article_snippet: The process works by coating a metal with a chemical called collodion before placing The process into a silver nitrate solution, which makes The process light sensitive.
article_snippet: The plate is then loaded into the camera and the picture is taken.
article_snippet: The plate then has to be developed in a solution of iron sulphate and finished with a fixer, which makes the image fully appear.
article_snippet: The process has to be done in a dark room under a red light.
article_snippet: Like a shot of film, it's all got to be done in a dark room under red light.
article_snippet: Technical: The tintype method, demonstrated by this picture of toy robots, has to be done in a dark room under a red light .
highlights_snippet: Process is all done in a dark room under a red light and uses a metal plate coated in chemicals to produce the effect .
  