Can you achieve the unique look of wet plate photography in a digital photo? The short answer, of course, is yes. But the real question should probably be, how close does it look to the real thing? We find out in this interesting quick comparison video.
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Louis-Charles Buyck is a photographer, guide, and model based in Rovaniemi, the Lapland region of Finland. He is a true master at capturing the dancing lights of the aurora borealis, beautiful forests, sunsets, lakes, and other natural wonders. boredpanda.com »
2021-10-27 17:51
I've long been a critic of Instagram when it pertains to photographers. For quite some time, I've argued the platform doesn't care about the photography community, and that the culture fuels mediocre, copycat work. thephoblographer.com »
2020-06-13 07:00
I've long been a critic of Instagram when it pertains to photographers. For quite some time, I've argued the platform doesn't care about the photography community, and that the culture fuels mediocre, copycat work. thephoblographer.com »
2020-06-13 07:00
My name is Davide Sasso and photography is one of my greatest passions. I love Japan and being able to go and see Tokyo from above is one of the things I will never forget. These photos are part of a much much larger project called 'Tokyo Dream Distance' in which I try to tell through photography the dream that for me was visiting Japan. boredpanda.com »
2020-03-04 01:10
The next time you head to the streets for your usual photo walks, you might want to take things up a notch and get "Flash" in your shots. You don't need to be super fast, but you might need to brush up on your panning techniques first if you've been rusty! thephoblographer.com »
2018-09-23 13:00
I have been working as a pro photographer since 2009... so almost for 10 years. I used to be an art director or graphic design so I have been doing my share of post production for a long time, but then I found photography and combined my past as a creative to be a digital artist. boredpanda.com »
2018-08-17 21:39
Instagram experience major user backlash after it abandoned its reverse chronological feed back in 2016, and many users these days are still wishing for its return. If you’re one of them, here’s an interesting factoid that may change your mind: the chronological feed was making users miss 50% of their friends’ posts. The Downside of […] petapixel.com »
2018-06-05 18:26
Did you shoot with a DIY pinhole camera for the recent Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day? If you were able to make a nice setup, we have something that will make sure you get to shoot with an even more epic one next year (or anytime you feel like some pinhole snaps are in order). thephoblographer.com »
2018-05-07 10:00
In today's post that we're filing under "stuff we want to do but can't figure out how", we want to explore one of the most fascinating techniques commonly used by pros: aerial photography. It's no ordinary aerial photography, however. thephoblographer.com »
2018-04-30 22:00
Some months ago I started searching for Halloween props. I was lucky to find some good props in the right size. This part of finding props is often a difficult quest and time consuming. boredpanda.com »
2017-10-15 12:29
After the highly anticipated Sony a9 began landing in the hands of photographers, there were some reports of the camera displaying its overheating indicator icon after short periods of use in ordinary environments. petapixel.com »
2017-06-12 19:58
My name is Sam Vox. I am a freelance photographer from Tanzania. I became a full-time photographer because of my Instagram account. In this post, I’ll share how I grew my Instagram account without using any online services. petapixel.com »
2016-12-23 21:13
The consumer camera market is dead. Buried. Worm food. And if camera manufacturers don’t switch their focus to enthusiasts fast, they’ll lose them too. That seems to be the core thesis behind this interesting industry breakdown by photographer and educator Tony Northrup. petapixel.com »
2016-09-06 19:52
How big can a vintage Petzval lens get? Markus Hofstaetter shows us in yet another awesome video. Clue: It’s really BIG! When you’re a wet plate photographer like Austrian wedding photographer and wet plate artist Markus Hofstaetter, you have to be a bit of a handyman and craftsman. He has proven just that in previous videos
"I saw a wet plate online and something drew me to it," explains Shane Balkowitsch. He continues, "my first attempt at a wet plate is a photograph of my brother, taken on October 4th, 2012. " Seven years after the fact, Shane has burst into the spotlight with a very special photograph of a hugely influential young woman.
Wet plate photography, also known as wet collodion process, is among the topics we like to keep tabs on, mainly because it's amazing how this centuries-old photographic process is kept alive in the digital age.
Today's technology has given us many ways to create panoramic photos, but we bet that all of you are yet to try shooting with this technique. San Diego-based Anton Orlov has been busy experimenting with some daguerreotype techniques, but there's one project that he was able to do successfully.
If you've been following the work of Markus Hofstaetter with us for some time now, you'll know that you can trust him to come up with the craziest and most surprising wet plate photography projects.
Just when we think we've seen everything from Austrian portrait and wedding photographer Markus Hofstaetter, he manages to surprise us each time. He's pushed the boundaries of wet plate photography and what can be done for the craft.