Photographer Charlie Stover, of Norwalk, Iowa, uses his Cirkut camera to shoot a panoramic photo in the Iowa House, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Film and historic process photographer Drew Tanner will present a program on traditional photography techniques from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church of Marietta.

According to a representative from the church, they host a weekly “Manna” on Wednesdays – an evening meal that is then followed by either fellowship or a lecture on various topics.

Tanner, who is based in the Mid-Ohio Valley, specializes in large-format panoramic photography and the 19th-century wet-plate collodion process. The presentation will focus on historic photographic methods and the tools Tanner uses to create images across West Virginia and Ohio.

According to his website, Tanner often works with a 1921 Cirkut No. 10 panoramic camera as well as earlier wet-plate equipment to produce images that combine historical techniques with modern storytelling.

The process involves using chemical-coated plates and large-format cameras to create detailed photographs that reflect methods used during photography’s early history.

Tanner said his interest in film photography began in childhood while spending time in his older brother’s darkroom and later expanded during college when he began working with a 35mm camera. Over time, that interest evolved into a focus on historic photographic processes.

Throughout his career, Tanner has worked in print and radio journalism, communications and arts venue management. From 2004 through 2013, he worked as a staff writer, photographer and digital media manager at The Pocahontas Times. His work has also appeared in publications including The Sun Magazine and Washington City Paper.

Tanner previously served as marketing director and in-house concert photographer for the Peoples Bank Theatre from 2015 to 2019.

According to his website, Tanner’s work aims to document the people and places he encounters while preserving historic photographic methods that create “a tactile connection between the past and present.”

For more information and to see Tanner’s works, check out his website at www.drewtanner.com.