On sale now Country Woman Magazine

Its not always tintypes for me. Its a country Christmas today . Styled with Amy Tyndall,
and the cookies are amazing! Find this at a bookseller near you.

Opening tonight

At the Gallery 621N4TH, 6 until 10 pm see "the prayer" 40x50,along with some of amazing work by Elizabeth Darrow, William Fredich, Michelle Connolly, Virginia Wright-Frierson, Jenifer Page, Saban Kane, Colleen Ringrose, Diane Hause, Dick Roberts, Quinton Warhauer,
Dennis Walsak and yours truly. The show is called Past Present Future and is that, of the shows
at 621N4th. Runs through the month.
See you there

New Ambrotype Portraits

Ambrotypes make heirloom quality gifts for those who like to stare. When a glance won't do
think ambrotype. Call for yours today.

No Boundaries International Artist Colony

No Boundaries International Artist Colony, opening this Saturday night at AMCE art ,
Wilmington NC. I worked mostly with glass ambrotypes like the one above. Come and
you will see art from 20+ international artist. By far the event of the year.

Tintype Photography at Soil to Soul

A fun day of Tintypes.

New Tintype Portraits

In celebration of the pending wedding of Anna and Seamus, we found it necessary to shoot 8x10
tintypes at the Cameron Museum of Art. An excellent site for wedding things , I might add.
If you are in need or simply desire a tintype of yourself or loved one I will be set up at Soil to Soul aka Progressive Gardener 6005 Oleander drive on saturday the 23rd. Costumes suggested.
9-4pm.
Another interesting fact, I just booked a wedding where I will shoot wet plate collodion tintypes
for the entire wedding. The date is 1872 for this event. I cannot wait!

Dispatch from Penland

Jerry Spagnoli , Kerny Ramsey and Jennifer Jeffers prepare our show at the end of session show and tell.
Photographer Dennis Lane points out the finer points of Daguerreotypes to potter Cynthia Bringle. Generally people were stunned by the beauty of daguerreotypes.
Daguerrotypist/photographer Robin Dreyer shares with director Jean McLaughlin and other artist
some of Dennis Lane's Daguerreotypes.

True to form, I had to shoot some tintypes- this is the camera obscura at Penland.
Ghostly Quarter plate daguerreotype by yours truly . And a cover shot for Our State magazine, for the Penland School of Crafts issue, maybe. If you've been there, you know this view, holy ground as far as I'm concerned.

I'm just back from my 5th visit, 1st in 20 years, to Penland School of Crafts. I was in Jerry Spagnoli's
Contemporary Daguerreotypes class (session 7 one week). Not quite the life changing experience it was
for me as a teen, but great. Jerry is an outstanding teacher and generous in his knowledge of the art of photography, especially in my favorite era, the 19th century. His book, Jerry Spagnoli Daguerreotypes
is a must. I was delighted to see he is a street photographer using ancient media for stunning results.

His color work is nothing short of some of the best I've ever seen and likely, will be his legacy . Check out his website www.jerryspagnoli.com to see what color film shot on an 8x10 camera looks like and
some mind blowing daguerreotypes. If you can visit Penland, or take a class with Jerry, you should.