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Development Time and Contrast
Development time is the control for image contrast in wet plate collodion photography. In this...
Bromo-Iodizer and Silver Nitrate Concentrations
In this video, we examine how varied concentrations of bromo-iodizers in the salted collodion, and...
How Not to Poison a Silver Bath
component of the wet plate process, it's worth familiarizing yourself with some of the usual...
Silver Nitrate Sensitization Time
What is the proper amount of time a plate needs to spend in the silver bath? Clearly, there's a...
Understanding f-Numbers
What are f-numbers and why do we use them to describe lens aperture openings? In this video we'll...
Troubleshooting Tin Artifacts
There's been a lot of chatter out there over the years about image artifacts that appear on tin....
Collodion Ripening
I'm sure you've heard that it's important to wait for a week or so before using newly mixed...
Image Forming Silver
Have you ever wondered where the silver comes from that forms the wet plate image?
Refining Low Proof Alcohol
Learn to refine lower proof alcohol for use with collodion.
Chemistry of Development
From practical observation of the development process, we know that developing agents are able to...
Capturing Solar Spectra on Collodion Film
A description of how spectral response curves are generated for collodion films.
Specral Sensitivity of Collodion Film
The spectral sensitivity of collodion is markedly different than what the eye sees. Here are some...
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