Over the past few years I’ve given a few guest lectures at Lomond secondary school in Helensburgh. The topic has tended to be on documentary photography and multimedia, however on seeing the big green wet plate wagon the art teacher … Continue reading
As mentioned in a previous post varnishing a plate and narrating at the same time didn’t quite work for me so I’ve cut together a wee video with text to explain the steps involved with varnishing a plate. I hope … Continue reading
The ARGO used to be a community centre in Drumchapel where all sorts of great things happened. Pottery classes, youth clubs, tea dances and boxing to name a few. Sadly after years of existence it was closed by the Council … Continue reading
I’ve now had the chance to properly test the UV lights for making portraits indoors. I absolutely love the results and the feeling that I can work indoors with wet plate over the winter is disturbingly satisfying 🙂 I’ve so … Continue reading
I first met Yana in 2004. I had been travelling and taking photos a lot in Russia and during a visit to Moscow met a woman called Anja Teltschik who was visiting from Ukraine. In Moscow I had managed to … Continue reading
My mate Colin came round on his Triumph the other week and I managed to twist his arm into a portrait. It all went really well and I made three plates that I really liked :- I really loved the last … Continue reading
