My Tintype Boyfriend… not to be confused with My Daguerreotype Boyfriend
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Happy New Year, everyone! This plate is from a self portrait series I made for the East Austin Studio Tour in the fall… inspired by Sally Mann, of course. This post is the first in a tiny floodgate of blog posts to come. Its always nice to go into the New Year feeling inspired, recharged,...
Look who’s back making tintypes after a long winter… Me! My favorite model (Jeff Hopkins) sat for me yesterday and after one tiny failure we made these plates. I mention the “tiny failure” because… it was kind of a big deal. Not sure if Jeff knows, but I let out one tiny tear when the...
Yes, yes my friends people still make tintypes. Yes, yes it is with super dangerous chemicals. Yes, yes it is beautiful. Come hear me talk about tintype photography this Thursday at the monthly CapMac Advanced Photography SIG. Ask lots of questions!! I’ll be giving a simple breakdown of the process and chemistry. Demystifying the process...
