Hi. I have an ancestor who I know was involved with early photography. He was, I think, a bit of a con artist. I believe he met Louis Daguerre in Paris in the very early 1840s and learnt some, but not all of the Daguerreotype process. Subsequently travelled around England making images of the aristocracy but had to move on after a few weeks as the images faded ....... my understanding is that this was happening before tintypes were available but any of these early techniques are fascinating and I so pleased to have found this video.
Please wear safety glasses to protect your eyes when handeling with acid or silver nitrate.... ...but wonderful lenses you are using and beautiful pictures!
This was a thoroughly interesting video, Harv 🧐! I haven't sat straight through a 20 minute video in quite some time, but this one was deserving of it. It's great to know about the beginnings of photography. We've indeed come quite far, but there is still a certain soul to these tintypes which is absent in our modern equipment. 👏
Thanks for this amazing video! One day I will visit Guy, I would like to have a portrait like that. The only problem is that I need to organise a trip from Italy to England ahah
This is a great video! Would love to see you attmempt to recreate it with a modern camera! Even if it's not 100% possible, I 'd love to see how close you can get.
That's like asking why a person would ever want to learn how to play an instrument or write music when it's easier to download something from Apple Music. Why learn how to cook food when you can just microwave a potato or go to McDonald's? Spoiler alert: some people enjoy craftsmanship and mastering a skill. 🐧
![Making Tintypes with the Polaroid SX-70 and Passport cameras [Instant Shoots]](/img/n.gif)
Enjoy guys :)
Hi. I have an ancestor who I know was involved with early photography. He was, I think, a bit of a con artist. I believe he met Louis Daguerre in Paris in the very early 1840s and learnt some, but not all of the Daguerreotype process. Subsequently travelled around England making images of the aristocracy but had to move on after a few weeks as the images faded ....... my understanding is that this was happening before tintypes were available but any of these early techniques are fascinating and I so pleased to have found this video.
Fascinating! I love hearing about how traditional photography worked. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Tintype and it's intense process is a special type of photography!
Very creative and special end results! :)
Have a good week!
Please wear safety glasses to protect your eyes when handeling with acid or silver nitrate.... ...but wonderful lenses you are using and beautiful pictures!
This episode belongs on the history channel. Great stuff Harv.
Ha ha many thanks 🙏🏻 it was a fun one to put together
Great video Harv. I shoot video and wet plate myself and find both immensely creative processes.
Many thanks, this was so interesting to film 😄
great! Thanks!
This was a thoroughly interesting video, Harv 🧐! I haven't sat straight through a 20 minute video in quite some time, but this one was deserving of it. It's great to know about the beginnings of photography. We've indeed come quite far, but there is still a certain soul to these tintypes which is absent in our modern equipment. 👏
Wow that was awesome! I'm hoping to get into wet plate sometime soon.
Guy, is a genius
This 👆🏻😄
Thanks for this amazing video! One day I will visit Guy, I would like to have a portrait like that. The only problem is that I need to organise a trip from Italy to England ahah
Many thanks 🙏🏻 it’s worth a visit 😄
This is a great video! Would love to see you attmempt to recreate it with a modern camera! Even if it's not 100% possible, I 'd love to see how close you can get.
Why do you want to go back in the history of photography? Isn't it a little like using a horse and wagon instead of a car?
Because it interesting….isn’t it? 😳 plus you can’t get this style with modern cameras, not even medium format
That's like asking why a person would ever want to learn how to play an instrument or write music when it's easier to download something from Apple Music. Why learn how to cook food when you can just microwave a potato or go to McDonald's? Spoiler alert: some people enjoy craftsmanship and mastering a skill. 🐧