http://www.thedaguerreotypist.com/tdg1/wordpress On becoming a daguerreotypist Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:53:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is my latest effort, a portrait of my wife Sarah. [caption id="attachment_509" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Sarah - Plate 1011"][/caption] This was taken with I2 fuming 23 Sec to golden yellow, 10 Sec exposure @ f1.7 EV 14.5 @ ISO 100, Becquerel development for two hours. Overall I like it, the only defect is ... http://www.thedaguerreotypist.com/tdg1/wordpress/2010/02/10/portrait/ [caption id="attachment_506" align="alignleft" width="189" caption="Stag_Plate-1012"][/caption] Here is the next installment of the images I worked on over the holiday break. Exposure continues to be a challenge. By going to the gallery you can compare this image to one I took earlier. The first image is rather badly overexposed, the second one ... http://www.thedaguerreotypist.com/tdg1/wordpress/2010/01/17/exposure/ Spent my time on the holiday break finishing a conversion of my equipment to take 35 mm plates. I decided that smaller is better for now - it let's me work using much less expensive plates, and use a better lens than I have in my large format camera. I ... http://www.thedaguerreotypist.com/tdg1/wordpress/2010/01/06/miniature/