What a year we’ve had at Sun and Silver.photo! The mobile darkroom was finished by Spring and operational all Summer. We did a lot of location shoots over the Summer. Last year I shut down for the Winter as the cold weather makes the chemistry not work as well. But this year I added a small heater to the darkroom and will be trying to keep making tintypes all through the Winter (at least when it is not too horribly cold).

I also did a lot of cyanotype and salt prints this year and sold a lot of them at art shows. The plan next year is to do tintype pop ups at shows and see make portraits.

Here is a short video of just some of the pictures I made in 2023. So many memories and I also did a lot of learning. The craft of wet plate collodion is not an easy one but so rewarding when you make a good image!

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