Robert Hardgrave
Tonight I had the honor of photographing a vary talented painter- Mr. Robert Hardgrave. I shot nine plates but here are my favorite three-
I am surprised at the number of plates that I can get with 500ml bottle of collodion. I still have enough for at least 20-30 7×9 glass plates. I am also impressed at the staying power of the silver bath. Getting started with wet plate can prove to be be very costly but once you get rolling then it is easy to maintain. A 1 liter bottle of Collodion can be had from chemsavers for 73 bucks and that will last a while. The Ether and Everclear are used very little and and will last for at least 3 more bottles of collodion. The only other thing I will need in the near future is more silver nitrate. It can be had from Artcraft chemicals in New york for 75 bucks per 100gr. That is more than enough to fill my 700ml silver bath and have some left over to maintain silver levels.
Here is a video of the ambrotype about to be scanned-