Featured Another daguerreotype conservation + new photographing technique

Worked on another dag today and it turned out nicely. I also developed a new photographing technique to get better images of these! I simply put a piece a black felt with a hole cut out for my phone camera. I then take a flashlight and indirectly shine it on the image which illuminates it brilliantly! The one thing about this dag is that it is missing the top half of the case! Will look for a replacement if possible.

 

Have we seen this before?
He look familiar.

 

Nice job!

 

Great Job !

 

Yes, a beautiful job. Taking the picture on the black velvet as you say you do is what removes the white spots from the actual photo? Or did you wipe the spots off first?

 

Wow! A great shot.
He looks like a helluva guy, for sure!

 

The whole thing was taken apart and the image was soaked in distilled water and then dusted vigorously with canned air. Wiping would essentially ruin a daguerreotype! I have also had practice on bad ones before.

 

I was not specific about getting the spots off of the daguerreotype. I know not to wipe one those delicate pieces. Was just curious as to whether or not you had done anything else. Thank you for sharing.