Large format at the beach - wet plate photography at bonyard

I’ve been shooting film photography for just over a year now, even less time doing wet plate (3 months).
I thought what better way to celebrate a year of film with a KZbin video.
This is boneyard beach in Jacksonville Florida. I love this place so much.
Filmed this on the canon m50, this is my first time using a digital camera, filming and editing long form content.
Footage of me doing the wet plate shot was filmed by my girlfriend Claudia.
Plates for sale at www.shutterrealmphotography.com
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0:00 intro
0:32 why I shoot wet plate
01:21 Smite- Restless
01:30 I’m bad at photography
01:52 boneyard beach
02:31 setting up
03:47 pouring the plate
04:56 shot 1
05:50 developing
06:56 2nd shot
08:13 success!
09:17 varnishing the plates
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#photography #bnwphotography #wetplatephotography

[@nigelwalton4863]

Inspirational! Keep it up. Love the portable darkroom.

[@curtisclifton5852]

Great video Zach!!!! Super fun to watch and that shot of the tree in the water is beautiful!!

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks so much bud

[@prestoncaron2933]

Love that you kept the test plate footage in. Raw amd real. Keep it up my dude! Came over from insta!

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks brother!

[@Observatoriumyum]

Some 🔥🔥🔥 tin types right there, brother!

[@Observatoriumyum]

Brother man 🤙🏼

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks lady man, I mean beautiful 😂

[@prestoncaron2933]

Also... bangin background music

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks! I tried to mix in a little punk and not just have it be Lofi beats the whole time hahaha

[@johncantrell614]

Very neat!🙂📸

[@darrelltheriault5793]

Great job on your first YT video. Enjoyed it and really led the images you captured. Keep up the good work.

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks so much!

[@eiroooooooo]

Man this is such a slick vid!! n I love ya take on doing things for the love n joy of it!! Beautiful stuff!!

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks I appreciate that!

[@jacobdipietro375]

These shots turned out awesome duder. And the video turned out great, cam definitely tell you put alot of work and love into this. Keep it up dude! Cant wait for the next! ❤❤

[@Shutterrealm]

Hellll yea!!! I’m already thinking about the next video!

[@markbarone5810]

Amazing plates!!

[@Shutterrealm]

Thank you 😋

[@cape3015]

Seriously great job! I was wondering what beach you were at. Never would’ve thought Jacksonville. Great thing about Florida is there’s a beach on both sides of the state. That new M50 performed well. You’re going to love it.

[@Shutterrealm]

Yea Florida kinda sucks but it does have some cool spots in it. I particularly love the sprigs!

[@Shutterrealm]

Springs*

[@angiebarfield7161]

This turned out really good proud of you!❤️

[@Shutterrealm]

Thank you!!! I put a lot of work into it

[@peter2712]

I started wet plate for the same reasons . You are a brave man attempting it in the sand.

[@Shutterrealm]

I was soooo carful and still got it everywhere hahah. I put the plates in water until I make it home so they don’t get sand and shit all over them haha

[@tffols227]

Awesome video, you are an inspiration. You just go out and make stuff happen, keep it up!

[@Shutterrealm]

That means a lot, it’s a big reason I post so much. I’m like hey if I can do it you can too. I don’t know what I’m doing most of the time hahaha

[@LBCRPhotography]

'ell yeah! I've been waiting anxiously for this video to drop! I can see all the hard work that went into this. I cannot wait to see your next video!

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks brother. You already know. I’m excited for your next one as well!!

[@theartwebreathe]

Absolutely beautiful plates. Hope you’re charging an arm and a leg for those on your site because they are beautiful, unique pieces of art. The footage from your new camera looks great too by the way!

[@Shutterrealm]

Thanks brother! 😊

[@hectorgdel]

Awesome job on the video. Hearing you talk about your start with 35 mm and your progression to tin type made me jealous of your courage/reckless abandon. The fear of messing up keeps me from developing my own film! I admire your ability to just try things.

[@Shutterrealm]

Hahaha man I’ve messed up so many things in my life why not mess up some film hahaha

[@dennonon-hu8932]

Nice video. I was just at boneyard a few weeks ago

[@Shutterrealm]

Thank you! Love that place!

[@7000fps]

Hey cool process, nice images. I use to shoot there years ago , it really is a great spot. looks like you are close to skate lab (yard) AB

[@Shutterrealm]

What’s skate lab? In Jax? I don’t go to Jax often.

[@knitwitchcraftingpodcast]

DUDE. frickin awesome. never even heard of wet plate and now i foresee myself going down the rabbit hole lol do i need another niche hobby? no so i'll just stick to film but dang do i wanna try it

[@Shutterrealm]

I mean film photography and this are kinda on the same plane, so don’t think of it as another whole hobby hahahaha

[@zefpress]

Absolutely adore this process. I’m gonna be doing a lot of research in the process and try to start making tin types as well. Are you planning a video highlighting your process and equipment? Would love to see what kind of developer you’re using and all the different things you’ve tried over the journey.

[@zefpress]

Im a dummy I watched your other video 😬 thanks 🙏🏼

[@Shutterrealm]

Hahahaha I have some stuff on Instagram showing how to make you own dev and stuff. Same name as here shutter realm

[@iNerdier]

I need to get a fold up wheeled cart I’m learning…

[@Shutterrealm]

I got this one on sale at Walmart, 30$

[@lastfrontierforge6170]

Where did you find a lense at i need one for my camera

[@Shutterrealm]

I found this zeiss tessar lens on eBay for a good price