Here it is, the information you have been waiting for – the unvarnished truth, the painfully slow progess, the blind alleys, the cost overruns, the wandering around in Home Depot with only a vague plan of attack — finally laid bare in this tell-all post… Read more »
Daguerreotype Process | andy | January 4, 2009 | 
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Shorter days. less light – cold and gloom. The holidays are not always conducive to creativity. In fact I find it hard to fight off a sort of lethargy at this time of year. That is why I look for opportunities to motivate myself when I can and today I found two of them. Read more »
Daguerreotype Process | andy | December 20, 2008 | Comments Off
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Creating modern daguerreotypes is often a long, slow, painstaking process – there is much to learn along the way before you ever get to make an image. The many steps and the time and expense involved can lead to a sense of discouragement at times. That is why it is great news when a fellow beginner makes a first image. My friend Jon Lewis has posted his first creation.
Jon is at early stages too (albeit clearly ahead of me). He and I have exchanged a number of emails sharing precious knowledge gleaned and friendly encouragement. Jon has also generously shared some of his supplies with me. It is good to have fellow travelers when the road is long and demanding. I congratulate Jon on this exciting milestone. His progress makes mine seem more possible.
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Daguerreotype Process | andy | August 31, 2008 | Comments Off
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This Saturday I received additional evidence Read more »
Daguerreotype Process | andy | July 1, 2008 | Comments (2)
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Work demands have kept me away from daguerreotypes for a few days except for regularly checking into ContemporaryDaguerreotypes and DagForum. I never miss a daily dose there. :) While I was waiting Read more »
Daguerreotype Process | andy | June 25, 2008 | Comments (2)
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Courtesy Lib. of Congress
Today is (more or less) the day that in 1839 saw the public announcement of the daguerreotype process. Thank you Louis and Joseph!
Having some time off from work. Have created what (I hope!) are the final cutting templates for the stainless steel dag plate project. Also picked up an odd Packard type shutter on e-Bay that I may try to replicate in acrylic. Also spending some time on finalizing the sixth plate camera and experimenting with creating [...]
Two straight days of prepping plans for laser cutting. Steel plate cutting templates, lens mounts and film holder mounts for the B&J 8×10 and some experimental 35mm plate holders made out of 1/32 ABS. Not quite done, but should be good to go when Pagoda Arts reopens after vacation time. A great leap forward.
Did a dry run today of the new plate cutting templates at Tech Shop. Ran into some problems with the first cut and had to back off on the production run. Need to make some template adjustments. The good news is that the cutting is three times as precise as it needs to be. Finished [...]
Have been slowly moving forward with my experiment to create stainless steel based plates. Today I plan to finalize the cutting templates so I can cut up the 1′x2′ piece I had plated. The plan is to use 1/16″ acrylic laser-cut templates to guide the cutting on the 40″ hydraulic shear at TechShop. The real [...]
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