My husband, a photographer who specialises in antiquarian photographic processes, decided to have a go at teaching me to a wet plate collodion image. He started by asking me to have a think about what I’d like to shoot, and then rejected all my suggestions on the basis that they weren’t ‘still’ enough. ‘Pick something that can’t move. Ideally, a heavy object. How about your Kenwood mixer?’
Because what girl doesn’t want a photograph of her kitchen mixer, right? Continue reading
Warning: If you watch this, you will feel a deep need to fly to Dublin to have your portrait taken…