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Does ANYONE know where to find it? How to use it? Know anyone who does? Aug 19 06 03:50 pm Link Dag might.. Where'd he go? Aug 19 06 03:51 pm Link TheArchon wrote: It's a photographic process that creates an image on a metal plate. You can find them in many museums or go on line and do a search for samples of that type of work. It is not a thing in the usual sense. Aug 19 06 03:53 pm Link TheArchon wrote: I saw modern Daguerrotypes at Photo LA last year. I don't remember who was making them but this guy is doing it now. Aug 19 06 03:54 pm Link Aug 19 06 03:55 pm Link Aug 19 06 04:09 pm Link http://photography.about.com/library/we … 30402a.htm This article gives a pretty basic intro of the process. It's expensive and smelly, but done properly they're pretty cool. Aug 19 06 04:09 pm Link Ummm....mercury poisoning! Aug 19 06 09:42 pm Link It is dangerous, you will need permits from your city/state to set up a lab that uses this process. It is hard and time consuming, I would not suggest it as a hobby. Star Aug 19 06 09:48 pm Link Star wrote: Ah Hell....don't let'em scare ya! We enjoy watching photographers stumble around mumbling incoherently and drooling from heavy metal poisoning. Aug 19 06 10:28 pm Link I know of two photographers who shoot them. Is that what you're looking for, someone to contact who's done it? If so, let me know and I'll point you in the right direction. Aug 19 06 11:39 pm Link A more common and less toxic process, yielding a similar antique look and feel, is the wet plate collodion technique. You should be able to find a photographer using this method at any large Civil War re-enactment. Aug 20 06 07:08 am Link |
