New Tintype Work

Last Monday I shot another tintype shoot. I wanted to change things up quite a bit from my previous tintype shoots.So I started with the camera I shot with a 5x7 camera giving me much larger plates from the 4x5 I was used too.I do not think I will ever switch back as I love the larger size.I shot these again at Rayko and Michael my Tintype technician informed me had changed his formula of developer resulting in cleaner looking plates.

I booked a wonderful model Ellen Hancock from Look Modeling Agency in San Francisco.

This time I really wanted to work with a stylist and got connected with Tietjen Fischer from Artist Untied she also does Hair and Make Up which makes things even easier.

She brought the most amazing wardrobe to the set and from the first plate on every image was a winner.

By now I have my lighting down when I am shooting these and I include my lighting diagram which I handed off to my assistant Brian Molyneaux we took off all but bare diffusion and got the shutter speed down to 1/8 second.

To see the rest of this shoot please check out the New Images section of my website.

Behind The Scenes Video.

Here is a behind the scenes video from a photoshoot for Monroe and Main catalog.

Here is the You Tube link as video blogger is the greatest.

I had posted some previous snaps here.

Its always a lot of fun putting these things together.

Hope you enjoy.