Yvette Bessels

2014-12-16

So after completely ignoring my blog for a near 2 months and NOT telling you the dates or locations for the Etsy shop – I think you may well have guessed...

2014-10-28

As the weather steadily grows colder and the days shorter, I have entered my winter stop for this year. I know some people may find it silly that I am...

2014-10-17

Straight after the shoot with Alp on a Tuesday, I would photograph Lara Alice on the Wednesday. She also knows all of the guys (Wil especially) and has...

2014-10-12

Alp was introduced to me through Calvin and later it turned out he is also friends with Wil and Varun. We would take out shoot in the afternoon and lucky...

2014-09-19

After the wet plate weekend in Lacock I entered my last image into their local competition, category ‘traditional photography’- and I had a reply! “Hello...

2014-09-16

Just after the last wet plate weekend in the Peak District, I photographed two friends on consecutive days. They both know Calvin (see his shoot here...

2014-09-10

In the last weekend of August 2014, Tony Richards organised a social wet-plate gathering for all those from the UK and Ireland. Wet-plating would be optional...

2014-09-04

Right after the wet plate weekend at Lacock Abbey (see my previous post) I had planned to photograph a Cambridge based model called Hisui. I had found...

2014-08-06

On the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of August 2014, ten wet plate photographers would gather from all corners of the UK to spend two days at Lacock – once...

2014-08-01

Just about a week ago, I photographed Alice for a second time. We met up at mine for a short shoot indoors. Our first test plate worked fine so we dove...