Every plate is made using the wet plate collodion process — poured, sensitized, exposed, and developed entirely by hand, in a single sitting. Sessions are available in the studio, on location, or as part of a hands-on workshop.
Sit for a portrait the way it was made 170 years ago. Sessions in the studio produce one-of-a-kind tintype or ambrotype plates you take home the same day — a singular object, not a print from a file. Best for individual portraits, couples, and small family groups.
A portable darkroom comes to you. On-location wet plate sessions work for weddings, special events, anniversaries, or any moment that deserves to be captured as a physical artifact. Plates are made on-site so guests can watch the process unfold.
Learn the wet plate process hands-on. Workshops cover collodion mixing, plate preparation, exposure, development, and varnishing. Suited for working photographers, art students, and the wonderfully obsessed. Group and one-on-one formats are available — see upcoming workshop dates for details.
Plates are available from 4×5 inches all the way up to a full 16×20 inches — one of the largest formats offered by any wet plate photographer working today. Very few studios anywhere in the country shoot wet plate collodion at this scale.
A 16×20 plate demands a camera and lens built to cover that image circle, a silver bath large enough to sensitize a plate that size, and a darkroom workflow fast enough to keep the plate wet through exposure and development before the coating dries. Those logistics put true large-format wet plate work out of reach for almost everyone else in the field.
If you want a portrait or object rendered at a scale you simply won’t find elsewhere, mention the size you have in mind when you get in touch and I’ll help you figure out what’s possible.
