Take home your hand crafted and archival piece of artwork made using the same technique photographers from mid 1800s used. The tintype (on metal) or ambrotype (on glass) renders your very essence in a unique way.
Creating a tintype portrait using this historic wet-plate collodion process means each individual plate is hand-crafted in the darkroom immediately before the photograph is taken, and developed immediately afterwards.
Creating a tintype portrait using this historic wet-plate collodion process means each individual plate is hand-crafted in the darkroom immediately before the photograph is taken, and developed immediately afterwards.
It is during this hand-made, bespoke processes that each tintype takes on its own unique character. No two plates are alike.
After the plate has been exposed in the camera, and quick developing in the darkroom, the magical final phase (fixing) reveals your image.
Each unique tintype or ambrotype comes with a digital scan and varnish. On-location plates will need to be taken back to the studio to scan and varnish before being delivered. The varnish is the most important step as this protects your image and literally preserves it for generations. Without the varnish, the image can be removed from the plate with just your pinky.
Tintypes created by Max are 4 x 5 inches in size (with 8 x 10 coming soon) and are each $40 (at pop-ups) or $50 (on location, depending on travel costs.) Ambrotypes are $5 extra each. Contact Max to commission your tintype portraits.
Each unique tintype or ambrotype comes with a digital scan and varnish. On-location plates will need to be taken back to the studio to scan and varnish before being delivered. The varnish is the most important step as this protects your image and literally preserves it for generations. Without the varnish, the image can be removed from the plate with just your pinky.
Tintypes created by Max are 4 x 5 inches in size (with 8 x 10 coming soon) and are each $40 (at pop-ups) or $50 (on location, depending on travel costs.) Ambrotypes are $5 extra each. Contact Max to commission your tintype portraits.
