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Wet Plate Collodion Photography — Complete Guide to the Ambrotype and Tintype Process
By Yana Skakun
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- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
A seven-stage wet plate collodion workflow from plate cleaning through coating, sensitizing, exposing, developing and varnishing, with chemistry notes on the silver nitrate reaction and a troubleshooting section for fogging, streaking and adhesion failures.
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