DATE: Sunday Sept 28
TIME: 9:30am-1:30pm
LOCATION: Cobblestones Museum, Greytown
AGES: Over 18
COST: $135 per person. Max 5 people.
Come and have a go at wet-plate collodion photography, using authentic materials to produce your own heirloom image as were made 170 years ago. This almost lost art produces one-of-a-kind images on tin or glass plates, which you create and have an image you’ve crafted to take away.
Brian Scadden will be your instructor for this workshop. Brain has been passionate about photography for over 40 years, beginning his career at the National Film Unit in the 1970s before joining Park Road Post Production as Head of Laboratory, Head of Picture, and Restoration Manager. His work in film sparked an interest in early photographic techniques, prompting him to master wet-plate collodion photography. In 2006, he was invited to assist leading wet-plate experts in the USA and has since taught many New Zealanders this challenging process. Jane, who attended Brian’s workshop in 2014, later married him in 2019 and completed a photographic project in Carterton in 2016.
Although Brian retired in 2015, he returned for short-term assignments at Park Road Post and part-time work at Archive NZ, supporting film archiving until mid-2023. Both Brian and Jane continue to shoot with 35mm and 120mm film using vintage cameras from their collection.
Space is limited, book today: Wet Plate Photography Tintype Introduction Workshop
Email: brian.dag@xtra.co.nz