"We made a portable darkroom and were drying negatives with my 13- and 16-year-old daughters' blow dryer."
These cameras are, however, more portable darkrooms than "instant" camera.
This process uses a chemically coated glass negative, which when exposed to light must be quickly developed in a makeshift, portable darkroom on site.
Many of his books were illustrated with his own photographs: he always carried a plate camera and portable darkroom on his travels.
Using a portable darkroom, he also produced landscape scenes from nearby states and territories of what is now the American Midwest.
This made it inconvenient for field use, as it required a portable darkroom.
He converted a light carriage vehicle into a portable darkroom to carry out his work.
Photographers had carried portable darkrooms when plates had to be exposed and developed when wet.
He built himself a portable darkroom, and then towed it, his camera, and other necessary equipment with him across the local countryside taking pictures.
In 1886 dry plates had finally become reliable enough that he did not need his portable darkroom.