Apr
29
2013
Little girl wearing a bonnet
Made an albumen print from a negative glass plate taken in the early 1900′s of a little girl wearing a white bonnet. Impressive plate – background separation from the little girl is quite good. I’m curious as to how they can get good light; perhaps those flash powder put out a lot of UV. The mottled background is due to plate deterioration exacerbated by my poor coating method.
The wife thinks it’s eerie, I think she watches too much “Haunted Collector”. So far I find it fascinating to get a glass negative that’s over 100 years old, print it the way it would have been printed back then and still get this detail today.
