As ever, we had some terrific plates. Everybody poured their own and I was very impressed by the steady hands. - way better than my first pours! Thanks to those who brought props. Once again we proved that nobody ever regrets dressing up for their portrait. Here are the results:
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| Julia Margaret Cameron liked to drape fabric around her male subjects' shoulders and so do we. Here's Nathan.. |
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| Greg's bowler hat becomes almost a halo in this beautiful plate |
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| The marks around the edge of Georgia's plate are called "oysters" They add to the framing effect. |
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| Alana Ward-Craner (maybe for the last time? ! ) This one is a tintype (collodion on black aluminium) |
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| Gideon looking suitably stern and Victorian. There's no doubt: Beards work well on wet plate portraits. |
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| Daisy working a combination of funfair costume, blue sunglasses and elephant ears. |
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| One of the few where we didn't use the head brace to steady people. It's almost impossible to stay stock still for 60 seconds. It's still a beautiful image. |
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| The altered spectral sensitivity accentuates some complexions. Hollie's freckles look wonderful. |
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| Some superb styling and a great pose. Is that really Josh in there? |
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| The bowler hat saw a lot of action. Here's Katie's portrait. |
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| A very different and original sort of portrait. Lisa made another plate which was technically better (I made bit of a mess of developing this one!) but this is, I think the more interesting. |
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| Another really lovely portrait: Shanice using minimal props and catching the light beautifully. |
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| The glasses were the most popular prop after the hat. Verity going for a Lennon/Ono look perhaps? |
