"The Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Experience"
by Quinn Jacobson All Rights Reserved Copyright 2006
ISBN 1-4276-0273-5

This is the first wet plate Collodion manual published that includes full color photographs, illustrations and detailed information about the process. He's included an entire fully illustrated chapter on making Albumen paper and Ferrotypes/Tintypes too.

Jacobson describes the nuances of the process and talks about his own experience learning and practicing the craft. There are basic recipes and excerpts from 19th Century material as well as an MSDS sheet for every chemical use in the process. It's well written and very easy to understand.

A great bonus in the book is Jacobson's personal favorites of his work over the last four years. He's included Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes/Tintypes and Albumen prints (as well as negatives) for chapter cover art, front and back covers and the work is sprinkled through the book.

You can order his book on www.altphotosource.com or request a copy from your local bookstore.

The Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Experience

Cover of book	Chapter 11, "Making Albumen Paper and Tintypes"
Back cover of book	Chapter 8, the "Troubleshooting" section, showing examples of common problems.
Step-by-step illustrations (photos) and detailed information on how to mix chemistry from scratch.	Quinn included a lot of his own artwork as chapter covers.