ABOUT RED RABBIT PHOTOGRAPHY

My name is Marc Haserodt, and I’m the photographer behind Red Rabbit Photography.

Photography, for me, has always been about process.

My interest in photography started at a young age. My father dabbled in photography and encouraged me to do the same. I always had some sort of camera. I was often drawn to some of the more unusual cameras like the old disc cameras, and the cheap little 110 “spy cameras”. I got my first digital camera, an Olympus point and shoot that I still have, in 1997. I still kept going back to film. I was drawn to the physical side of photography — film, chemistry, darkrooms, and the deliberate pace that comes with working by hand. In a world where photographs are often instantaneous and disposable, I became increasingly interested in processes that required patience and presence. Taking my time to get the image right the first time is something I take pride in.

That curiosity eventually led me to dry plate photography. While learning more about that process I kept seeing comparisons to wet plate collodion and tintype photography. I soon went down that path with mixed results early on. Wet plate artists generally encourage others to take up the craft. As such many of them are very helpful to others. After scouring the internet, reading some books, and doing a wet plate workshop I was producing quality images of my own.

Tintype is a 19th-century photographic process that produces a one-of-a-kind image on metal or glass. Each plate is coated, sensitized, exposed, and developed by hand while still wet. No two plates are ever identical. The image you hold is the original. Not something on a screen, not a reproduction, but a unique physical keepsake created in real time.

There’s something grounding about that.

I work primarily in Central Ohio, creating tintype portraits and automotive imagery that feel intentional and enduring. Whether I’m photographing a classic car at golden hour or crafting a tintype on reclaimed automotive metal, the goal is the same: to create images that hold presence.

My automotive work grew from that same appreciation for history and craftsmanship. Cars whether vintage or new, stock or custom carry personality and memory. The connection between a person and their machine is often deeply personal. In the same way, portraits carry presence and story. Whether I’m photographing someone beside a car they’ve restored, a quiet candid moment at a pop-up, or a formal tintype portrait, I’m interested in preserving something more than appearance. I’m preserving connection to a physical form of media and to photographic history.

Red Rabbit Photography was built around this idea of permanence mixed with more modern subjects.

Images should feel considered. They should carry weight. They should last.

If you’re interested in booking a tintype session, attending a pop-up event, or creating something truly one-of-a-kind, I’d be honored to work with you.