W/NW Self Portrait

Shooting a Pentax getting a haircut on vacation in Tucson... (77mm f/1.8 wide open)
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I took a wet plate workshop on Saturday, and we argued a bit about what constitutes a "self portrait". For our purposes, we agreed that if we set up the shot, coated the plate, developed and varnished the plate, then it was considered a selfie. Even though an assistant removed and replaced the lens cap for the exposure. (We purposely ignored any legal definition.) So, here is a beginners wet plate self port..


Wet Plate #2
by Tom Hart, on Flickr
 
I have a few. The first from 1975, shot with a Praktika SLR resting in the front seat of a 1964 VW van. TriX, about 2-3 sec exposure.

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The second one, 2007, while restoring a Morris Minor. Camera is a Moskva 3 or 4

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