Welcome - Sam Oster
Silvertrace Photography by Sam Oster
Description: The Tintype Traveller is a vintage caravan that has been lovingly converted into a mobile darkroom that travels to various locations and events for traditional photography workshops, demonstrations and shoots. Used primarily for Wet Plate Collodion Photography, it is also used for traditional Black & White film processing and printing, Cyanotypes, and regular large format photography.
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Tintype photography is a classic process which was used from the mid 1800s to early 1900s. It uses a light sensitive emulsion on tin or metal substrate which is sensitised using silver nitrate then placed in the back of a camera and exposed to form a positive image. The result is known as a tintype and once varnished, the tintype can last 100s of years.
The processing of a tintype must be done immediately after the exposure (shot) while the plate is still wet. This means there must be a darkroom nearby (that's the traveller bit). The whole process from sensitising of plate to shot to final unique photograph takes around 30 minutes.
Checkout some of the cool tintype images that we have created below...
Welcome - Sam Oster
Silvertrace Photography by Sam Oster