21 August 2011

the Tin Gypsy visits Seattle

Today, I got my portrait taken (for a change) from a traveling portrait studio offering Tintypes, The Tin Gypsy. A project started by Meghann Mary Gilligan, who's based out of Portland, Oregan. You can read about how the project began here: Who is the Tin Gypsy.

Several weeks ago we saw an announcement about her maiden voyage heading to Seattle, myself and a few other film and alternative processing fans knew we had to check it out! Meghann provided a tour of the traveling darkroom, including showing the process of creating a tintype, discussing the different chemicals and materials used.

Most of us hung out to watch each others portraits be shot, and processed and then to be able to bring the tintypes home...

Here's a few photos from the day:

The Tin Gypsy

the Tin Gypsy

Meghann and Lindsay working on taking a photo

Tintypes in Action

Meghann, Lindsay and Dan Carillo

Lindsey, Meghann Mary Gillian & Daniel Carillo

And here's the result of my Tintype:

Kate

4 comments:

Annemie said...

Wow! Amazing detail and color! When's she taking a road trip to the Carolinas?

amo (amanda) said...

That is awesome!!!

Kate said...

@Annemie, haha, I have no idea, this is her first outing, and my guess is if it's successful they'd look to go further east at some point?

@Amanda, I know, right!?

Paul Swortz said...

B&H is having them out to NYC soon ...