Instant photos

How instant is instant in these days of advanced digital technology? Last weekend at the Embarrass Fair, I had so much fun using my digital camera to take "instant" photos of an old photographic process for the "tintype", an early instant photo.

Photographer Chris Olsen of Dagnabbit Studio travels with his camera, black-painted tin, and processing materials and creates photographs on tin in a relatively short amount of time. Chris takes and processes the photograph within 10-15 minutes, creating a one-of-a-kind photograph to send home with his clients.

The contrast of the old versions of instant and new version of instant tickles me. I took numerous photos but couldn't share them with anyone that day, and almost a week has passed before I had time to post them here. Chris photographed my portrait, creating a single photograph, and gave it to me within minutes. Many photographs. One photograph. Time. Instant.

Here are a few photos of Chris taking the portrait of a young family. You can find more information on tintypes here. Chris hails from Illinois and may be reached by email at phuphuphnik_at_gmail.com.