Wet Plate Photography In Yosemite

We took a trip to Yosemite to camp and take wet plate photographs. Worked both from the campsite and also from the back of the car. here was the typical campsite setup. Darkroom was set up on the camping picnic table.

Also worked with the darkroom in the back of the car.  This attracted a lot of attention.

Also Half Dome. 

Overall, got a lot of shots of the valley. 

Also got some photos of the adjacent campers. 

As usual, we set up our vintage camping gear and some of our equipment from reenactments. 

Ah, Love camping breakfasts!

On the way home, we stopped and visited Will Dunniway at his home in Coursegold.  Will has been doing wet plate photography for decades and is well known and respected in the field.  He had some great tips and suggestions on improvements for next time.  I posted some of his notes here : http://mattschnittker.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-chat-with-wet-plate-photographer-will.html

Overall a great vacation and a great trip. Going back to work was a challenge. I think a few more days, weeks, months in the field would have been just fine!