Workshop Overview
- LanguagePortuguese, English
- Duration1
- DifficultyBeginner
- Private Groups & Team Building
- 6 Min Group Size
- 12 Max Group Size
- 48 hours Advance Booking Time
- €65 Price Per Person (Groups)
- €390 Minimum Booking Value
- On-Site Location Options
- Next DateUpon Request
What's Included
Included
- 🎨 A unique handcrafted metal plate portrait created using the wet plate collodion process
- 📷 An immersive experience with each stage of the photographic process visible and explained
- 👨🏫 Guidance from Nuno Marcelino, a professional photographer with over ten years of experience in wet plate collodion
- ✨ The option to personalise your portrait with meaningful objects or family heirlooms
Not Included
- 🚗 Transportation to and from the meeting point
- 🍽️ Meals and drinks
- ℹ️ Any services not mentioned above
Location Details
Rua Joaquim António de Aguiar 236, Porto, Portugal
Bookings close 24 hours before the workshop starts.
Your Teacher
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I have been a professional photographer for passion, over the past ten years and have dedicated myself to the Wet Collodion process, and I have already provided this experience to thousands of people that I have portrayed with this process invented by Mr. Frederick Scott Archer in 1851.
The Alchemy Studio Porto was born in March 2022, in Porto, was created with the purpose of a space dedicated to the practice of photography with the wet collodion process. In addition to a 19th century portrait studio, is dedicated to the teaching, divulgation and artistic development of this process invented in 1851, bringing it back to the present day.
FAQ's
Wet plate collodion is a photographic process invented by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851. It creates distinctive handcrafted images on metal plates using a traditional photographic technique.
You will experience the process firsthand as your portrait is created, with each stage visible and explained by the photographer.
Yes. Individual and group portraits are available. Two people can be photographed together on a larger-format plate for €65 per person, with larger format upgrades also available.
Yes. You can bring a meaningful object or family heirloom to include in your portrait and make the finished piece more personal.
You will leave with a unique, handcrafted metal plate portrait created using the historic wet plate collodion process — a one-of-a-kind piece of photographic art to treasure for years to come.
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