Name: World Wet Plate Day Portraits
Start: 2026-05-09T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-09T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Lens Lab Project, Cross Stamford Street, Leeds, UK

Sit for a timeless black-and-white portrait using a wet plate collodion process, and watch it develop in the darkroom.
About this Event

🎉 It’s World Wet Plate Day on Monday 4 May!

To mark the occasion we’ll be shooting 5 x 4 Tintype Portraits at our studio in Mabgate on Saturday 9 May. You’ll be able to sit for a timeless black-and-white portrait using a wet plate collodion process on an aluminium plate, and then join us in the darkroom to complete the experience by watching the image develop.

There will only be a maximum of 17 slots available throughout the day, for individuals, couples or groups of up to five people. Get your place booked ASAP, as we anticipate places will fill up fast!

£48 includes your first plate (£20 per plate thereafter), P&P of the finished plates, plus a digital version which we’ll email to you. We will also be shooting on 8x10 glass plates, and frames can be arranged, for an additional cost which can be arranged during the session.