This summer I took my boys away in the big green van to try to take some small steps towards developing a body of collodion portraits and landscapes which represent the people and places of Scotland we visit. We had … Continue reading
A lot of my first plates have been made of friends and family in my back garden and I’ve decided to torture anyone visiting with a collodion portrait to build up a rogues gallery of plates made in the garden. … Continue reading
Some of the my wet plate portraits have made it into this years PDN Photo Annual. Jim Fairlie and Davey Savage Jnr if you’re out there follow this link then hit “enter gallery” on the right of the image and … Continue reading
Ever had an experience that takes you right back to being 6 years old? For the first week of the easter hols we followed the storm clouds north west to Tralee Bay, near Oban. We spent the first four days … Continue reading
Over the past few years I’ve given a few guest lectures at Lomond secondary school in Helensburgh. The topic has tended to be on documentary photography and multimedia, however on seeing the big green wet plate wagon the art teacher … Continue reading
As mentioned in a previous post varnishing a plate and narrating at the same time didn’t quite work for me so I’ve cut together a wee video with text to explain the steps involved with varnishing a plate. I hope … Continue reading
