Saturday & Sunday

August 2 & 3

10 AM - 6 PM

Class Size Max: 6

In this workshop, Sam will teach students how to create tintypes and ambrotypes in camera. Students will learn the techniques of preparing the plate, pouring collodion, exposing, developing, fixing and varnishing as well as chemical mixing and safety. The cameras, chemicals and materials will be supplied. 

Tuition includes a $50 material fee

If your desired tuition option is unavailable, please email info@penumbrafoundation.org and we will do our best to accommodate you. If the entire class is sold out, we can add you to the waitlist.

Sam Dole is an NYC-based photographer and educator specializing in large format and the wet plate collodion process. For over 15 years, he has brought his knowledge and experience of historical photographic processes to commercial client projects, reintroducing the medium to the mainstream and broadening its audience. He has served as a technical consultant on commercial projects collaboratively with photographers for clients ranging from Carhartt, Redemption Rye, Smithsonian Magazine Online and programs on Paramount Network (Yellowstone, 1883, 1923 and Lawmen: Bass Reeves), among others. His work has been featured in various publications, including Cabana Magazine and View Camera, and he has produced in-game graphics for Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games. Since 2011, Sam has been involved with Penumbra Foundation, where he currently teaches basic and advanced lighting courses in wet plate collodion and is the photographer for Penumbra's in-house Tintype Portrait Studio.