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Wet Plate Collodian Photography Ron Carnegie is a practioner of the art and science of wet plate photography. This was the photography that replaced the more expensive and time consuming Daguerrotype. The type of photography practiced through out the American Civil War. Using both reproduction and original equipment, Ron Carnegie captures images of light on tin or glass plates, just as it was done 140 years ago. These finished images are tintypes or ambrotypes or possibly paper prints made from glass negatives. |
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| Ron Carnegie and Bryan Kramer This tintype is Ron Carnegie, the taller of the two, and his good friend Bryan Kramer. The duo otherwise known as Ferret and Weasel. This picture was taken at Wilson Creek, Mo. by the talented, Claude Levet in 1991. |
Prices Pricing depends on plate size, and whatever other services are provided. Certain period special effects are available. We guarantee reasonable prices. |
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More Wetplate Information Wet plate gets its name from the mixture of Collodian, Alchol and Ether that is used to suspend the silver nitrates to the plate. This mixture is poured on to the plate whcih is then placed into the sensitizing bath. The plate most be exposed and the image captured while the collodian is still wet, hence the name. Civil War Photographers Forum "Using plate photography, Carnegie photographs his boat, a Venetian Gondola, with an outcome that makes one feel as if each piece is part of a dark funeral procession. Details of the gondola stand out moodily, somewhat eerily. It almost seems as if each image is a ghost that is attempting to reach out to you in order to whisper tales of their sad, snarled lives. " Amber Jordan-Baloy    |
If you have further questions, or are interested in having 19th century photography at your next event, call 757.220.6857. Or send an e-mail to: questions@rscarnegie.com |
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