Wet Collodion Photography.

Our first day of image lab was spent learning how to create photographs using the 1851 wet collodion process. 

I had never attempted to use this process before, nor had i ever been shown how it worked which meant it was a completely new process of photography for me. 

I found the process to be very delicate which required a lot of time and concentration. If one of the stages wasn't done properly or if it took too long to complete then your image may not work correctly. 

I think the way the process produces such clear and detailed photos is what adds beauty to this process. Personally I think it looks as if the person in the portrait is almost jumping out of the glass and I get that feeling even though our image wasn't perfectly clear. 

To finish off the process and to make the image more presentable we will at a later date paint the back of the glass black so that the photo becomes clearer to view.

Sisters, Robert J Szabo

http://www.robertszabo.com/

The wet collodion process is also taken into account by some writers when assessing the affects of new digital technologies on photography and the photographs produced.

I found this small insight into the Wet Collodion process an interesting one and would in the future like to try it out again with more time and better subjects as I feel it is an art that is worth learning how to do successfully.