Karmen Meyer 10/15/26 Karmen Meyer 10/15/26

Diptych Project #27

I’ve been very focused on making wet plates since I finished mixing up all the chemistry late this summer. Wet plate photography is a very slow process, which means I have made very few photographs.

But here are a couple of them from two different, very windy, very cold days at Abraham Lake. These two days were the first time I brought my little car darkroom on the road, and with it came a slew of challenges. But I left with 3 pictures each time, which was enough excitement to keep me going for weeks.

Tin type of poplar trees in Abraham Lake, Alberta. Wet Plate is a historical photographic practice. — **SUBMERGED.** Feet wet, wind howling. Swaying trees partially submerged in Abraham Lake. Tin Type, Fall 2026.

layers of tree, grass and blurry lake water sit in front of a ghostly mountain. Tin type taken of partially submerged trees in Abraham Lake, Alberta. — **ABRAHAM LAKE.** Layers of trees, grasses and blurry lake water sit in front of a ghostly mountain. Tin Type, Fall 2026.

Karmen Meyer 6/1/26 Karmen Meyer 6/1/26

Diptych Project #24

Tin type portrait of a woman with a camera around her neck leaning against an old tacoma truck. The photograph was made with the historic wet collodion photography process. — **TOMMIE LEIGH.** On Tin Type in the West Virginia mountains. Photographed using the the wet plate collodion process. August 2025.

Tin type lanscape photo of toyota tacoma parked beside a road that winds into the distance, dense forest and dappled light flanks each side. The photo was made using the historic wet plate process during Lisa Elmaleh's workshop in West Virginia. — **BLONDIE.** Lisa Elmaleh’s Tacoma on a country road in West Virginia. Both of these Tin Types were taken during a 3 day work shop with Lisa. 10 out 10. 5 stars. Seriously though, go learn from Lisa. August 2025.