Early Photography: Making Daguerreotypes

The daguerreotype is a one-of-a-kind, highly detailed photographic image on a polished copper plate coated with silver. It was the first popular photographic medium and enjoyed great success when it was introduced in 1839.
Although primarily a nineteenth-century medium involving a painstaking process, daguerreotypy is still practiced today by an active--and avid--group of devotees.
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[@CarbonatedMargarine]

Fascinating! And to think we only have to press a button on our phones these days. I can't imagine the extent of experimentation it took to come up with the right formula of chemicals/minerals and steps in the early procedure.

[@Mel7vc]

Wow! Just in awe of how Louis Daguerre came up with this whole process... All credit to these early photographic pioneers, and thank you!

[@lewisnorth1188]

We weren't the first generation to use photography for selfie-expression.

[@Marienkarpfen]

How can you not like this video? Aside that "cleaning the plate" might be more precisely explained.

[@gettymuseum]

*Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre*, inventor of one of the first photographic methods, was born today in 1787. *Learn how daguerreotypes were made* in this short video.
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[@justinianrex13]

Fascinating!

[@Ocinematique]

Now I could understand it better…. It's complex anyway… but this video helps a lot!

[@Huewe172]

I thought the old darkroom was a lot of work.

[@artsandcraftscreations3492]

Well done! Very nice video. Thank you.

[@MarcoMonteriso]

..very interesting video!

[@NewWaver1988]

very interesting video! thank you

[@vinayseth1114]

Were prints made using this?

[@phuphuphnik]

+Vinay Seth no. Although copies could be made by taking a picture of the image. To make prints the image needs to be on a transparent medium. Silver clad copper plates are not transparent.