{"id":472,"date":"2016-05-27T07:01:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T11:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/classic-camera-revival-episode-17-some-like-it-wet-plate\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T19:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T00:57:59","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-17-some-like-it-wet-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/27\/classic-camera-revival-episode-17-some-like-it-wet-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 17 &#8211; Some like it Wet (Plate)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf-300x300.png\" alt=\"ccr-logo-leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/bfkbv-5fa5fa?from=yiiadmin' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/bfkbv-5fa5fa?from=yiiadmin' height='100' width='100%' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Long before we had flexible film and even dry plate it was the wet plate process that brought photography to the masses. This is by no means an easy process involving lots of nasty chemicals and a very slow process that today seems rather strange with head braces, brass lenses, and rubber gloves. But for some it&#8217;s their passion and art form, so John Meadows speaks to <a href=\"http:\/\/sharoncol.balkowitsch.com\/wetplate.htm\">Shane Balkowitsch<\/a> about how he got into photography and went right for wet plate.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of Shane&#8217;s amazing work:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13078352_10154155791057533_1493015523_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13078352_10154155791057533_1493015523_o.jpg\" alt=\"13078352_10154155791057533_1493015523_o\" width=\"1406\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13077319_10154155791207533_163923504_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13077319_10154155791207533_163923504_n.jpg\" alt=\"13077319_10154155791207533_163923504_n\" width=\"531\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13120693_10154155791332533_1285897177_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13120693_10154155791332533_1285897177_o.jpg\" alt=\"13120693_10154155791332533_1285897177_o\" width=\"1420\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13091762_10154155791392533_1739184673_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13091762_10154155791392533_1739184673_o.jpg\" alt=\"13091762_10154155791392533_1739184673_o\" width=\"1472\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13106000_10154155791517533_1575918735_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13106000_10154155791517533_1575918735_o.jpg\" alt=\"13106000_10154155791517533_1575918735_o\" width=\"1432\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d also like to thank everyone who made it out to our big meetup at the beginning of the month! You can check out some of our super-fan&#8217;s reactions to the day. You can find Angela and Kelvin&#8217;s video here on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=afq2DhoxlVI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> or how about some photos from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevincollinsphoto.com\/blog\/2016\/5\/18\/classic-camera-revival-meetup-hamilton-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Collins<\/a>! And Co-Host Alex has posted his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/albums\/72157668120090546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photos on Flickr<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix&#8230;check out <a href=\"http:\/\/burlingtoncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burlington Camera<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Downtown Camera<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmplus.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Plus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarte.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belle Arte Camera<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.camtechphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camtech<\/a>, if you&#8217;re in the GTA region of Ontario, if you&#8217;re on the West Coast (British Columbia) check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beauphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beau Photo Supply<\/a>. Additionally you can order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argentix.ca\/index01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argentix<\/a> (Quebec), the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmphotographyproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Photography Project<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freestyle Photographic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also you can connect with us through email: <a href=\"mailto:classiccamerarevivial@gmail.com\">classiccamerarevivial[at]gmail[dot]com<\/a> or by Facebook, we&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classiccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classic Camera Revival<\/a> or even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter @ccamerarevival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before we had flexible film and even dry plate it was the wet plate process that brought photography to the masses. This is by no means an easy process involving lots of nasty chemicals and a very slow process that today seems rather strange with head braces, brass lenses, and rubber gloves. But for some it&#8217;s their passion and art form, so John Meadows speaks to Shane Balkowitsch about how he got into photography and went right for wet plate. Here are some examples of Shane&#8217;s amazing work: We&#8217;d also like to thank everyone who made it out to our big meetup at the<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/27\/classic-camera-revival-episode-17-some-like-it-wet-plate\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,34,36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3005,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}