Wet Plate Workshops

If you want an amazing, creative experience learning how to make images like the Victorian photographic pioneers, with large format cameras and genuine 19th century lenses, sign up for one of our workshops. Book online or Contact us, we'll do our best to find a time to suit you

Introduction to wet plate collodion

(2 hours, £99pp, min 2 people - book online)

Dip a toe in the silver nitrate with a great fun 2-hour introduction to making tintypes and ambrotypes. It will be hands-on from the start, setting up your shots, lighting, composition, the ins and outs of large format cameras and lenses. You’ll have a safety briefing and a demonstration before you get stuck into preparing, coating and sensitising your own plates, taking the shot and developing the images. Within minutes you’ll be able to see the results of your labour: amazing glass and tin plate photographs, which you will be able to keep and treasure, or gift to loved ones.

Wet plate collodion in deep (full day, £295pp)

Includes everything in the introductory course (above) plus a whole afternoon of making more plates and learning the other essential steps needed to be able to undertake the process independently: cutting glass, varnishing plates, mixing chemicals and care of the silver nitrate solution. This includes a comprehensive Teddington Tintype Handbook of wet plate collodion photography, with full written instructions to remind you how to do everything for yourself. Courses can be tailored to your own personal interest, be it still life, macro, portraiture, street photography, or something more unusual. Just let us know...

The Victorian Photography Workshop

for Schools and Universities

Aimed at 'A' level art students and undergraduate Photography students, our Victorian Photography Workshop covers wet plate collodion and paper negatives/positives. These are two of the earliest processes, both ideally suited to exploring the artistic possibilities of analogue photography. We work with up to 12 students to deliver an unforgettable hands on experience, to educate, inspire and contribute unique images to their portfolios.