Jul 11, 2016
This is a Tintype photograph of my friend Mason. It was in interesting shoot, it was near 90°F (32°C) and very humid outside in almost direct sunlight. Because of it being so hot, my test plate (used for determining the exposure) started to dry. I had to work extra fast to make sure the final print didn’t dry before I developed it.
I would have used a reflector to bounce some light under his hat but is was so bright it was hard not to squint already so I hoped for the best. His shirt was an almost black deep purple. I expected it to be lighter in the exposure but I wasn’t expecting almost white. That was a surprise.
This was a 6 second exposure with two month old collodion at ƒ5.6.
Photography by Shel Celeste shelceleste.com