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Welcome to
TopHat TinType!
TopHat is the culmination of the love of antiques and the appreciation for the processes of old; we are adding TopHat TinType Photography Studio to The Gobles Antique Mall family with local events, as well as scheduled studio time and photo packages available.
Tintype Services
We are happy to provide historic photography for you and your historic properties, individual and family portraits and events!
Historic Property Photographer
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Individual & Family Portraits
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Events & Parties
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What is a TinType?
A TinType is a image that is taken as a positive on a metal plate (modern days, aluminum) that forms on a layer of collodion and silver nitrate, and then is developed and fixed. This process is done in approx. 15 minutes of chemical processing, much like an old-school "Polaroid". Contrary to popular belief, exposure times are between 1 and 3 seconds on most sunny days.
Have a Farmhouse you'd love a TinType of? A Barn Portrait?
TopHat Tintype has a mobile darkroom that allows for us to literally come to you for on-site tintype photography! Please contact us for more information and photography package information.
