I had the distinct pleasure to work briefly with Michael Hudson, the director at the museum of historic Avoca house in Altavista, Virginia. He stopped by for a quick portrait on his way home from a living history event at the Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox.
My chemistry was a bit old and it was pretty overcast and slightly sprinkling rain! With my F8.5 lens I got this one at a full 35 seconds! That's really long but given the circumstances, my sitter did an admirable job. We could have kept making images but the weather was threatening to shut us down and at that long an exposure, we cut our losses! 1/4 plate Aluminum, Old Workhorse Collodion mix. Developed 18 seconds KCN Fix.
