Analog portraits & unusual keepsakes
Watch a wedding portrait emerge on a metal plate
Kelsey Tiara Photo / Kelsey Dillow
Kelsey Dillow makes wet-plate tintype portraits and explicitly offers traveling wedding sessions. Couples can choose a studio sitting or discuss bringing the equipment to their location, with hand-made metal portraits and digital scans rather than a conventional instant photo strip.
Current location note / listed area: Near Knoxville, Tennessee; house calls and travel by arrangement
Weddings are explicitly offered. Confirm travel, lighting, portrait throughput and finished-plate delivery. The process uses chemicals and potentially intense strobes; discuss sensitivities. The barn studio has gravel floors, no climate control or public restroom and potential access limitations, so ask about alternatives if visiting.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
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- Tennessee · based
The provider’s booking page identifies a base outside Knoxville, Tennessee and describes the nearby studio, house-call sessions and explicit wedding tintype packages.