Dead hard drive.

I had a hard drive die today in the drobo that holds both my and Patty’s photos.  Fortunately, the drobo is self-backing, so I could just slip in a new drive and let it take care of itself while it redistributes the data across all 5 drives.  Updates may be slow this...

Unfortunately, I’ve got a long interval between shoots.  But it does give me a chance to catch up on my chemistry.  Today’s task – making developer for the tintypes, and the two solutions needed to make cyanotype contact prints (once the sun comes...

It’s a cold, rainy, and occasionally snowy day today, so a good day to make up some collodion and other chemistry for some tintype shoots next month!

@erieeyeful.  8×10 wet-plate on aluminum.  Copyright 2016, William Lawrence.

@melancholicmodel, with violin.  8×10 Impossible Project “instant” film.  Copyright 2016, William Lawrence