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Tin Questions Podcast

We're not talking about ruby slippers on Tin Questions, but we might have a word about ruby bellows. In this episode, I'm chatting with Dallas-Fort Worth photographer Sheena Dorton who is making a name for herself in the world of tintype. Sheena is one of the first guests on the show that was recommended by listeners that I talk to. Not only is she shooting photos at her Texas studio "Ruby Bellows Tintype", but Sheena was also on the the crew that took amazing photos of the cast starring in the hit TV series "1883".

Local Press

***Positive Exposure***

**Fort Worth Magazine** **| August 2022**
Photo: Crystal Wise
Tintype Photographer Sheena Dorton will make you look old, and it just might be the coolest thing in the Fort. As Sheena puts it, it was dead people who inspired her to be a tintype photographer. That’s not to say that Dorton, who owns and operates Ruby Bellows Tintype, a photography studio and pop-up, has a morbid curiosity. **Continue Reading**

Tintype Photographer Sheena Dorton — ***Local Photographer Makes Modern Heirlooms with Tintype Portraits***

**Fort Worth Report** **| May 2022**
Photo: Marcheta Fornoff
In the latest installment of our occasional conversations with Fort Worth newsmakers, Sheena Dorton, photographer and owner of Ruby Bellows Tintype, spoke with arts and culture editor Marcheta Fornoff ahead of leading a tintype session as part of Fort Worth Foto Fest on May 15. **Continue Reading**

***Meet Sheena Dorton of Ruby Bellows Tintype in Dallas/Fort Worth Area***

**Voyage Dallas Magazine** **| May 2019**
Photo: Sherman Young
Today we’d like to introduce you to Sheena Dorton.
**Sheena, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.**
For fifteen years I’ve been enamored by the unusual aesthetic and significance of a tintype photograph. With just a quick glance you travel through time and pick up on so many clues that unlock what life was like for those that existed 150+ years into the past – the cultural tone, the ways of society, the wardrobe – there is something so intriguing and quietly powerful about it. **Continue Reading**