Melancholic with her mandolin.  8×10 wet-plate on aluminum.  Copyright 2016, William Lawrence.This was truly a collaboration between me, @melancholicmodel, and @pattyhankins who helped with scene design.  We got several absolutely stunning shots.  This plate is...

Patty and I had a great shoot with @melancholicmodel today.  Here’s one of the tintypes from the shoot put in the rack to dry.

BlueRiverDream, with roses. 8×10 wet-plate on aluminum.  Copyright 2016, William Lawrence.This plate went to @blueriverdream, her choice on pose (not to say that I didn’t then get her to do something similar for a plate for me to keep!).

@melancholicmodel, strumming a mandolin.  Shadowbox display of the 8×10 tintype to be shown at the Washington Artworks Figure show starting tomorrow.  Shadowbox is hand-painted by collage guru Rose Solari, to give a vintage feel to complement the tintype.  Stop...

Am Montoya, with Pearls.  8×10 wet-plate on aluminum.  Copyright 2015, William Lawrence.This photo of @am-montoya is going to be on my new business cards.