An historical 19^th century Photographer and Old-style Photographs

Old-style photographs of guests and participants at your event, historical reenactment, or commemoration.

Photographer Wier can appear at your historical event in the role of a 19^th century photographer,
and make old-style photographs available for download here at no cost. There may be a fee for my time.

Click on the name of an event below to see the photographs. Colonial Encampment, Ft Lupton Colorado, October 2015 Heritage Fair, Fort Lupton Colorado, May 2015 Lancasters Rendezvous, Fort Lupton Colorado, May 2014 Heritage Fair, Fort Lupton Colorado, May 2014 Heritage Fair, Fort Lupton Colorado, May 2013 Heritage Fair, Fort Lupton Colorado, May 2012 Colonial Encampment 2011 Pelton Creek, 2008 Home on the Grange, Altona Grange, Colorado, June 2015

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Photographs are processed to look like 19^th century albumen or salted paper prints made from wet-plate collodion negatives. Today this look is called "sepia." The hues of the old prints varied from deep orange-brown to essentially black and white. My photo processing strives for the middle of that color range. Making new photos which look lke the old photos is not simply a matter of adding a color wash across the image, or pushing some "sepia" button. It begins when the photograph is made in camera, followed by special digital processing refinements by the photographer.

The chemistry of the 19^th century wet-plate collodion emulsions had its peak sensitivity in the blue end of the light spectrum and low sensitivity in the yellow and red end of the spectrum. Resulting photos have the blue sky as bright white, and yellow and red clothes may look black, which creates the false impression that 19^th century men and women dressed in dark colors or black far more often that was the case. An early photo can show a a gorgeous red dress as black. My photos recreate the true appearence of mid to late 19th century photos. This process is not pressing the "sepia" button in computer processing software.

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Photographer Wier

If you would like me to appear and photograph your event, call 3O3 499 O99l.

My photographs Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Stuart Wier.
Reproduction, retransmission, or reuse prohibited without prior written consent of the author.
Reuse in digital or electronic form prohibited without prior written consent of the author.
Publication prohibited without prior written consent of the author.
Individuals who are subject of a photograph are welcome to print a copy of that photograph for their own personal use without seeking permission.