rana1

Dalí surely would have taken that call!!

Tribute to Rene Magritte

Black Glass Ambrotype

....Caperucita se lo comió ..... ;-)

Sorry ... but very unflattering angle for a girl ... 

Grazie tante!

I couldn't agree more ....

Thank you Kombizz .... Smiling, maybe??

Thank you Andrew ...

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Thank you so much Pierre... Collodion is a magical photographic process....

Tribute to Pierre Louis Pierson [French Photographer 1822–1913]

 

Black Glass Ambrotype

7×5″

 

Part of the series “Come & Play”

Taken on Polaroid black and white film PN55 then painted

Thank you for stopping by...

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and kind words....much appreciated....

@ Les, ...the things we learn on PhotoNet! LOL

‎... Wet plate collodion portrait of my mother and my daughter. My daughter

is softly blurred, still undefined ... a life ahead ... while my mother seems

to be fading in the background... an emotional image for me...

 

Black Glass Ambrotype

Whole plate

5 sec exposure

Very beautiful...love the depth you have achieved with such captivating composition...

Love the perspective and scene....you even got the seagull!!!!

....Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Your thoughts and impressions are much appreciated....and yes it's true what you said about the parallel (albeit very different styles) I didn't realise...

Well, I will have to disagree with Allan here. The background does it? Yeah, right! Let's face it, what does it, is first and foremost the model...but as Mark mentioned, the pose, lighting and color work very well together....also the slightly lower angle of the shoot... There's only one thing: the blue spot next to her eye keeps bothering me. You photograph beautiful women, that's for sure, but more importantly you photograph them beautifully...

She must be the most photographed granny in La Havana (I've seen her many times)....and quite a character too... Superb portrait!

Simply lovely!

I'm working with a no-ether formula for the moment ( I use only alcohol to prepare the Collodion) as I had to get rid of my ether this summer when I moved house. But I've got to say that I, for one, like the smell of ether! Back in the 19th century they used to organise ether parties (ether frolics)! I wouldn't go that far though!

 

I would love to try Daguerrotypes one day, but as a one off in a workshop. Already storing all these chemicals for the Collodion gives me willies having kids in the house...

LOL!!!!!! you got it! Although by now I've got them well trained and it would be the other way round: "Smile! Or....." ( if I ever wanted to do one of those!)

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, your thoughts are very much appreciated...

...Love what you do and do what you love!.... :-]

Dear Anne, thank you so much for your kind comments (and for the calendars!). this is a beautiful capture and very dear to my heart.... This is were I grew up, a couple of streets from this fountain....