{"id":18314,"date":"2023-06-09T06:19:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=18314"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:55:51","slug":"a-tintype-elopement-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/a-tintype-elopement-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tintype Elopement Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Emma & Jimmy recently eloped at the majestic Mount Washington Hotel. On the way, they came to the studio for a tintype elopement portrait. A tintype is a handmade portrait on a metal plate, using the wet-plate collodion process (invented in 1851!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a wonderful afternoon, meeting the almost-newlyweds, and showing them this historic process. They’re both interested in photography, and they love the imperfect, often serious, look of these handmade portraits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During tintype sessions, people are welcome to watch the entire process!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For these kinds of handmade portraits, I use a Deardorff camera made in the 1920s, along with a 155-year-old Dallmeyer brass portrait lens.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The antique Deardorff camera with 155-year-old Dallmeyer brass portrait lens<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In the darkroom, I prepare a metal plate with chemicals to sensitize it to light. I put the plate in a light-tight holder, and then put the holder in the back of the camera. Next, I direct the couple, focus, and expose the plate with a big pop of light.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Back in the darkroom, I use different chemicals to develop and fix the plate. Next, it goes into a tray of water to rinse.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The 8×10 tintype portrait, in water in the darkroom<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The 8×10 tintype portrait in the drying rack<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

After the tintype dries, it can be scanned and varnished, making it an archival image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A digital scan of the couple’s finished 8×10 tintype portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Congratulations to Emma and Jimmy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find out more about tintypes HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emma & Jimmy recently eloped at the majestic Mount Washington Hotel. On the way, they came to the studio for a tintype elopement portrait. A tintype is a handmade portrait on a metal plate, using the wet-plate collodion process (invented in 1851!) It was a wonderful afternoon, meeting the almost-newlyweds, and showing them this historic<\/p>\n

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