The Beginner Photography Podcast
Arts:Visual Arts
215: Shane Balkowitsch - Wet Plate Photography: No Filter Necessary
Shane Balkowitsch is a wet plate photographer from Bismarck North Dakota. Prior to getting into wet plate photography, Shane had never owned a camera outside of his cell phone. Shane is currently on a mission to capture 1000 wet plates of northern plains native Americans.
Shanes Wet Plate Process Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S86yNGXlpck
In This Episode You'll Learn:What is wet plate photography
How Shane got started with wet plate photography
How wet plate photography works
Where Shane struggled most when learning wet plate photography
Technical challenges of exposing wet plate photographs
Why Shane stuck with Wet Plate Photography, knowing that digital photography is much quicker and eaiser to produce an image.
Resources:Wet Plate Photographer, Shane Balkowitsch’s website
Shanes Instagram
Balkowitsch documentary on Amazon
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