Genesee Libby Studio

05/28/2026

It was a delight to meet and photograph Maddy and Charlie to celebrate their engagement!

05/21/2026

Little tintypes ready for the next round of art in the Mega Mystery Art Machine
It will get restocked with new artists in early June and it lives

05/01/2026

09/09/2025

Upcoming workshop!
Tintype Photography for Beginners
Sept. 27 10a-5p
at Genesee Libby Studio

This is a photo of Ruth who took one of my summer wet-plate workshops many moons ago in 2013. I thought she looked like

This space was in the old back building at 31 Prince Street. I was a grad student at VSW from 2003-2005 and this space is where I studied historic photo processes with the amazing . Heather moved to PA and beyond and then I started teaching wet-plate here.

I have many fond memories of this space and its beautiful decrepitude! One of my earliest wet-plate images (made in this room) is currently on view as part of Alternate Paths 5 through September 27. It's a great exhibit featuring 37 artists including work by my teacher's teachers, the renowned

08/09/2025

I had a fun time photographing Ed Downey recently. I think the first one is my favorite. But I also@like the second one a lot. The one of him in his street clothes (hat/glasses) was the first one we made. We had a good laugh over the third one in which he said he was smiling. 😂

01/13/2025

Here are a few oldies (2013) of
We met and we share a love for old technologies, music, found images, etc. And I’m delighted that he’s going to be my guest DJ on Tuesday 1/14 from 9a-11a on Ether Transmissions! Tune in live in at WAYO 104.3 FM or streaming (where it will also be archived).

10/26/2024

Portrait of taken October 19, 2024!

Thanks to and Sydney for being loving new caretakers of this historic house. They are so enthusiastic they hired me to come make an ambrotype of it to add to their collection of Mud House photos. Check out their instagram, blog, and Wikipedia page to learn more about it.

When I saw them standing in front of the house in their costumes (removing the modern screen door 😂) I knew they needed to be in the house portrait.

10/26/2024

Here is the portrait I took last Saturday of Nick and Sydney in front of their home
Nick contacted me in the spring to arrange a fall, on-location, wet-plate photo shoot as a gift for his fiancé, Sydney. He wanted an 8 x 10 portrait of their historic house and one of the two of them. ❤️

I am so happy with how it turned out! The costumes they put together worked perfectly! See adjacent post for the second plate of the house.

10/22/2024

Beautiful weather on Saturday for an on-location photo shoot at the historic in Penfield. Thanks to my excellent assistant and to for commissioning us! Scans of the results coming soon. These costumes they put together looked perfect. ❤️

09/13/2024

Happy Friday the 13th from Lulu! Flip those outdated superstitions and have a lucky day! ❤️🐈‍⬛🪜🧂🪞13