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Did you know Sepia photos developed to give black and white photos a warmer tone?

Did you know there are three modern-day types of sepia toners? Sodium Sulfide Toners, Thiourea toners, and Polysulfide toners.

Generally sepia toning is performed in three stages bleached to convert the metallic silver, washed to remove potassium ferricyanide, and then immersed in the toner.

Today though, in almost all of our studios, our software makes your sepia photo ready in moments – framed and ready to take home in minutes! We expose our images digitally with no dark room chemistry but our Digital software allows us to create actual prints on photo paper or metal in the antique Brown & White Sepia Tone, traditional black and white, a hand-tinted color, and full color prints.

With advances in technology, we are now able to offer a metallic print. A hybrid between Antique Photo and TinType; we use a unique blend of material to create a metallic print that mimics the look and feel of TinType Photos.

Did you know that TinTypes were originally only used in Formal sittings and studios however later they were more commonly used by open air photographers?

Did you know that TinTypes were originally made on iron that had a lacquered finished that allowed them to be ready in just minutes?

Did you know that TinTypes were originally made in the 1860s and 1870s but continued into the 1950s before making a return in the early 2000’s?

Today we use a little different process to make TinTypes than in the 1800s. We expose our images digitally with no dark room chemistry but our Digital TinTypes allow us to create actual prints on metal in the traditional Black & White, a Brown & White Sepia Tone, a hand-tinted color, and full color prints.

Want to have your Old Time portrait printed on metal creating the most authentic replica for the period? If you have already visited one of our Old Time Photo studios, you can view your photo online and order your Print on Metal there; or, if you are looking for a place to have your photo taken, look at our Old Time Photo Studios.

Care of your TinType

Do Not Frame Under Glass
Keep Tin Dry
Keep Tin out of Direct Sunlight
Do Not Use Chemicals to Clean
Dust with a Dry Soft Cloth

New for 2017 Ashley Nostalgia enables you to purchase digital images without having to purchase a package first! When you purchase a digital image from Ashley Nostalgia, you are purchasing the copyright release, a copyright and watermark free photograph, and a photograph that you may reprint, duplicate, or otherwise modify as you wish so long as it follows the terms set forth in Ashley Nostalgia’s legal information (read more about legal information).

Digital images are becoming even more popular among younger generations because you can set the photo as a phone background, share to social media, make profile or cover photos, or easily share with your friends. Digital images can also be uploaded to other printing sites where you can make custom cards, or additional prints for friends, family, relatives or other loved ones!

Ashley Nostalgia does upload all images uploaded to our website with a watermark for our customers an opportunity to share on Faceebook or Twitter for Free or purchase additional prints! Simply log in using your username and password, press the Facebook or Twitter options (and include a short story) and the photo will show on your timeline with a link back back to the website allowing your friends and family an opportunity to see your entire photo shoot!

If you do purchase Digital images from Ashley Nostalgia we recommend you back up your digital images in more than one location. Once you purchase the HiRes images from Ashley Nostalgia with copyright release, we release the High Resolution images to you, no longer keeping them for our own use. So backing up your images in a safe and secure location becomes important. Social media sites are a good location to save images; however, that does not keep the HiRes quality photo, instead it’s a reduced quality image. We recommend you save your images to external hard drives, or an offsite backup server.