{"id":18124,"date":"2023-04-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=18124"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:51:48","slug":"matt-laurens-tintype-engagement-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/matt-laurens-tintype-engagement-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt & Lauren’s Tintype Engagement Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many engaged couples have portraits done to celebrate this special time in their lives. Matt and Lauren recently got engaged and they wanted to have a portrait, too. They were looking for something different, so they booked a tintype engagement session. They were fascinated by the historic wet plate collodion process, the soft, antique-look of the images, and the idea of a one-of-a-kind portrait of themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The front door at Maundy Mitchell Photography | The tintype area, in the back room of the studio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A tintype is also known as a ferrotype. It is a handmade portrait on a metal plate using the wet-plate collodion method. This method, invented in 1851, uses different chemicals to coat a sheet of aluminum (“plate”) to make it light-sensitive. The plate must then be exposed and developed immediately, in a process that requires many steps.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Aside from the studio lights and darkroom safety measures, I create these portraits the same way today using a Deardorff camera from the 1920s and a Dallmeyer 3A brass portrait lens, made in 1867. I enjoy sharing the process and its history with all my clients. I was happy to make a tintype portrait for Matt and Lauren!<\/p>\n\n\n

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