08/31/2026
Thank you, Baker Mansion, and thank you, Altoona. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This was the finest event we’ve done all year. I was quite literally not prepared for the love we were shown this weekend - we shot and shot until we ran out of plates and almost out of developer. We were given the opportunity to make tintypes on the grounds of a magnificent 1840s mansion, and it couldn’t have proved a more beautiful setting. We made images of both reenactors and visitors and captured them all with magic in a frozen frame of time. In between each plate, we shared conversation with dozens of wonderful people about the joys of wet plate photography. As tired as my body and mind are right now, this was good for my soul. Once again, thank you, Railroad City - I can’t wait to come back.