Make real daguerreotypes with your own 35mm camera—without expensive processing equipment or dangerous chemicals! Taught by Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth, this is a great online workshop for anyone who wants to make daguerreotypes at home. In this three-hour online workshop, you will be shown how to polish, sensitize, shoot, and process daguerreotypes using the Becquerel method, which does not include the use of mercury fumes. You’ll be amazed how easy it is to make precious, tiny daguerreotypes suitable for exhibition or jewelry. Limited to ten participants. Included3 hours of live virtual instruction and Q&A via ZoomPDF manual with instructions and recipes Access to recording of the workshop
Note: This workshop includes instructions and guidance on how to make daguerreotypes at home.
The workshop is a small group setting, but we are not able to provide individualized troubleshooting for attendees attempting to follow along at home. If you're looking for one-on-one instruction, we suggest setting up a private virtual tutorial; e-mail [email protected] for details.
Pricing
- Members: $350
- Nonmembers: $375
Become a member—join or renew today at eastman.org/membership.
Requirements
- High speed internet connection
- Zoom (latest version)
- The museum is not responsible for troubleshooting technical issues of attendees; please test your connection and access prior to attending at zoom.us/test.
Workshop Refund Policy
- The museum offers refunds up to ten working days before the event.
- Tickets are transferable to another attendee up to five working days before the event.
- The museum is not responsible for outages, technical issues, and issues with connectivity experienced by the attendee. We strongly recommend testing all technology and software prior to the event.
- In the case where the museum is unable to do the event due to technical issues, all tickets will be refunded or the event will be rescheduled.
- Attendees who are unable to attend, but are still interested in learning the skills, can be a sent a recording of the workshop.
- Please contact [email protected] for more information.