Well, I'm starting down the rabbit hole of wet-plate collodion. The first step was to take a course from Kerik Kouklis at his place outside Sacramento. That was a terrific experience- in the space of eight hours, I went from zero experience to having successfully made thirteen plates on black aluminum, clear glass, and black glass in both 5x7 and 8x10 plate sizes.

I came out of the class with a tremendous respect for the process and its practitioners both modern and historic, and...

TheFlyingCamera

It's snowing and it's one of those days at work where you have to get a little creative in order to look busy. I've been reading through a document, an SOP about using the tools in the machine shop. I'm easily amused. The following pertains to the bench grinder;

• Do not wear neckties, long or loose sleeves or loose fitting garments (especially about the waist).

Now, the neck tie thing makes sense, although in my 14 years I've never ever been tempted to wear a neck...

jimgalli

Still trying to get the pork jerky going, but its been hard, as I keep having to interrupt my schedule to count all the money my website is dragging in through print sales (I've got a bridge for sale too.... )Anyway, I've decided to suspend photography, until I can get caught up on the printing. And maybe get some pork jerky made. And build some of my nifty wood stuff. Frick. Just had an idea for a photograph.

JBrunner

i had a change to get a mint toyo g 8x10, i wonder what a fair price for it ?

alannguyen

It's here! The revolving door installation got delayed by a day, so it happened yesterday. Today I processed two rolls of film, and it all worked fine. I just need to organise my space a little better, but I'm delighted with my new dedicated darkroom.

Kevin Caulfield