"Faking" the tintype look?

[athanasius80]

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!

 

[mgphoto]

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

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

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.

 

[RobertP]

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

 

[PHOTOTONE]

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

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.