Want to see more? These are just a few of our favorites! For more photos of digital tintypes, search the tag #tintype.

Last week, Lisbeth from Photojojo (@photojojo) shared her tips for creating faux tintypes on your Apple or Android device. We asked you to share your tintypes with us using the tag #tintype, and we were delighted to see so many amazing submissions!

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Tintypes are making a comeback from the 1800s. If you’re new to the term, tintypes are photos shot onto metal plates that have been coated in a light-sensitive emulsion.

While they’re awesome to look at and guaranteed to give your portrait a gritty, old time edge, they’re a little tough to make at home. Until now! Here’s a quickie way to recreate that tintype look on your mobile device:

• Shoot your photo. Crop close in to your subject, and shoot the photo. Ask them to not smile to up the intensity of the portrait.

• Add tilt-shift. Keep only the person’s face, especially their eyes, in focus and everything else out of focus. We used Instagram’s built-in tilt-shift.

• Make it black & white, darken, and add contrast. You can use Instagram’s Inkwell filter to make the image black and white. Then add Lux for contrast.

• Add a tinge of warmth. Add the Sierra filter on top of your now black and white photo (learn how to double-filter photos in tip #7 here).

• Add a scratched effect. Picfx (iPhone) has lots of scratch effects. We used their “Olden Texture” filter. For Android, try Retro Camera or Little Photo.

• Add a border. Tintypes normally have a thin, rough black border. Try Snapseed and Picfx (iPhone) or Vignette (Android).

Interested in making your own tintype? Be sure to tag your image #tintype and we just might feature your photo on the blog!

Ever wonder how people get those incredible close-up shots of tiny bugs or that fisheye shot of the entire sky using only their phones? We don’t want to give away any secrets, but they’re most likely using either the Olloclip, an all-in-one snap on lens that includes fisheye, macro and wide angle; or the Photojojo magnetic lenses!

These lenses offer an affordable way to add a unique style to your mobile photographs. You can check out some more photos by searching the tags #olloclip, #olloclipmacro, #photojojomacro or #photojojofisheye