"Faking" the tintype look?

A friend of mine wants me to shoot his portrait as a Christmas present for his wife. He is involved in single-speed bicycling and has a formidable vintage clothing collection as well. He told me wanted an 8x10 portrait with his bike and looking "like a tintype" in his own words.

I am thinking I could use my 8x10 (uncoated lens of course) with homemade dry plates, contact print on FB paper, and sepia tone. Option B would be to use my 4x5 box camera with either type 55 or APHS film, enlarge to 8x10 and follow as above.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

I've seen something like this done before. IIRC, the photographer shot with a Holga then printed the neg to a sheet of Kodalith to create an enlarged positive. She then mounted the positive to an aluminum plate and finished it off with a black oval paper mat to further the period look. Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Mark

You could also do a dry-plate tintype if you want - get some of that trophy aluminum from main trophy supply - www.maintrophysupply.com . Coat it with your dry-plate emulsion, shoot and process the way you normally would, but do it in a warmtone developer to give it a bit more of that tintype look.

Why fake it? Convert a filmholder and just do it in wet-plate. Or coat a plate traditionally and use your enlarger.

RobertP said:

Why fake it? Convert a filmholder and just do it in wet-plate. Or coat a plate traditionally and use your enlarger.

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As a purist, that is what I would do..however..For a one-time project, the investment to get "up to speed" with wet-plate ferrotype photography is formidable, if starting from scratch. Hardly worth it for a one-time project.