Workshop May 14th,15th and 16th

Three Day Collodion Wet Plate Workshop

Figure and Portrait

May 14th,15th and 16th 2010

Three-day Hands-on immersion in making collodion wet plate photographs; ambrotype and tintypes, while working side by side with Mark Sink and Kristen Hatgi in and around their studio. Figure and portrait models will be there to muse and inspire. History of the process, Chemistry mixing, plate preparation, safety precautions, darkroom techniques, shooting, and varnishing will be covered. You will leave with the working knowledge and handout to begin or continue working in wet plate collodion, making your very own one-of-a-kind ambrotypes and tintypes.

First day: Presentation of work, explanation and history of the process. Mixing of chemicals and preparation of plates and equipment, demonstration by Mark and Kristen, and finally hands on test for the students.

Day two: Meet 7 am morning shooting session, Brunch, Look at work from the morning session and continue shooting into the evening.

Day three: Meet 7 am morning shooting session brunch, Look at all work made and then varnish everything.

Tuition $800 all materials includes. $200 deposit to hold your place and full payment made by May 1st.

Models fees are included in tuition and will be available for on sight modeling. The fee does not include or imply any sort of release. Models are not obligated to sign releases. If you would like to receive a release from an individual model you may discuss it directly with the model. The model may charge for usage.