4th Annual Winter
Wet Plate Collodion Workshop
January 20-21, 2007
Corona, California

18 year veteran of the collodion arts, Will Dunniway will hold a wet plate collodion workshop in his Turnberry Studio darkroom this Winter. His studio is located in Corona, an old orange growing southern California town located 40 miles east of Los Angeles.

Participants will be guided step-by-step through the wet-plate collodion process to make ambrotypes and tintypes. Included will be instructions on mixing chemicals and advice on equipment use along with the manual, “The Wet Collodion Plate - 16 Steps to making the Plate” by Will Dunniway. You will be able to make a tintype of yourself to take home by the end of this workshop. All equipment and camera will be provided. You will not need to bring your own gear.

The costs for this two day course will be $250 plus a $100 lab fee. Lunch is provided. Housing is your option. Motels are abundant in Corona, Riverside and nearby Norco.

There is a maximum of 4 students for this workshop. Register soon to insure a place in this open invitational Wet Plate Collodion Workshop.

Inquire via e-mail by writing to: willdunniway (Type in @) collodion-artist.com

A Future Spring Workshop is tentatively taking place on April 14-15, 2007.

Note that all workshops are subject to minimum signups. Therefore, workshops may be cancelled due to low attendance. You shouldn't make any travel plans (plane tickets, lodging, etc) that can't be changed.

Summer Wet Plate Collodion Workshop at:
PHOTOGRAPHERS' FORMULARY, INC.

Another YEAR!!

The Wet Plate Collodion Process
July 22 - 27,  2007

Cost: $ 725.00 (4 days)

With Will Dunniway
and Dave Puntel as assistant.

WET PLATE COLLODION PHOTOGRAPHY

"The interplay of old glass, chemicals, wood, brass, weather, and immediacy of development is a dance, a rhythm . . .a flow, mixed with luck and sweat speaking about the past, present and to the future . . .is wonderful to me. This is a language modern photography, for the most part, no longer speaks. I am not threatened by digital cameras, as many traditional photographers are, I recall a time when others like myself were seeing this new thing called "film" and worrying about the end of their craft. 'Modern' and 'technology' are relative terms that speak more about the society that created them than the actual devices themselves. For me, the dialog between old and new, film and digital, silver gelatin and ink jet, is largely irrelevant. What is real to me is when the pouring of collodion on glass comes together with the capturing of an image inside an old box made of wood, glass, and cloth. It's then I feel a kinship with those who have come and gone long before I walked the earth."

Veteran west coast Collodion artist, Will Dunniway will teach students the making of ambrotypes (glass direct positives) and tintypes. (Ferrotypes, tin plate direct positives) Students are guided through the process step-by-step from the mixing, pouring, exposing and development of plates poured with wet collodion. The newest edition of the manual, “The Wet Collodion Plate - 16 Steps to making the Plate” by Will Dunniway is included along with all materials in the course fee. Students will use a period 1860 field cameras with 1860-70 lenses. Workshop features 4 days of intensive hands-on training in the making of ambrotypes, ferrotypes (tintypes), and glass plate negatives. Each student will make and take home a self-portrait/still life tintype/ambrotypes.

CONTACT directly HERE:

PHOTOGRAPHERS' FORMULARY, INC.
P.O. Box 950, 7079 Hwy 83 N
Condon, Montana, USA 59826-0950
E-Mail formulary@blackfoot.net
FAX 1-406-754-2896
800-922-5255 or 406-754-2891