Recently, photographer Victoria Will's series of Tin Type portraits of stars at the Sundance Festival was widely shared on the web. I liked the effect, but not having the equipment to do them myself, I decided to use software to simulate the effect. I used existing portraits of friends Fiona and Q, and used Silver Effects Pro and Photoshop to create the effect.

The texture was obtained from Flickr user Renee Robinson, aka Playingwithbrushes, who kindly shared her texture set under Creative Commons. 

Fiona:

FionaTintype Effect using Silver Effects Pro and Photoshop. Tintype effect used CC Texture by Flickr user Renee Robinson.

Q:

QTintype Effect using Silver Effects Pro and Photoshop. Tintype effect used CC Texture by Flickr user Renee Robinson.