Portraits • Headshots • Plymouth, New Hampshire

Jeremy’s Tintype Portrait Session

My mission is to treat every portrait client to a beautiful, interesting, and uplifting experience. Whether they come to me for headshots, a portrait experience, or tintype portraits, I show them how beautiful they are with images that are soulful and timeless.

A tintype session is like stepping back in time to enjoy a unique portrait experience, and watching the process that was invented in 1851. I love to share this history with my clients. The result is handmade heirloom portraits on a metal plate, the same way they were made 170 years ago.

A few months ago, Jeremy came to the studio to update his professional headshots. After his session, I gave him a tour of the newest studio room, where I create tintype portraits. Having an interest in art, history, and photography, Jeremy decided to return for a tintype portrait session.

The antique Deardorff camera and the lighting setup
The antique Deardorff camera and the lighting setup
The antique Deardorff 8x10 camera and the tintype studio room's door sticker: Maundy Mitchell Photography - People are beautiful.
Maundy Mitchell's darkroom in an old bank vault
The darkroom (an old bank vault)
The view from in front of the camera
The view from in front of the camera
Behind the scenes - two of the last stages in hand-making a tintype portrait: rinsing and drying
Two of the last stages in hand-making a tintype portrait: rinsing and drying
5x7 tintype portrait of a man wearing a bowler hat
5×7 tintype portrait
5x7 tintype portrait of Jeremy
5×7 tintype portrait