Sun and Silver Photo – We do Vintage Portrait and Wedding Photography
Tintypes * Ambrotypes * Silver Collodion Prints
Award winning photographer based in Neenah Wisconsin
We make real images for real people – no AI, filters or digital trickery! We use the original photography techniques from the 1800’s Victorian Era. Hand made using silver and glass, wood and metal, and a lot of natural sunlight. Our mobile darkroom allows us to travel around Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
News soon on our January Popup – Contact Me to get on the notification list
We’re done counting down our favorite portraits of 2025. Check out the post Here
What ‘cha been doing? Well, here are some of my favorite recent portraits..
Sun and Silver.photo had a booth at the 65th Annual Art at The Park, in Appleton (July 26-27). We were judged “Best of Photography” at the show! This was such an unexpected honor and we are so thankful to the Trout Museum of Art for recognizing our work and craft!
New in 2025 – Wedding Tintype Portraits! Create an heirloom handmade photograph on your special day – see more at Weddings
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
Adventures in Silver – Recent Blog Posts
- 3D Printing for Wet Plate Collodion
Wet plate collodion photography is a very do-it-yourself endeavor. We are very much like the original roving photographers of the 1800’s because there are no, or limited, commercial sources for much of our suppliers and equipment. Thankfully we don’t have to make our own lenses but are limited to lenses made around a century ago. This is because the small number of large format lenses still made incorporate glass and coatings which block the blue and UV light essential for collodion photography. But old lenses often have parts like lens… Read more: 3D Printing for Wet Plate Collodion - Favorite Victorian Portraits of 2025
2025 is over! It was an amazing year at Sun and Silver Photo with so many wonderful clients and creative muses. Here, in no particular order, are our favorite Victorian portraits of 2025. What makes a portrait a “favorite”? Some might say it is all about the image, the subject, lighting and pose. But we here at Sun and Silver Photo are all about creating memories. So our favorite portraits are not just the final image but they are about the experience of creating the portrait. The portrait is about… Read more: Favorite Victorian Portraits of 2025 - Tintype Varnishing TutorialWet plate collodion photography has a significant learning curve! The process is rather complicated and requires not just technical knowledge but a degree of tactile skill. The most difficult part to learn is varnishing the plates. It has been almost 2 years since my first image and I have so much to learn. Here is a video showing my current process for achieving a reasonably good varnish. Enjoy! Back to my Blog Page
- A Whisper of Alchemy
Something in the wind isCalling my name.Who is it, what do they want?Are they calling me, or am I the one doing the calling? Out of the corners of my mind I hear words, but nothing is clear..Like shadows of a desire, or it it just..A Whisper of Alchemy Tintype photographs – both 8×10 inches. Featuring Wisconsin model Ayrn, see more of her work on FaceBook Back to our Blog Page - On Dagget’s Creek
A Silver Collodion Print from a digital negative. This 5×7 print is a tintype copy of a photograph. It is exactly the same chemistry and process as making an original photograph, except we use a negative in the camera. The original photo was taken in 2021 when we did both some still picutres a a couple of fun videos with Gigi Michelle. This first video is a more serious tone highlighting Gigi’s natural charm and grace. But our sessions are not all serious – we mostly have a lot of… Read more: On Dagget’s Creek - Root and Runner Creative Space
Tintype images from our November 29th popup. Download button below each image.
