Of Metal & Memory : Tintype Portraits

09/01/2026

Another fresh face to our Born in a Barn crew! Welcome Justin Briggs with Of Metal and Memory! Reviving the art of tin type photography! He will be doing photos on site and taking bookings for the future! Let’s fill his calendar!
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Born in a Barn 2026
September 18th & 19th
10 to 6, $5 gate. 90+ handpicked vendors!
Cowboys will park you and Barn Boys will load your stuff!

09/01/2026

08/28/2026

I just want to make and share cool photos.
I want to make great portraits of my friends and colleagues.
I want to photograph the trees and the forest
I want to forget my camera entirely and just memorize a sunrise
Some days I can't wait to get in to my studio
Other days I want to sell everything and live in a cave

Sharing the images I make has always been a difficult task for me because I hate most of my attempts, so I hide them away from even myself. I have binders full of film negatives that I never even bothered to scan because I took one look and decided it wasn't what I wanted at the time.

So now I share more images than I ever have before. Good and not so good.

It's a start.

08/27/2026

On day 4 of the workshop I was let loose by myself. With no other students accompanying me at the time I decided to focus on the trees and find one worthy of a portrait. With the time of day and light situation, this forked tree was an easy choice of subject as it accomplished two things for me :
1) It had great texture and shading
2) It was a challenging situation with the heat and lighting

I wanted to really test how much I had learned and this was a great "no pressure" situation. The only person I had to impress was myself.

And I impressed myself for sure. This ended up being one of my top 5 images from the week and I will proudly display it in my studio for years to come.

08/26/2026

A little late with the announcement, but I will be at the Sheridan Fairgrounds for the The Official Devilstone Run on Friday September 4th!

08/23/2026

I keep trying to make the most difficut tintypes possible. Dark subjects with low light, harsh midday sun, broken shadows in the desert. I enjoy the challenge and the reward when the image is a success