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Category Archives: Daguerreotypes
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I LOVE daguerreotypes. I love teaching people about daguerreotypes. I love making little leather daguerreotype cases, hand embossing velvet, and polishing brass mats that I’ve cut myself. I love the chemistry, the science, the polishing, the little purpose-built tools necessary … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Daguerre!
On this date in 1787 the namesake of my preferred photographic medium was born. Happy birthday Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre! I’m more than a little disappointed that Google didn’t commemorate the event with a special version of their logo.
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The 2010 Daguerreian Symposium
I returned last Sunday evening from the 2010 Daguerreian Symposium held this year in Atlanta, Georgia USA. This was my second Symposium and it didn’t disappoint. What a pleasure it was to be surrounded by friends and colleagues I haven’t … Continue reading
I made a shirt… about daguerreotypes.
I am a big fan of Neighborhoodies. I own a handful of their ready-made shirts including “I Choo-Choo-Choose You”, and “Helvetica”. I used their design-a-shirt tool to make this specimen on the left. MAN I love the Internet. Neighborhoodies has … Continue reading
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Iodine – love it or hate it: it’s awesome.
Iodine is critical to photography. Like the other halogens, Iodine forms a light-reactive salt when exposed to silver called Silver Iodide. Expose the Silver Iodide to light and PRESTO! it turns black. Cool, huh? This reaction is so critical to … Continue reading
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