A photography studio operated by Tim Brown, specializing in the historic tintype process to create unique, lasting portraits.

In 2001, with the onset of digital photography, Tim shifted his career to fine art prints and began selling his travel photos through galleries and art shows. By 2014, he opened his own studio and gallery in historic downtown Salida, Colorado. It was there that he built a darkroom and started focusing on wet plate collodion (tintypes) and film photography.

After five years of perfecting his tintype process, he sold his downtown gallery and bought a home in the mountains just outside Salida to pursue his dream of building a natural light tintype studio, where he will continue his exploration and fascination with historic photographic processes. After a year and a half of COVID related delays, the Natural light Studio opened it’s doors in December of 2022. phone 719-221-1115 for more info or to schedule your tintype experience.