Wet Plate

I have a friend, Brian. He’s also a commercial photographer and we’ve known each other for about 15 years. He came around for a nosey – so I took his picture…     Ainsco 10×8 …

Just outside the town is Helensburgh yacht Club, which is an imposing building built in the late 1800’s. I wanted to take more pictures with my Lancaster camera and also try the portable developing box …

I have recently bought another wooden camera, a Lancaster Instantograph. Built in 1899, it is a whole-plate camera (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches) and is made of mahogany and brass . The camera is …

My son, Will’s, recently went to Russia for a holiday, and while he was there he bought a few items of Russian uniform. It was too good an opportunity not to waste, so he agreed …

My son is a connoisseur of Run and Whiskey. He had just taken delivery of a bottle of Monkey’s Shoulder. Its so potent they keep it in a cage… It was a good opportunity to …

Felicity agreed to grace me with her presence again, and pose for some plates. I did try using the Ainsco 10×8 but the exposure was too long because of the lens, so for these two …

I’m starting to have good days and bad days with my plates. Today was a good day because I got two good plates using my Ainsco 10×8 camera. I took a picture of my Nikon …

This is my daughter, Felicity. It took some convincing, but she graced me with her presence and posed for some plates. I’m still struggling a bit with coating the emulsion onto the plates – but …

I’m still getting to grips with making wet plates. Its not as easy as you think, and at the moment I am struggling with two things: coating the plates with the emulsion, and making the …

These were my first plates using my Ainsco camera. Its a 10×8 inch camera, but I have masks which slip inside the dark-slide, which means I can use the camera for 10×8, 10×6, 8×6 or …