VERY interesting – where did you find this guy? What does he charge? Is he local? I would LOVE to have him set-up and do this at the shop sometime. Great attraction – beautiful vintage old school work!
Hey Timmy – are you getting my COOK + PARTY weekly emails?
Hi Patti. Kevin is local. He lives in Corrales. His number is 215-592-0830. I believe he sets up down at the Rail Yards on Sundays. If you happen to be at the shop you could run down and find him.
Fascinating. I too have my portrait done on a piece of glass, and I recorded the process. We have a couple of photographers here in Ireland who are doing workshops. I didn’t get my print in 10 minutes though 🙂 Sitting alone took almost two minutes ( I don’t remember the settings, it was years ago). Very cool technique.
Hi Inese. Collodion is very slow, so you have really long exposure if you don’t use a powerful flash. Kevin had a very powerful studio plash he used to make the exposure time reasonable. By the time the washing is done and the lacquer dries, it’s more like a couple of hours before a plate is ready for the sitter to take home.
Yes, we did it in college, it is absolutely fascinating. I have my picture on the piece of glass painted black on the other side, as it is a negative image. Looks darkish as the warm colors come out darker than the cool colors. It is wonderful that some photographers preserve this old technique.
Off Center & Not Even 
A lovely but time consuming way to take a shot! Nice documentary Tim.
Yes. But you have a physical print in 10 minutes. Thanks, Fraggle.
Mad scientific photographer 🙂
Thanks, Teri!
VERY interesting – where did you find this guy? What does he charge? Is he local? I would LOVE to have him set-up and do this at the shop sometime. Great attraction – beautiful vintage old school work!
Hey Timmy – are you getting my COOK + PARTY weekly emails?
P.
Hi Patti. Kevin is local. He lives in Corrales. His number is 215-592-0830. I believe he sets up down at the Rail Yards on Sundays. If you happen to be at the shop you could run down and find him.
Oh! And no I have not been getting you Cook+Party emails. I’ll check my spam file.
Fascinating. I too have my portrait done on a piece of glass, and I recorded the process. We have a couple of photographers here in Ireland who are doing workshops. I didn’t get my print in 10 minutes though 🙂 Sitting alone took almost two minutes ( I don’t remember the settings, it was years ago). Very cool technique.
Hi Inese. Collodion is very slow, so you have really long exposure if you don’t use a powerful flash. Kevin had a very powerful studio plash he used to make the exposure time reasonable. By the time the washing is done and the lacquer dries, it’s more like a couple of hours before a plate is ready for the sitter to take home.
Yes, we did it in college, it is absolutely fascinating. I have my picture on the piece of glass painted black on the other side, as it is a negative image. Looks darkish as the warm colors come out darker than the cool colors. It is wonderful that some photographers preserve this old technique.
never seen this whole process through photos!!!thanks you’re great keep it up
Thanks Guilia! It’s a fascinating process, and very cool in the digital age.