Yoram Gelman, Jim Beam because...I like the general idea of going back to recreate early photographic processes. Re-living history, so to speak. So this image falls into the category of "First attempt to make a tin plate collodion." Now, what grade should this get if it were part of a class assignment at a technical school or university? There's no point talking about composition, framing and so forth because that's not what this is about. So that leaves execution of the process. How have other contemporary photographers handled this kind of trip down memory lane? Well, here's a wet plate collodion by Ed Ross, a photographer up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada http://bit.ly/11x2gAT I'd give Ross an A, and I'd give yours a C plus, or maybe a B minus. Bob McCulloch, Three Dorys. The title and subject of this image is "Three Dorys." Seems to me that this image would benefit by a close cropping of those three boats, getting rid of most of the background. Art Faul. Surely all that white sand and cloud could have been burned in a little. And I wonder how patrons at a gallery showing of this photo would react to that superimposed copyright notice at the bottom. Oh, all rights are reserved! I guess I won't be able to steal this thing, eh? Oh, well. Randy S. Little, Kelly. The framing seems pretentious, a failed attempt at being "arty," and the darkness of the face of the otherwise pleasant and charming model is verrrrry distracting. Just a touch of dodging would have been be a great improvement.
