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3D-Con- Irvine, CA 2017

8/16/2017

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Before I wanted to introduced stereo-tintypes as an art form and into my small business, I knew I had to make sure that my guest left with a viewer. So my father found Berezin Stereo Photography Products online and we ordered some Lorgnettes to hand out with each portrait, when they arrived, inside the packaging was a flyer for 3D-Con
"Huh, wouldn't it be interesting to set up there?"
From there, I like to think that chaos in-sewed. ​
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Last year I was gifted a stereo-camera from my good friend Dave, along with a pair of Darlot (don't know that year unfortunately, no serial number is engraved in the lens) portrait lenses. I knew from the start that this was something I wanted to incorporate into my art and my small business. So my dad and I came up with a way to display the tintypes and how to cut plates on site. 
Next was to figure out our scene. I knew I wanted to keep a historical look. I found the perfect backdrop and next came the furniture, luckily I was able to borrow and settee and a traditional posing table (Thanks Dave!). 
The stereo-tintypes pictured below feature my friend, Zoe, who on a day to day basis dresses like she's from 1860-1920's. It was recommended to me by the head of the Trade Fair for 3D-Con, David Richardson, that I take examples of my set up to display what I would be bringing to the con, so everyone that attended would get an idea of what the set up would be for portraits.
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Stereo-Tintype, 3 second exposure
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Stereo-Tintype, 3 second exposure
I can truly say, that 3D-Con was the busiest two days of my photography career thus far. 
Between the dates of August 12&13 my dad and I created 34 stereo-tintypes. A new record for us. Also a new record for how much I can tolerate the smell of ether!
I have met some really wonderful people and so happy that everyone was patient when it came to change of lighting or just over-run by people wanting to see how the wet plate process worked. 
Saturday was the best day out of the two, the early morning was nice and overcast, so I had no need to use of the pop up canopy.......up until maybe  around 12:30 the sun started to pop out and had to use the canopy for shade. 
Luckily I was able to take some pictures on phone of some of the good results. 
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While my dad and I were outside with the darkroom, my mum was inside the Trade Fair handling our small display table with examples and a history about the Wet Plate process.  Thank you Mum!
Photos above  by Denis Pellerin  , you can also find these on his instagram!
All in all, I'm very happy that I was able to make it to 3D-Con. The past couple of months and especially August, I haven't been doing well from a complication from my chronic-illness, and the same week as 3D-Con I ended up having a medical procedure done and then hopped back to work. Although this site is dedicated to my art and work, I feel like its important to talk about how some artists out there have chronic illnesses (like me) and how it can stand in the way of creating art (will have to dive into this topic another day) I want to thank everyone that had been around me that weekend, I hope to keep in contact with the many people I have met. 
Until next time!



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Sparks Gallery

7/12/2017

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At The end of May I had the pleasure of photographing Sparks Gallery and did tintypes and colored glass ambrotypes. The day of the shoot I couldn't have asked for better weather, cloudy weather is perfect for wet plate. I don't have to fight the sun. It was a honor working with them :)
Sparks Gallery is an art gallery in the Gaslamp quarter that showcases work by Southern California artists and it resides in the historic "Sterling Hardware Building". They also offer the building for photo shoots for a small fee. If you are visiting in San Diego, please make some to visit! 
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3.5x5in blue glass ambrotype, 2 second exposure with cloudy shade.
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Taken indoors, 10 second exposure.
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Full Plate Tintype, 1 second exposure. Slight over exposed.
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3.5x5in tintype, 2 second exposure.
To keep up with Sparks Gallery, you can visit their website HERE
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You can also visit them on Instagram @sparksgallery 
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Teaching Eastlake High School (12/9-12/10)

12/17/2015

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Last week I went back to my roots of photography, Eastlake High School (not the first place I did photography but...)  to teach demonstrations to all the periods of photo class. My old teacher, Mr. Hinkle, has been following my work for awhile and reached out to me asking to go and talk about the Wet Plate Collodion process and the history of it, then to do a demo in the dark room and shooting portraits outside. 
As many people know, I'm not a very good public speaker, so for me to do something like this is a pretty big deal. But luckily, everything went smoothly and I like to believe I captured some students attention while talking about the process before doing the demo.

A week before doing the demos I went to the school and picked out a spot where I would be shooting, and I found this beautiful Ivy wall where I had nice open shade all the day, and also it was close to the darkroom!
^Photos above were taken by one of the high school students, Anthony Labrador! Thank you Anthony!^
My only mess ups is that during 2nd period teachings I accidentally dropped a plate on the floor and a student caught it on film (oh well....)
More photos to come from behind the scenes soon! Will update as soon as I get those images. 
Plates below are the best ones that came out! And also very appropriate for the release of Star Wars!
Thank you to Mr. Hinkle and to Eastlake High School for having me at the school and to be able to share the Wet Plate Collodion process with you and your students!
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5x7 Ferrotype. 2 second exposure
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5x7 Ferrotype. 3 second exposure.
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5x7 Ferrotype. 2 second exposure.
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5x7 Ferrotype. 3 second exposure.
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5x7 Ferrotype. 2 second exposure. Also fun fact, on my last day of teaching, apprently a coyote got ahold of a rabbit and only left the head behind. So of course Mr. Hinkle picked it up for me and put it in a near by bush and I proceeded to take a plate of it.
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I would also like to note that on the second day of teaching I wore a white tank top underneath my flannel and I didn't get a drop of silver on it, even after packing up all my chemistry. 
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    Catherine Segura is a Millennial Slacker working her way to being  full time Wet Plate Photographer, she occasionally picks up a DSLR camera.

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