Category: wet plate

that’s a big one!

cuillins_bga

I’ve been meaning to post a wee pic of my new camera for a while – and I thought it would be an interesting way to answer John Feeney’s question. It’s a bootiful 11×14″ wet plate camera made from Walnut … Continue reading

the dinky ninjas

dinky ninjas

Since August last year I’ve been immersed in the amazing world of mixed martial arts – “MMA” – or “cage fighting” as it’s more commonly referred to in the media. Don’t worry I’ve not lost my senses and planned a … Continue reading

the uists

This summer I took my boys away in the big green van to try to take some small steps towards developing a body of collodion portraits and landscapes which represent the people and places of Scotland we visit. We had … Continue reading

garden gallery

A lot of my first plates have been made of friends and family in my back garden and I’ve decided to torture anyone visiting with a collodion portrait to build up a rogues gallery of plates made in the garden. … Continue reading

pdn photo annual 2011

Some of the my wet plate portraits have made it into this years PDN Photo Annual. Jim Fairlie and Davey Savage Jnr if you’re out there follow this link then hit “enter gallery” on the right of the image and … Continue reading