Daguerreotype Process

[lrrp77]

Hi I found a link to an interesting video on Daguerreotype Process, which is the process of capturing images on a silvered copper plate

Making of Daguerreotype by Takashi Arai on Vimeo

I saw this video on:

50mm - 5/13 - The photographic blog of Sean Wood (aka motionid)

I had wanted to post in a previous thread, but the thread was close.

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/traditional-darkroom/108321-daguerreotype-process.html

 

[raytoei]

excellent image.

saw something similar also from "the genius of photography" series, episode 1

Watch Videos Online | Genius of Photography - 1 | Veoh.com

about 7.58mins onwards talks about the earliest method.

actually the whole series is 5 hours long. but bloody excellent

cheers!

 

[Thedraperyfalls]

Whao cool there's a discussion for Daguerreotype!

I have seen some actual plates and they are sharp, so sharp that it's unbelievable, to the point of being too clinical.
Also, Daguerreotypes are one-off productions, which is why the process was somewhat overtaken by the Calotype which was it's main competitor at that point.
The Calotype had a big advantage and that was that it could be re-produced.

The large-plate Daguerrotypes are said to be the bomb.
I only imagine the image-quality of those large plates.

I really wonder if there's anyone doing it in Singapore.
Would really love to learn more from the experts here!

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Let's round things off with the first Daguerreotype ever made in 1838 by the Frenchie Daguerre himself.
Exposure time was around 10-20 mins - no official record.

Because the exposure time was so long, the busy boulevard with its ceaseless motion appears empty.
But if you look carefully at the bottom left, you'd see the figure of a man standing there with a leg propped up.

He is there because he was getting his shoe polished at the particular moment.
So he was standing somewhat still and hence, appeared in the first ever photograph made by Daguerre.
He is also the first man to be documented in a photograph - not a bad way to affirm a place in history, if you ask me.

Boulevard du Temple // Louis Daguerre // 1838

 

[sfoto100]

eye opening!!!

so beautiful!!!

i hope i can do it one day

 

[lrrp77]

I must say it was eye opening.

Seems like a pretty hazardous process though

must wear all the HAZMAT Personal Protection Equipment

 

[aquilaa]

I must say it was eye opening.

Seems like a pretty hazardous process though

must wear all the HAZMAT Personal Protection Equipment

Yes, Daguerreotype is a hazardous process because the process uses highly toxic mercury vapour to develop the plate.
Must use engineering control which is carry out the process in a fumehood.