Daguerreotype
Real daguerreotypes are done on small sheets of metal and range from nearly black and white to a dusty rust color. To simulate the look of the metal, I layered multiple textures on top of the photo in Photoshop. This gave the the photo a worn and aged look that were also aided by the tint and vignette.
Gum Bichromate
This gum bichromate was done using blue, pink, purple, yellow, and green. The brushes I used had a more splattered look that I combined with a watercolor paper background.
Gum Bichromate
For this gum bichromate I used blue, yellow, and pink layers to maintain some of the original coloring of the orchid while still giving it an abstract look.
Daguerreotype with Frame
This daguerreotype is of a simple landscape in neutral colors. To make the image more interesting I added a frame I found on a real daguerreotype.
Gum Bichromate
I chose this azalea to be the subject of my cyanotype because of the color contrast on the petals. To help emphasize this I brought the image back into Lightroom once done with the Photoshop editing portion and made the darks deeper and whites lighter.
Wet Plate Collodian
To make this image look like a wet plate collodian I made sure to have very dark shadows and noticeable highlights. Another aspect I tried to incorporate was the look of a singular direct source of lighting.
