Saturday 24 November 2012

American Tintype


After the death of his mother, photographer Harry Taylor decided that he had taken film and digital photography as far as he could and discovered a passion for the 150 year old process of Tintype photography. The equipment and Tintype photo process is fascinating to watch. I'd love to have a go.

This short film is beautifully shot and captures the passion of photography perfectly. We all work in our own way to create images and this film just happens to capture a photographer who needed to change his photography. Especially interesting is Harry's mention of digital photography being perfect. Is this maybe why we use the Instagram retro photo filters? A need to inject some imperfection perhaps?

2 comments:

kat evans said...

Harry lives in my town and we
have some friends in common.
I'm actually hoping to have him
do a portraiture of the family
this year, if I can muster up the $$!

Richard Flint Photography said...

It's a small world Kat :) Love his portrait work. What does he charge for a family portrait?