Arkansas Momentos is the only daylight tintype studio in the Ozarks.
Tintype Photography a historically made image on glass or tin.
Your tintype photography session is a collaboration between you and Chuck Davis, created on site at the Arkansas Momentos studio and darkroom near downtown Rogers, Arkansas. For selected projects, the wet plate photography process can also travel to you, using a mobile darkroom.
Each wet plate portrait is hand-poured, exposed while wet, and developed in your presence. The result is a one-of-one tintype photograph, silver suspended on metal or glass and made to become a lasting physical heirloom.
Book your Tintype Session
4x5 Tintype Session
$200
60-90 minutes, making 3-5 plates
This plate size is great for single portraits, couples portraits, children, pet portraits, even a small still-life. A modern heirloom!
5x7 Tintype Session
$275
60-90 minutes, making 3-5 plates
This distinctive format is the perfect plate for celebrating weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and other special occasions.
8x10 Tintype Session
$350
60-90 minutes, making 2-3 plates
A significant step up from an 5×7 plate. The perfect choice for family, wedding or graduation portraits.
Timeless Tintypes for Life's Moments.
Weddings
An heirloom image from the beginning of your forever.
Elopements
Just like your special day. Intimate. Adventurous. Unrepeatable.
Birthdays
Mark another year with a portrait that will grow in meaning.
Engagement
Come as are are for a portrait as real as your connection.
anniversary
Honoring your journey together with a portrait that lasts.
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What is a Tintype?
A tintype is made by coating and exposing pure silver on a tin or glass plate. Historically speaking, tintypes were made with ambient light, with an exposure time of about 6-10 seconds.
What should I expect?
Expect to spend at least an hour or two at the Arankasas Momentos studio in Rogers, Arkansas. We will make 3-5 images together during your session. Consider avoiding clothing with bold text or graphics as they will appear backwards in the final image. A tintype flips everything horizontally. Please bring along any accessories, costumes, or props that you might want to be photographed with.
Do you photograph dogs or children?
Absolutely! It can be fun to explain historic photography to children, and many find holding still for the image to be great fun. Dogs and other animals should to be able to stay stationary for 6-10 seconds – otherwise a ghost-like image occurs.
Accessibility
I make accommodation for those with eyesight, cognitive, mobility or physical accessibility needs – working at ground level and with an absence of stairs. For the hearing impaired, I may be engaged through contact forms and email. For those sensitive to flashing lights or strobes, I operate under daylight on the grounds of my studio.
Tell me about pricing…
Tintype photography pricing is by the session. Current plate size options: 4×5, 5×7, and 8×10 sessions. In every session, your experience at the Arkansas Momentos studio, will result in 3-5 images–each a one-of-a-kind tintype photograph.
Meet Chuck Davis, Tintype Photographer in Arkansas
In early 2015, Chuck Davis started making tintypes in Richmond, Virginia, with Michael Bartoletta. The following year he began a mentorship with Roger Sassaki in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a kinship that continues today. Further inspiration for Chuck came in a 2018 workshop with John Coffer of Dundee NY.
Chuck’s work is exhibited nationally and internationally, and includes Osage Orange, (left), which is in the permanent collection of the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum (RAM). During 2025, Chuck was awarded an Arkansas Artist Fellowship.