The gelatin silver plate is nearly identical to the wet plate process with the difference of allowing the plate to dry before exposing. The image above was taken with my 8×10 Kodak view camera with a 5×7 back. I had prepared a few plates a few days before, and when walking back from lunch I saw how perfect the light was, set up my camera, and captured this bow on image of the Wavertree.
A New York based photographer who still shoots film. Born, and raised in New England, and living the last thirty years in midcoast Maine, I took a job as Shipkeeper aboard the Wavertree at South Street Seaport Museum in the Winter of 2016/17. On my off days I find myself exploring the City with a camera at hand. At the moment I am shooting with a Mamiya RB67, but recently acquired an 8x10 Kodak Master View, with the hopes of doing some wet plate portrait work. View more posts
Webster’s Wet Plate
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