Folklore Creative Company · TinType
One-of-a-kind tintype portraits, created with the same wet plate process used in the 1800s.
The process
A tintype isn't printed — it's made, by hand, in the moment, on a plate of blackened metal. Using the 19th-century wet plate collodion process, the image is coated, exposed, and developed while the plate is still wet, all within a few minutes. What you're left with is a single physical object that exists nowhere else in the world: no file, no negative, no copies. Just the one.
The look is unmistakable — deep silver tones, real texture, a quality of light digital can only imitate. And unlike a modern print, a properly made tintype can outlast the person in it. People made these to be passed down. They still are.
Sit for a tintype
A tintype sitting is a slow, deliberate, quietly memorable thing — a portrait you'll keep for the rest of your life and hand to someone after that. Available in the Studio and as a photo-booth experience for weddings and events.
Digital to tintype prints
Already have an image you love? I can transform your digital photo into an authentic, handcrafted 8×10 tintype using traditional wet plate methods — a modern memory turned into a piece of history.
Why a tintype?
Every plate is made individually, by hand. No two are identical.
Tintypes are known to last generations — far beyond an ordinary print.
Rich metallic tones and real texture give the image a depth a paper print can't reach.
How it works
Email a high-resolution digital photo.
Your photo is carefully rendered onto metal using historic wet plate techniques.
Your finished 8×10 tintype is securely packaged and sent to your door.
Sittings
Choose a date and reserve your place below.
Perfect for keeping
Perfect for family heirlooms, wedding and event portraits, artful displays, and vintage-inspired gifts.
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