Wet plate demonstration

Yesterday a friend of mine organized  a open day at his photographic education centre at Veldhoven ( near Eindhoven). http://advance-cvf.blogspot.com/


There were a lot of visitors who were interested in the wet plate process.
This time i have used my Calumet c1 with a 13 inch Hermagis petzval
I was able to give some demonstrations despite the lack of a real darkroom.
I used my "grow tent" again which is a very good alternative. The size is just perfect and can be build up in about 10 minutes.  The only thing is that you cant open the zipper from the inside, so you always have to be with two persons.
I seriously have to start working on a mobile box'.........(lack of time)
A brief overview of that day.

The following pictures were made by Henk Peters.

Many thanks !

Clear Glass Ambro

13 inch hermagis petzval

poorboy collodion

KCN Fixer

exposuretime 6 seconds