The use of a contemporary and modern subject matter contrast the Wet Plate process successfully. Something I would recommend if exploring how highlights in true Wet Plate images look and how that might translate to these images.
It's impressive that a sequence of images was produced for this project, however a more convincing outcome could have been achieved by spending greater time developing one or two. The perimeters are clearly distressed, but the rest of the image could have more damage.
The wisps and flaws in the images portray the look of a wet plate collodion image well, however, I have a difficult time understanding how the series of modern images fits into the project's guidelines without a twist of "vintage".
I like the kitsch factor in this series. The almost idea of candid camera but with this process is a juxtaposition that I not only enjoy, but find deeply humorous. Somehow people could be caught unawares by a camera as big as those, with a process that takes as long as it does is absolutely ridiculous, and I love it.
While I think that over all the execution of the baseline is well achieved, as the effect I indicated my fondness for previously wouldn't work were it not, some of the distressing is a little too obviously the smudge tool (and/or liquify filter). As such, reigning that tool in some while pushing more destructive processes further might help resolve that issue in the future.
These photographs show technical skill, but the subject matter feels modern and unrelated to the late 1800's. The snow adds a beautiful noise to the image, almost like aquatint, and the subtle cracks are well executed. The borders could use a few more layers of texture in order to achieve an authentic wet collodion plate-look.
your technique and the way that you implemented the wet plate look is working really well in these pictures, I'm not really vibing with the subject matter since its very modern and doesn't relate to the late 1800's.
The edges and textural elements are effective in evoking the wet plate. I think you should consider the long exposures and the discussion we had about how this was problematic when photographing motion (for the two with human subjects).
I'm not sure how these four relate (except that they have some overlap in content). Were you just indecisive about which worked best as a wet-plate?
The use of a contemporary and modern subject matter contrast the Wet Plate process successfully. Something I would recommend if exploring how highlights in true Wet Plate images look and how that might translate to these images.
ReplyDeleteIt's impressive that a sequence of images was produced for this project, however a more convincing outcome could have been achieved by spending greater time developing one or two. The perimeters are clearly distressed, but the rest of the image could have more damage.
ReplyDeleteThe wisps and flaws in the images portray the look of a wet plate collodion image well, however, I have a difficult time understanding how the series of modern images fits into the project's guidelines without a twist of "vintage".
ReplyDeleteI like the scratches and cracks in your pictures but I think the subjects need to be more vintage.
ReplyDeleteI like the kitsch factor in this series. The almost idea of candid camera but with this process is a juxtaposition that I not only enjoy, but find deeply humorous. Somehow people could be caught unawares by a camera as big as those, with a process that takes as long as it does is absolutely ridiculous, and I love it.
ReplyDeleteWhile I think that over all the execution of the baseline is well achieved, as the effect I indicated my fondness for previously wouldn't work were it not, some of the distressing is a little too obviously the smudge tool (and/or liquify filter). As such, reigning that tool in some while pushing more destructive processes further might help resolve that issue in the future.
These photographs show technical skill, but the subject matter feels modern and unrelated to the late 1800's. The snow adds a beautiful noise to the image, almost like aquatint, and the subtle cracks are well executed. The borders could use a few more layers of texture in order to achieve an authentic wet collodion plate-look.
ReplyDeleteyour technique and the way that you implemented the wet plate look is working really well in these pictures, I'm not really vibing with the subject matter since its very modern and doesn't relate to the late 1800's.
ReplyDeleteThe edges and textural elements are effective in evoking the wet plate. I think you should consider the long exposures and the discussion we had about how this was problematic when photographing motion (for the two with human subjects).
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how these four relate (except that they have some overlap in content). Were you just indecisive about which worked best as a wet-plate?