It is much slower taking a tintype portrait than most other forms of photography. This is because each image is hand made - and that takes some time! If we are making a tintype we must first clean the plate, then coat it with collodion and then place it in a silver bath to sensitize. It takes 3 to 5 minutes to properly sensitize a tintype in the silver nitrate solution. Then the excess silver is removed and the plate put into the holder for the camera. Finally we are ready to actually expose the portrait. Then we have to…

Just fooling around between tintype portraits. The joy of tintype portraits is the relaxed pace due to the preparation and finishing time. So we often use that time to have some digital photo fun. Here are just some fun portraits with Wisconsin model Amber. Check out her FaceBook for more pics and booking information AM Model Following are more awesome photo sessions with Amber Back to our Blog https://sunandsilver.photo/somewhere/ https://jalanlee.com/portrait-photography/waterfall-tintypes-portraits-with-amber/ https://jalanlee.com/modeling/romance-with-amber/

None of our work is original. Maybe a better phrase is none of our work is completely original. We stand on the shoulders of the many who went before us and their work provides the inspiration for our work. So here we present a gallery of historic and historic style portraits with a vibe that we admire. We do not wish to copy any of these but rather use them as starting point. We hope that with this inspiration the creative Muse will inspire us to make our own images which honor and extent the originals! These are all public…

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 the fun we had, the creative process, the location and…