Modern Victorian tintype photography for weddings, portraits and special events
We practice authentic photography using Victorian methods from 175 years ago. Silver and glass, metal and sunlight all work together to produce amazing real art images that will last hundreds of years.
Popup News! The tintypes from the Morgan House Popup are finished and can be picked up at the Morgan house. A digital picture of each plate is available HERE. Thank you to every one who braved the snow to have a Victorian portrait taken – you are helping to keep hand crafted photography alive!
In 2025 we are excited to add Weddings to our portrait offerings. We also do individual and group portraits, special events or Popups.
The first step is to Contact me to get more information and start working together on your portrait session!
I am based in Neenah, Wisconsin, and have a mobile darkroom for work all around Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
Check out my Portfolio to see some of my favorite images
Learn more about the Wet Plate Collodion Process, Salt Printing, and the Cyanotype Process
I also produce a limited number of fine art photographs and handcrafted prints and offer them for sale at Sunandsilver.art
“The gift from those I loved so tenderly added more and more impulse to my deeply seated love of the beautiful and from the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to be as a living thing, with voice and memory and creative vigor.”
Julia Margaret Cameron
An image from our most recent portrait session. This portrait was inspired by the work of Julia Margaret Cameron. Julia is one of my inspirational artists. She came to photography late in life and created art for less than 10 years. She ignored contemporary photographic “rules” and made images in her vision and using her own style.
This 8×10 tintype portrait of Nataly was created in natural light using a Victorian Era lens. I made a negative from the tintype and then created a full sized silver salt print. I hope Julia would approve!
I plan on more images in this style so contact me if you are interested in posing!
Here are some recent portraits – click on picture to view full size
Tintype Adventures – Recent Blog Posts
- Morgan House Popup – Tintypes
We had a snowy but wonderful day at the Morgan House in Oshkosh. Their Vintage Valentine was a wonderful day of history, music and some yummy snacks! Here are photos of the final tintypes from the popup including download links. A big thank you to all the people who braved the snow to have a hand made portrait taken! Download File Download File Download File Download File Download File Download File Download File Download File Download File Download File Download File More Sun and Silver.photo blog posts - Morgan House Tintypes – Vintage Valentine
Sun and Silver.photo will be doing Tintype portraits at the Morgan House, Oshkosh, on February 8th. The event will run from 11 am to 4 pm. We will be doing 5×7 inch and 8×10 inch tintypes. The cost is $75 for a 5×7 and $125 for an 8×10 with the proceeds donated to Morgan House. Here is a recent picture of the Ladies Parlor where we will be doing photos The Morgan House is located at 234 Church Ave, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. You can see more about the event on Facebook… Read more: Morgan House Tintypes – Vintage Valentine - Vintage Nataly – Part II
Part II of my session with Nataly using vintage lenses – See Part I Here. While most of my work here focuses on Victorian photo methods, I also do film and digital photography. One of my favorite things to do is adapt old “vintage” lenses to my digital cameras. Old lenses are technically inferior to modern lenses, they “flare” in bright light and have aberrations and distortions that show up in the image. Sharpness and resolution are issues. So why use them? Because they lenses produce beautiful and interesting images!… Read more: Vintage Nataly – Part II - Vintage Nataly
While most of my work here focuses on Victorian photo methods, I also do film and digital photography. One of my favorite things to do is adapt old “vintage” lenses to my digital cameras. Old lenses are technically inferior to modern lenses, they “flare” in bright light and have aberrations and distortions that show up in the image. Sharpness and resolution are issues. So why use them? Because they lenses produce beautiful and interesting images! The images have character and the “flaws” add ambiance… Nataly and I went out on… Read more: Vintage Nataly - Pop Up – Heritage Makers Market
As the weather finally turns colder my time opens up and I can catch up on posting. There were hundreds of traveling tintype photographers back in the Victorian era. They would travel around the country and would “pop up” at events like Fairs and Festivals. That tradition is still alive, although now there are maybe only a dozen or two tintype photographers actively traveling and doing tintype pop ups or events. I love doing tintype pop ups because I get the chance to meet and create images with so many… Read more: Pop Up – Heritage Makers Market - Vintage or Modern Lens for Wet Plate?
One of the advantages of doing historic Victorian photography is there are so many great lenses around to choose from. I can choose a vintage or modern lens for wet plate photographs. By “vintage” I mean something 100 years old or older – a lens that could have been used for wet plate photography when it was new. “Modern” means something from the early to mid 1900’s (so only 50 to around 100 years old). The choice of a vintage or modern lens for wet plate is for me more… Read more: Vintage or Modern Lens for Wet Plate?
