I would love to show you Sean! I'm a tintypist from Australia and have been practicing for 7 years now. Sharing my wet plate work scares me. All the work i've made is deeply personal, to share it online and be vulnerable with my art is something I haven't been able to move past for a long time. However, practicing traditional and alternative photographic processes are not nearly as intimidating as they look! If I ever move past my own insecurity I would love to share my knowledge and processes in a video format.
Matt: prompts question about learning a new skill Matt: "Ah you can have it down in like..." Matt: cuts in halfway through "yOu kNOw iM ReALy GlAd YoU bROuGhT uP LeARnINg nEW SKilLz"
@@mattdayphoto Despite the fact that I got a comment from Matt himself, which I shall forever treasure in my memories, I'm going to delete this comment now because I feel stupid.
I've always thought this would be a cool thing to offer for weddings or engagements. Like here is this image that took a lot of work but now it will last virtually forever.
If my checkbook wasn’t locked down in quarantine, I’d give the wet plates a try. It just seems very rewarding to be part of a slow, deliberate and yet imperfect process.
I find this process pretty fascinating. Haven't dove into it just yet, but it's on my list of things to eventually learn. Thanks for sharing your trip over there while he explains how he does it.
You cut out the best part lol omg when you asked how hard is it to learn and he was about to explain you killed the video with a that ad should have waited for him to finish lol 😂
I preferred the older bromide photo, though not a huge difference between them. I had heard that the ISO rating of tin types was less than 1, hence the crazy bright flash.
Wet plate is so much fun. I took a class at Penumbra in New York a couple of years ago taught by Lisa Elmeleh, was probably the funnest class I've ever taken. Hoping to get set up to do it at home in the near future.
I really want to go and do one of the workshops they do at the Eastman Museum at some point. I think the tintype one would be up my alley. This was a very cool vid.
Haha I dunno why but that "viral promotion" or whatever you'd call that made me laugh out loud. That was pretty clever. Awkward but clever and entertaining haha. Nice work! (On the plug and definitely on the video - I really wanna do wet plate sometime)
I know I’m late, but I just wanted to make a comment. Film is also light-safe* after stop bath, or a water wash after development. Any silver that is exposed after the stop step cannot develop and will be washed away in the fix. This is why re-fixing isn’t a super big deal. Just thought I would point that out. *Jf you leave it out too long, the film will begin to print out, but so will a wet plate.
I have been considering changing out the big camera backpack I have been using for years and moving to something like a Pelican 1535 case with the padded dividers. Is that what you are using there? It seems pretty functional and looks like it would protect the gear nicely.
This was great ... was looking to get into plate photography with my "new" 1880 Primo B so it was great to hear you can pick it up in an afternoon (also great cut-a-way to skillshare, might be the best one I've ever seen;) ... anyway on a vintage camera quest (www.vintagecameraquest.com) wish me luck!
Do you know if Matt ever does wet plate workshops in Ohio? I'd love to take an afternoo- Seriously though, I recently acquired an old Studio Camera and I have no idea what I"m doing.
Is there a specific reason his Tintypes are so starkly black and white? I find that interesting because the others I've seen were closer to a sepia/grey tone. Is this more to do with the materials he uses to print on?