wet plate
How I shot this wet plate portrait of a sword-wielding medieval knight
Jul 13, 2020
Markus Hofstätter
The task was clear – an original portrait of a Medieval Knight Sword Fighter (national champion). So I planned to do a collodion wet plate…
This photographer converted a Lomo Instant camera to shoot mini wet plates
May 20, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Cabinet cards were all the rage in the late 19th century. Photographer Ursula Ferrara decided to bring them back in a modern version, and she…
Photographer gives new life to a 160-years-old giant Petzval lens
Jan 23, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Austrian photographer Markus Hofstätter has shared a few of his impressive projects with DIYP so far. His latest project is as always ambitious, unusual, time-consuming,…
“Chimacabres” are unique creatures created by combining daguerreotype with light painting
Oct 31, 2019
Anton Orlov
Chimacabres come out at night. They are around during the day too of course, but the night is when they really thrive. In the dark…
This photographer put a portable wet plate darkroom on a tricycle
Jul 30, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In the digital era, I always find it impressive when I see photographers who still use wet plate collodion process. And it’s especially impressive to…
How to modify an 8×10 sheet film holder for shooting wet plate collodion
Jul 27, 2019
John Aldred
While it was once the only way you could really shoot a photo, wet plate photography went off almost into the realm of complete non-existence…
The weird lens guy came to my studio to shoot wet plates
Jul 3, 2019
Markus Hofstätter
Some time ago I did a project together with Mathieu Stern. Back then, we communicated via Skype. Because of that, I was super happy to…
A multi plate, multi lens daguerreotype panorama
May 9, 2019
Anton Orlov
I’ve been experimenting non-stop with a few new daguerreotype techniques, and however promising the results are looking so far, those experiments are slow going, and…
It took six months to create these ultra large 3D wet plates
Apr 15, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Austrian photographer Markus Hofstätter has published plenty of interesting wet plate projects. In his latest project, he brings together large format wet plates and stereo…
This photographer shot his own wet plate passport photos
Mar 21, 2019
John Aldred
I love seeing the wet plate experiments of Austrian photographer Markus Hofstätter. He’s so prolific with them that when he decides to do something interesting it…