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I’m a film guy, but wet plate collodion photography is very interesting. Here are a a couple videos by Quinn Jacobson.

The Wet Plate Collodion Process

Making A Wet Plate Collodion Portrait

Here are more of his videos. Quinn Jacobson on YouTube. It looks like he’s producing a DVD about this. I might have to buy it. I have a great appreciation for anyone who keeps older processes alive in the face of expediency.

Wet Plate Collodion Photography on eBay

The last portrait I took of my father before he died was at my niece’s wedding. Louis Ravetta, who always encouraged me with my photography, came along and let me use of one of his Canon EOS 5D cameras. I’ll always appreciate that. That allowed me to take my last portrait of my father before he ended up on his death bed. That picture is memorable and important to me.

Way too shortly after that picture was taken, Karen and Louis both helped me again at my father’s funeral.

I’m related to and quite fond of Karen and Louis Ravetta of Ravetta Photography. They shot my wedding as well as those of many of my family members and did a fine job.

So if you’re in need of a professional photographer in St. Louis, I highly recommend Karen and Lou Ravetta and their daughter Rachel. But again I’m biased.

The Arnold Newman Archive has the expected, classic Newman photographs such as the Picasso, Stravinsky and Oppenheimer, but it also has some wonderful pictures of the man at work. That’s what I like to see – his interactions, the full environment, his lights. It even has a section showing the planning of some of his photographs with drawn layouts and plans for the lights needed for the shoot. There is also a section of stories about him including two entries by Greg Heisler. Great resource for Newman fans like me.