Its about that time again! The Tintype of the month is upon us. I feel like this month I have barely had the opportunity to take any tintypes due to life and obstacles.  But this was a really fun session. I have worked with James before and helped take portraits of him along with Fernando and Dave.  But I choose this one as tintype of the month because I'm in love with the setting that I asked James to sit in on. The wood longs and the nature background makes it a beautiful bokeh affect. 
One of the many talents of James is that he knows how to play the banjo! And he is also in a band called The Palominos, which you guys should go check out their stuff! 

One of the things that went wrong (or at least in my opinion( was the fact that I got some silver nitrate on my feet. Which was not fun. Or fun looking. Had to be hosed off towards the end of the shoot. 

Tintype of the Month! For May!
This tintype I took at the Salton Sea form memorial day weekend. This is the only tintype that came out from this trip in 100 degree weather. Ironically, the building I photographed (but didn't show up in the tintype) had the words spray painted on it : Sorry.
Now, If you know me in life, "Sorry" is my main motto. Very fitting the title is.

Earlier this month while I was at Old Poway Park  I decided to get artsy and play around with my surroundings. My best friend Fernando was photographing this woman and her companion, after he got the shot I asked her If she would model her light blue eyes for me, and she said yes! Unfortunately I do not remember her name, but I'm so thankful that she did this for me. It turned out great! THANK YOU MYSTERIOUS WOMAN!

That whole day we were having problems with our plates fogging up and sometimes after fixing a plate, the plate would turn black all the way through. 

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