photo that isn't what it seems

[Piper]

While the photo certainly appears to be a recent one, PhotoShop was not necessarily involved. A few years back, a friend of mine developed (no pun intended) an interest in wet plate photography, one of the earlier forms of the process. He had the old box style camera with the lens in a bellows that he moved back and forth to focus, then he removed the lens cover and counted down the proper number of seconds for the exposure. The subsequent print was made on a glass plate. He took a couple of pictures of me at a living history event. Really looked authentic. Unfortunately, they have faded over time, even though stored in a covered book case out of direct light. I understand that was the fate of many of the originals. So even though is is most likely a modern photo, it may still have been done with 19th century technology.

[Woodsheal]

While the photo certainly appears to be a recent one, PhotoShop was not necessarily involved. A few years back, a friend of mine developed (no pun intended) an interest in wet plate photography, one of the earlier forms of the process. He had the old box style camera with the lens in a bellows that he moved back and forth to focus, then he removed the lens cover and counted down the proper number of seconds for the exposure. The subsequent print was made on a glass plate. He took a couple of pictures of me at a living history event. Really looked authentic. Unfortunately, they have faded over time, even though stored in a covered book case out of direct light. I understand that was the fate of many of the originals. So even though is is most likely a modern photo, it may still have been done with 19th century technology.

Quite right! Here's an image of yours truly taken with the 19th C. wet-plate method that Rick describes (though in this case the photo is on a tin plate instead of glass):

[TheOfficialBren]

+*** to all of the above. Only a schmuck would be fooled by that one. Very bad hoax job.

[TheOfficialBren]

Quite right! Here's an image of yours truly taken with the 19th C. wet-plate method that Rick describes (though in this case the photo is on a tin plate instead of glass):

Very cool photo, Brian.

[freddie]

I would date that photo to the 1950's.