“An Ideal Husband”
Tim Scott approached me to assist him photograph the Azusa Pacific University Theater Arts’ troupe to help promote their performance of Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband”. It was a wonderful experience seeing the dedication of these actors.
The play is set around 1895, the backdrop is a house built in the same period, the costumes worn by the actors were original period pieces, and wet plate collodion photography was at it’s peak.
What could go wrong? Well, the weather. Outside temperatures during the shoot was over 90 degrees F and our chemicals were no longer cooperating when it was well over 110 in the dark tent. Sublime images were disappearing before our eyes no matter how hard we try to temper the heat. We were discontent knowing that plates were turning black. At any rate, we captured a few worthwhile images.
Plate by Scottphoto.co
September 27th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Just took a look at the video – very cool. It was interesting to see some of the basic steps used in wet plate photography highlighted.
Thanks for sharing!
September 27th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Thanks Rob!