When electroplating silver onto copper or other metals for use in the daguerreotype process, it is valuable to know how to determine the thickness of the resulting silver layer deposited onto the plate…
Read MoreI had the privilege of spending three days studying the mercurial daguerreotype process with renown daguerreotypist, historian, and educator, Dr. Mike Robinson…
Read MoreThe follow is a transcription of my process notes for electroplating pure silver onto copper plates for use with the Becquerel and mercurial daguerreotype processes…
Read MoreThe color reversal process that I’m describing here is quite different in that it does not use any film negative and allow the photographer to produce a one-off color positive image straight out of the camera, leaving behind no negative from which additional photographs can be made…
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