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Whether it be the digital age that's taken the ambrotype away or simply the tedious process that it requires, they definitely seem to have disappeared in the past decade or so, but that still hasn't stopped us photography nerds from getting to know more about this incredible photography process.

One of the most intriguing and little studied forms of nineteenth-century photography is the tintype. Introduced in 1856 as a low-cost alternative to the daguerreotype and the ...

In our next post about dating your old family photographs, Colin Harding shows you how to identify a ferrotype, more commonly known as a tintype.

Spring is here… Tintype, 13x18 cm.

I love these old treasures… Enjoy! source : la boite verte

Stories abound of dead people being propped up on stands to seem alive. The reality was different.

Tintype photography is back so we talked to some of the new masters.

ca. 1870-79, [tintype portrait of a pantomimist] via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

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