SARJEANT ON THE QUAY: Wet Plate Portrait Sessions

SARJEANT ON THE QUAY
Saturday 29th - Sunday 30th October
Between 10.30am - 4pm
Price $150 - Bookings essential
This event is part of Whanganui Heritage Month 

To celebrate Whanganui Heritage Month, photographer Adrian Cook brings his mobile darkroom (a 1950's Bond-wood caravan) to Sarjeant on the Quay to craft timeless portraits using the wet plate collodion process.

Using equipment and techniques developed in the 1850s, photographic plates are individually coated and sensitised in the darkroom before being exposed and developed while wet. Once fixed, washed and dried they are then coated in a gum sandarac varnish that preserves and protects them for generations.

Participating in a tintype session and seeing the alchemic process as images appear on the plate is captivating; an experience that few people now have the opportunity to witness.  At the end of the session, you will have a unique and original hand-made portrait and a complimentary digital file of your image.

Sessions last 45 minutes and are limited to 2 people per plate. Plates will be posted to clients once varnished & cured, a week or so after their session.

To learn more about the wet plate collodion process lease visit www.tintypecentral.com