How a Tintype is Made

This video offers a glimpse of the Wet Plate Collodion photographic process, illustrating the making of a Tintype.  From the 1850s through the 1870s, Wet Plate Collodion was the dominant photographic process. Virtually all photographs made of the U.S. Civil War (1861-65) were made with Wet Plate Collodion.  A Tintype is a positive image made on black-painted metal.  The process can also be used to make positives on glass (Ambrotypes) or negatives on glass.

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Wet Plate Demonstration

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Shooting With The Camera

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In The Dark Tent

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Develop and Print

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Wet Plate History with Mac Part One

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Wet Plate History with Mac Part 2