Peonies in Silver
Here is a 6x6" tintype wet plate image of peonies. This photograph captures so many things that are the essence of a traditional photographic processes. These trademarks include: Narrow Depth of Focus: Antique lenses were designed to gather as much light as possible. Traditional photography methods are less sensitive to light than modern sensors so you needed a lot of light to create images. The consequence of high light gathering power is much less of the image is in focus (narrow focus). Our eyes operate in a similar way and our eyes see the world with only parts in focus.Long…