Wet Collodion Photography A Short Manual

A working manual on how to make a wet plate collodion glass negative, ambrotype, tintype and to print on historic albumen paper from the negatives. Second edition now includes instructions for making salt-paper prints.

This manual describes, in exact detail, the complete wet plate Collodion process. It shows how to make Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes (aka Tintypes) and negatives for POP printing (Albumen, Ziatypes, Platinum/Palladium and other alt printing processes). It is illustrated with color photographs and has a troubleshooting guide as well as resource and suppply information for chemistry and equipment.

A practical and detailed instruction manual of the collodion process. This guide offers step by step instructions for the method of producing both positive and negative pictures on glass and paper. Phrased in understandable and straightforward terms, this short guide makes it possible for beginners to create heliographic images on glass and paper. Updated to include more modern technology, published in 1857.

The chapters to follow are written by Reverend Thomas Frederick Hardwich, a photographic chemist, writer on photographic chemistry, demonstrator, and lecturer in photography at King's College London. The author is indeed an expert in his field, and he shares his knowledge throughout this publication.

This is a complete guide to wet plate collodion photography. Learn how to make Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Negatives, and P.O.P prints.