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Thank you for the OVERWHELMING response to my post about Kansas City tintypes this summer! I’m slowly making my way through the messages and emails and will do my best to respond to everyone. I plan to do a couple KC pop ups, a Lawrence one, and maybe even a St. Louis one! Please be patient with little old me as I am but one man. Thanks for the support yall ❤️
Film photo by @samm.net_

KANSAS CITY
Many people have emailed or messaged me to ask whether I’ll be available for tintypes this summer in Kansas City. The answer is YES! I do not have a studio but I’m wide open for house calls and on site tintypes throughout the summer. I’ll also be working on a few pop ups to allow for a temperature controlled more formal environment for portraits.
Looking forward to making photos together and seeing all my Midwest babies. June-September.
Reach out for booking information.
If you run a space in town that would be good for a pop up event, also reach out! Let’s talk!

Leaving the south in a few weeks, let’s hang out before I go? KC I’m coming for ya.

Four of my favorite tintype plates from my time spent at @oakspringgardenfoundation. Prints are now available in my online shop. 🥀
1. Tulip
2. Bleeding Heart
3. Poppy
4. Ranunculus
All 4x5 wet plate tintypes made with Crown Graflex.

Four of my favorite tintype plates from my time spent at @oakspringgardenfoundation. Prints are now available in my online shop. 🥀
1. Tulip
2. Bleeding Heart
3. Poppy
4. Ranunculus
All 4x5 wet plate tintypes made with Crown Graflex.

Four of my favorite tintype plates from my time spent at @oakspringgardenfoundation. Prints are now available in my online shop. 🥀
1. Tulip
2. Bleeding Heart
3. Poppy
4. Ranunculus
All 4x5 wet plate tintypes made with Crown Graflex.

Four of my favorite tintype plates from my time spent at @oakspringgardenfoundation. Prints are now available in my online shop. 🥀
1. Tulip
2. Bleeding Heart
3. Poppy
4. Ranunculus
All 4x5 wet plate tintypes made with Crown Graflex.

Spent the entire day yesterday with this single flower
Throughout the week living in my studio, it became translucent and paper thin
By the evening time it had shriveled up and become a new version of itself

4x5” sheet film Ilford HP5+ made with Crown Graflex

Spent the entire day yesterday with this single flower
Throughout the week living in my studio, it became translucent and paper thin
By the evening time it had shriveled up and become a new version of itself

4x5” sheet film Ilford HP5+ made with Crown Graflex

Spent the entire day yesterday with this single flower
Throughout the week living in my studio, it became translucent and paper thin
By the evening time it had shriveled up and become a new version of itself

4x5” sheet film Ilford HP5+ made with Crown Graflex

Spent the entire day yesterday with this single flower
Throughout the week living in my studio, it became translucent and paper thin
By the evening time it had shriveled up and become a new version of itself

4x5” sheet film Ilford HP5+ made with Crown Graflex

Tintype ➡️ black and white film ➡️ iPhone picture

Here is a great example of the color and tone shifts that separate a tintype from any other form.
1. 4x5 wet plate tintype, Crown Graflex
2. 120 Ilford HP5+, Mamiya 645
3. iPhone 12

Tintype ➡️ black and white film ➡️ iPhone picture

Here is a great example of the color and tone shifts that separate a tintype from any other form.
1. 4x5 wet plate tintype, Crown Graflex
2. 120 Ilford HP5+, Mamiya 645
3. iPhone 12

Tintype ➡️ black and white film ➡️ iPhone picture

Here is a great example of the color and tone shifts that separate a tintype from any other form.
1. 4x5 wet plate tintype, Crown Graflex
2. 120 Ilford HP5+, Mamiya 645
3. iPhone 12

Rainy day here at the residency so I got to know this iris a little better.

Don’t envy someone who’s in their winning season, you have no idea what they lost in their losing season.

CW: mental health crisis

So much of what we share online is positive joyful moments and experiences, giving a skewed vision of the reality of our lives. While I enjoy sharing this view of my life, I want to humanize myself and share some real life experience. Nearly a decade ago, within the span of a year, my 8 year relationship fell apart, a family member I was extremely close to passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, and the home I lived in had a massive fire that resulted in me losing nearly everything I owned. Within months I fell into the deepest darkest hole I’ve ever known. I stopped eating, sleeping, and having the ability to leave the house or socialize entirely. I very rapidly lost 30 pounds, was having panic attacks multiple times a day, was smoking packs of cigarettes and drinking excessively every day. I saw no way out of this desperate situation and had obsessive thoughts about giving up on my life. The journey out of that hole was long and painful but I slowly crawled out. My healing process involved a lot of therapy, medication, and endless support and care from my loved ones. 8 years later I have a very deep appreciation for my life. I have a new perspective and new tools for how to handle the natural ebbs and flows of my inner emotional space.
We all have our seasons of success and our seasons of suffering. Seeing people as whole complex humans with multitudes of emotions and experiences isn’t always obvious on the surface of an instagram post. Be kind, be curious, be gentle and open minded, and give people the grace you wish to be given yourself.
Thanks for listening.

Having fun with glass here at @oakspringgardenfoundation

My two week residency at @oakspringgardenfoundation started yesterday. This place is filled with magic and history and of course, plants. My goal during the time I have here is to get to know the landscape and also to get up close and personal with some flowers. 1800s floral glamour shots, here we go.
5x7 wet plate tintype
Pink carnations

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Another year of loving these boys 👯‍♂️

Thinking back on creating these 8x10 glass ambrotypes with @katymcroberts of her meticulously handmade leather adornments. One of my favorite collaborations to date. ✨

Which one is your favorite?

Thinking back on creating these 8x10 glass ambrotypes with @katymcroberts of her meticulously handmade leather adornments. One of my favorite collaborations to date. ✨

Which one is your favorite?

Thinking back on creating these 8x10 glass ambrotypes with @katymcroberts of her meticulously handmade leather adornments. One of my favorite collaborations to date. ✨

Which one is your favorite?

Thinking back on creating these 8x10 glass ambrotypes with @katymcroberts of her meticulously handmade leather adornments. One of my favorite collaborations to date. ✨

Which one is your favorite?

Thinking back on creating these 8x10 glass ambrotypes with @katymcroberts of her meticulously handmade leather adornments. One of my favorite collaborations to date. ✨

Which one is your favorite?