I'm not entirely sure if anyone checks this regularly, but many of you missed my excitement Monday night. I produced my first [semi]successful tintype! Today I had the chance to work on several more, but I encountered a few issues. The dark slide that covers the plate in the film holder kept coming in contact with the wet plate, resulting in the plate being smeared. To resolve this, I just didn't use the dark slide. I simply just load the film holder into the camera while only the safe-lights are on. Once everything is in place, I'm then able to turn on the strobes.
I also had some issues with lighting and having enough light to properly expose each plate. With a some help from Mike (and a little damage to his retinas), I think we have the lighting figured out. It will probably take a little more trial and error.
Another issue I've had is in coating my plates. I've found getting the technique down in coating the plate with collodion will just take some practice. I've managed to survive with only a fraction of the silver nitrate that I ordered (the rest should be in by Thursday). Development is also tricky, but I'm starting to get the hang of things.
Below are all of my tintypes that I've produced (both successes and failures). Enjoy!
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| First One! |
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| Laura with the her tintype |
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| All of the ones I've attempted so far. |
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| Most recent. |
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