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                                                     Early History of Photography

Autumn 2012: Celebration of the season

Autumn 2012: Celebration of the season

Wet Plate Collodion

Wet Plate Collodion

         Wet Plate Collodion was new process that changed photography forever because the images looked more realistic than Louis Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype, which was the process at the time. Frederick Scott Archer inventor of the wet collodion process was a chemist from England who wrote and published a paper called, The Chemist, (March, 1851) that shared his idea to the world and was a main stable for photography for twenty years.

            One of the most famous photographers to use this type in America was Mathew Brady who used this process with his staff of three hundred to capture images during the civil war. This also changed the use of photography because it was more about journalistic approach to capture the mood what was happen at the time.

            This wet-plate process used a sticky liquid known as collodian that was treated to make it light sensitive. It was used to fix a negative image to a glass plate, and then the developed and dried plate allowed the photographer to then make an unlimited number of positive prints from it. It also allowed for the first time the ability of making enlarged prints. As this collodian process became more popular, the use of the daguerreotype began to fizzle out. (John T. Marck article 1043)

            This process is still being used today by a number of photographers who hold workshops to create abstract works or timeless portraits that give a vintage look to the photograph. The cameras are collective items and being sold on EBay or Amazon which gives a new sets of value to this process and fun to talk about these timeless process that can get a sense of a different time when the process was lot slower and not instant than digital.

            I would like to invest in learning this process myself and purchase a camera to create wonderful unique portraits and landscapes that I can enjoy and appreciate a slower time and be engrossed by our way of life from the past.

                                             Sources

http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1043.html

Famous people By John T. Marck /  Mathew Brady and Photography During the Civil War

                                            Other Links

http://www.samackenna.co.uk/fsa/FSArcher.html

http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/wet-plate-collodion

http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/wetplate/the-wetplate-collodion-process

http://www.robertszabo.com/bio.html

http://www.johncoffer.com/

http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1043.html

http://history1800s.about.com/od/1800sglossary/g/Wet-Plate-Method-Of-Photography.htm

http://www.davidbornfriend.com/

http://jennysampson.blogspot.com/

http://www.contrastique.com/

http://www.ianruhter.com/

Pinhole Photography

1st shot  160iso  19sec
2nd shot 100iso 45sec
3rd shot 100iso 25sec
4th shot--------- 20 sec-final exposure
pinhole in history class
     

while using a digital SLR Canon camera I used adaptive Cannon camera cap that had a pinhole drilled in the center of it and used the bulb setting at a low ISO with a shutter released timer at a exposure time of 72seconds to capture this image. I love the freedom to use time control and use of shadows and light to paint my image i wanted to look and feel like.

Ansel Adams

The photographer I’ve chosen is Anesl Adams because I enjoy the timeless landscape that puts you there and adds the sense of adventure to go out to explore the world around you.

The image that I chosen to talk about Ansel’s Moon rise over Hernandez of New Mexico because first of it’s a timeless piece of art and that I used to live and travel the state which inspired me to pick up the camera in the first place. The black and white is so rich in detail you don’t even notice the colors are missing in the image. It captures a life style of the people who live in the region so well and the image speaks of the old west. It’s timeless because the time stands still and as if you was Billy the Kidd arriving on the scene running from the law. New Mexico is my favorite state and this speaks to me of peace with one self and confidence to settle and being satisfied of who you are.

"Moonrise, Hernandez, NM" Ansel Adams 1941

Introduction

My name is Matthew Hirt and I’m a photography student at the Art Institute of Charlotte.  I’ve just recently earned an associates degree for photography, and currently attending to earn my bachelors degree as well.

My photography is editorial and sports driven but with eye for fine art mixed with architectural aspects lending it self as complex landscapes. My favorite photographer is Ansel Adams for is tonal range of contrast in his black and whites, his vision, and his work ethics to capture the perfect image and wait for that right moment with that inner peace and just awesome confidence that he carried to do his work.

The blog purpose is for my current class, which is history of photography and the discussion well primarily based on history of photography, and its early pioneers who used this median to express their ideas and vision that inspired others to follow their footsteps capturing expressive imagery. History of photography dates back to the early 1830, to current times. The study of their process and what their work represents will help me to develop my own style and appreciate what I do even more. I hope that you will enjoy my blog that you’ll communicate into the discussions and speak your thoughts to explore this great craft of photography.