Film certainly isn’t dead, but what about its predecessor? One Kickstarter campaign is working to revive glass-plate photography by making the medium commercially available. Galaxy Photography ...

Before the advent of dry plates and roll film, photographers took pictures using wet plates. This step-by-step explanation shows you how they did it.

While this might not seem like a big deal to some, among photographers it’s a distinction. ... One glass plate fell out of the 4×5 holder and was badly scratched. Rest in peace, plate #4.

A glass plate negative for a 4- by 5-inch picture weighs about 3.5 ounces. Photographers from Eastern Publishing produced more than 35,000 of these — nearly 4 tons of photographs.

Wet plate collodion photography rose to prominence during the Civil War, but two local photographers are using the process to recapture photo magic.

Wet-plate photography was used during the Civil War. It was an arduous process, requiring the photographer to prepare a sheet of glass with chemicals – first collodion then silver nitrate ...

Glass plate camera captures Lake District crags. Published. 14 January 2017. Share. close ... "Professional photographers can take thousands of photos on a shoot and later edit the best ones to ...

Camilla's close encounter with a plate of glass. by QUENTIN LETTS, Daily Mail. Last updated at 12:47 04 November 2005 ...