search in your town for someone who teaches it.
That said here are the people you can learn from that are considered the modern day Masters:
http://collodion.org/
(Mark & France have a working manual that describes the process and info and resources)
They both teach at Kodak Eastman House in NY.
Mark Osterman: &feature=related
France Scully Osterman: &feature=related
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http://johncoffer.com/
(John Coffer sells all sort of info but you need to write to him)
He also runs camp tintype in NY.
John Coffer: &feature=related
Hope this answers your questions.
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PS. and some others worthy checking out::
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