Monthly Archives: November 2006

Make a Daguerreotype: Exposure Guidelines

If you have surmounted the various steps of making Daguerreotype plates, equipping your darkroom, buying a buffing machine, rigging your camera, and convincing your friends to stop laughing at you, you may be wandering exactly what to DO with your … Continue reading

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Antique Photography Lovers Gather at the 2006 Daguerreian Symposium

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Friends, practitioners, and admirers of the antique Daguerreotype photography method gathered today for the annual meeting of The Daguerreian Society in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This year’s event runs through Sunday 11/19/2006. The Daguerreotype, named for its inventor Louis … Continue reading

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Regarding Time and the Photographic Process

I have just started listening to a very good podcast produced by photographer Jeff Curto called Camera Position. In the show, Jeff discusses the very important non-technical aspects of photography that are so frequently neglected in the magazines with some … Continue reading

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Absinthe Radio – music of a bygone era

Music is very important to me. Perhaps the best proof of this is in the darkroom worksheet that I prepared a few years ago. When working in the darkroom, I had to take meticulous notes in order to reproduce a … Continue reading

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shinyphotos.com – Same Great Content, Easier to Find!

After reports from users and visitors about the verbosity of my site’s name, I have splurged and purchased a new domain name: shinyphotos.com. Get it? I make photos and they’re shiny.  Update your bookmarks! -Jonathan

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