Basic Collodion Technique: Ambrotype & Tintype

by Mark Osterman & France Scully Osterman

Thousands of practitioners around the world have learned the collodion process with this manual.

This is the one to get started on wet-plate collodion, including equipment, supplies needed, sources, formulas and more importantly, the theory to modify them for specific working conditions. Think of it as the difference between learning a few phrases of a language and the grammar to construct any sentence you want.

This manual has 56 pages with basic theory and a valuable trouble shooting section titled Out of the Fog, that is worth the purchase price alone. Included is a color chart which shows how colors photograph using the collodion process.

Cost: $38 including USPS Priority Mail shipping in the U.S. (New York State residents add $2 sales tax.). ADD LINK

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