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1950's Glasgow
Family...
Left is the original photo, and right is the restored version with the two front
figures' positions reversed.
In addition, the young girl and boy's height was changed to give
the impression that the boy was slightly older than his sister.
This change was made to fit with the story line of a soon-to-be
published book titled: 'Born to be Wide' by Scottish writer, author,
and performer Harry Morris
in which the photo is to appear.
Although fictional, the gritty and at times humorous storyline is
centered around an
early 1950s working class Glasgow family, represented in part by this particular photograph.
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First Day at
School...
Left is the original damaged print, and right is the repaired, colour corrected version.
The original negative created by the 35mm film camera was
lost, leaving a damaged 5"x7" print as the only record of
the young girl leaving home to attend school for the first time.
Given this situation, it was important that her family have a
replacement high resolution digital image file.
After the damaged print was scanned into digital image editing
software, it was repaired, colour corrected, then saved as a tiff image file,
which was then used
to create a high quality, A4 sized replacement
print.
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Northern Irish
Friends...
The original picture, first right, snapped in Newcastle,
County Down, Northern Ireland, dates from around the mid 1950s and
had obviously not been well looked after. With no negative the owner was keen to have
the damaged picture restored and a high res
jpeg created, which could be saved for future use.
I was emailed a scanned version, which explains the extended white
background area seen in the original picture
The far right picture is the restored version.
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Picture from
1930...
This 85 year old picture is from Clogher, N.I.
Click the image below to read what was written on the back of the
print.
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Another Irish
Friend...
Another picture from County Down, Northern Ireland.
The picture, first right, was snapped in Banbridge's Anderson Street around 1953,
and is the second of the two N.I. pictures scanned and emailed to
me for restoration.
The far right picture is the restored version.
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Funeral
Service Photograph...
After the lady on the left died in a residential care
home at the age of 90, as part of her funeral arrangements her
family planned to display a photograph of her during the service.
Unfortunately, the
only picture they could find of her was an early photograph
which included her daughter.
I was asked to
create an image from this photograph which would then be printed,
framed, and displayed during the service.
The resulting picture is shown far right.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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Makeover...
Magazine quality makeover from an original low
resolution "selfie".
Click either image to view a larger version.
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School Photo
Circa 1870/90s...
The original photo,
first right, shows pupils with their teacher from Braco village's
small primary school. The estimated date for the original picture is
between 1870 and 1890. Click either the original or restored
picture, far right, to view larger versions.
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Braco Main St., Circa 1898...
The original faded photo,
first right, shows Forbes & Co's warehouse, staff members, and
members of the public. Located on Braco Main street, the picture
dates from approximatley 1898, and is understood to be the only surviving
visual record of
this early Braco landmark. Click either the original or restored
picture, far right, to view larger versions.
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Braco, Circa
Early 1900s...
Pony and rig in front of Broomhill
Farmhouse on the Ardoch Estate, near to the village of Braco.
Mr Daniel McIldowie (dark suite)
tenant of Clatteringford Farm. Mr
James M Finlayson (driving)
tenant of Broomhill Farm.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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Rear Side of
Above Picture...
This is a typical
layout often seen on the reverse side of early 1900s photographers'
postcard style pictures to advertise their photographic business.
The original, first
right and the cleaned up version are included here to show what the
back of the above pony and rig picture looked like.
Click either image
to view a larger version.
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1960's Glasgow
Pop Group...
Original scanned picture and restored hand colourised version of 1960's
five piece Glasgow band 'The Berrys'. The original
picture is from a gig at Paisley Ice Ring sometime during 1964.
Colours used for the colourisation are based on information from a
band member.
Band members from top to bottom are:
• David Lister
• James Ian Murray
• Ian (Collie) Coltart
• Lex Price
• Charles Kilday
Click scanned original to view larger restored black and white
version prior to colourising.
Click colourised image to view a larger version.
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Edited Portrait...
The left side image is the original picture of Kiera Kingsman,
Miss Earth Scotland 2013, while the right side image is a warmer
more saturated looking version.
The background of the edited version has also been replaced with a
window style shadow effect, which compliments the picture's warmer appearance.
Retouching digital images, specifically people portraits can
at
times prove controversial. However, tasteful, minimal
editing can enhance a subject's appearance without radically
changing how he/she looks.
Those who disagree
should realise that artists have been 'painting up' people for years.
Digital image manipulation simply gives the present day digital photographer,
providing he/she has the skills, the opportunity to create client pleasing images.
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Edited Portrait...
First right is the original picture of Natasha Crawford
(unknown photographer) far right is an edited "eyes
open" version.
Immediatley below these are two different spectacle versions.
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Artwork
Example...
Photographer: Neil
McMillan
Subject: Lisa
Cunningham
The digital artwork
picture shown far right was created from an original photo by Neil
McMillan, seen immediately opposite.
Neil
McMillan
is a commercial, product, portrait, fashion, event, and PR
photographer based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Lisa
Cunningham
from Glasgow, Scotland, is a talented
artist
who also works throughout the UK as a promotional model.
Click either image
to view a larger version.
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Restored and
Colourised...
The two pictures
shown opposite right, and the corresponding two below are top
model Marion Davren's scanned original black and white images with
their restored and hand colourised versions.
Obviously there
has to be some artistic interpretation with regard to skin tone,
hair, and garment colours.
Click any of the four images to view a larger version.
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New to Old... Another
Marion Davren original
black and white picture. This time edited to create a late 18th,
early 19th century pseudo retro film type photo with a faded,
slightly damaged appearance.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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Amy Belle,
Glasgow... This
picture (photographer unknown) of popular Glasgow vocalist/musician
Amy Belle
dates from approx 2009.
Picture first right is
the original version, with the edited version far right.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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Disney World
Paris Fix...
Unfortunateley during a trip to Disney World Paris, the young boy in
the picture developed a fear of the costumed Disney characters, and
refused to be photographed with any of them.
After returning
home with the usual holiday snaps, but without any showing their son
with a Disney character, his parents asked if it would be possible
to add Mickey Mouse to the snap shown first right while keeping the
picture 'real' looking.
The far right image
shows the finished picture. With a few additional edits to resize
the picture and sort out its aspect ratio, it was possible to create
a quality 8"x10" print.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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Makeover/Photo Shoot...1
The pictures shown opposite are the result of editing two pictures
originally photographed, post processed, and edited by a studio as part of a
makeover photo shoot package.
To view the original studio jpegs click the images. The only
editing changes made to these originals was to downsize
and sharpen them for online use.
The purpose of makeover/photo shoots is normally for make up artists and hairstylists to
work together to enhance the client's appearance. The client is then
photographed, the images edited, and a selection of the enhanced
pictures chosen by the client.
Just as important as the makeover and
subsequent photo shoot is tasteful and detailed post
processing/editing. Done
correctly this ensures that clients receive edited pictures that
show them at their best, done poorly, with lack of attention to detail,
chances are the final pictures
are likely to disappoint.
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Makeover/Photo Shoot...2
As with the two pictures shown immediately
above, the picture shown opposite is the result of editing an
original picture from the same studio makeover/photo shoot package.
Click the edited picture opposite to view the original studio picture. The only changes made to the original was to
downsize/ re-sharpen it for online use.
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1940's Baby
Portrait...
The original print was scanned to create the
black & white digital image seen opposite.
This was then edited and hand coloured to produce the picture seen
in the far right column.
Having been correctly mounted, framed, and displayed, the
condition of the original 5"x7" b&w print wasn't too
bad.
Scanning produced a reasonably clean looking image file that
didn't require too much editing to create a usable black &
white tiff image.
One of the editing problems was the baby's heavily shaded left
hand, which proved almost impossible to give form to while making the 'fix'
look realistic. The workaround was to hide his left hand underneath
the folds of his romper suit!
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Combining Two
Images...
The far right picture shows an example of how by using various
editing techniques two different images can be combined into one to
create an interesting picture.
Click the picture to view a larger version in a new window.
The left side image shows thumbnail versions of the two pictures
used in this exercise.
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1950's B&W
Negative...
This poor quality black & white negative was the only surviving
visual record of this Cambuslang mother and son's early 1950's visit to relatives living in Corby, prior to emigrating to
Australia.
Given these circumstances, and with no known print available, it was important to create a usable, recognizable image from
the negative.
The negative was scanned into image editing software, reversed,
with the resulting black and white image cleaned up and restored.
The hand coloured image is the result of these efforts with both subjects identifiable,
including her elder brother's pet English Collie.
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1930s Glass
Plate Negative...
Asked by historian,
author, and broadcaster Dr Fiona Watson if I could create a print from
an early glass
plate negative belonging to her dad, I agreed to try.
Having never seen or handled this type of 1930s glass negative I
was unsure whether it could even be scanned using a flatbed scanner.
As can be seen from the image first right, the glass plate's
exposed emulsion layer was badly faded, but scanning
worked! This produced an image similar in appearance to the plate
image. After a few hours of restoration work I was able
to create the image seen far right. The high resolution image file
was later used
to create good quality A4 sized b&w prints. Read Fiona's 'Thank You'
card.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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Carl Zeiss Ikon
Camera...
The Carl Zeiss Ikon Compur folding camera shown opposite with glass
plate negative (same plate as above), leather case, and metal glass plate negative holder,
is the actual camera used approximately eighty years ago to capture the procession scene shown
in the '1930s Glass
Plate Negative' section directly above.
The camera is probably around the early-to-mid 1930s vintage. More
info about this
particular model can be found on the web.
To view another restored picture (Lauder Town Hall, circa 1930s),
which was created from a
second poor quality faded glass plate negative, please click here.
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Antique
Clocks...
The antique clock pictures shown right are edited versions of original photographs snapped by an
elderly lady's well intentioned friend prior to her entire antique
clock collection being catalogued and sold.
A Sony DSC-P10, Cyber Shot, 5 megapixel compact camera, set
to auto with direct flash was used to capture the original
pictures as medium quality jpegs.
The original pictures were poor quality with cluttered backgrounds
that required extensive editing work to make them suitable for
listing.
The pictures opposite right are two examples from a total of eighteen
edited snaps.
Click either of these examples to view the original versions.
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1696 Longcase Clock...
J.Boifsomoine of London
Longcase marquetry clocks are possibly the most sought after, and
the most valued of this genre of clocks.
First picture shows this circa 1696 longcase clock in situ, with
the far right picture showing the same clock, extracted, enhanced,
then placed on to a clean background for picture archiving
purposes.
To view pictures showing sections of this specific clock snapped
by the prospective buyer prior to its purchase, click the
links below. Although the images are poor quality, they do show
the clock's dilapidated condition. James Hardie restored the clock
cabinet, and John Wilson an antique clock movement specialist repaired the original mechanism. Click
either image to view a larger version.
Link 01: Top
hood section
Link 02:
Case
and base section
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Studio Family
Group...
Picture first right is the original standard white
background studio shot. The far right picture is an enhanced
version, which includes a replacement background with floor area.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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Sunset Scene...
Picture, first right, is a Tenerife
sunset scene, with the edited and enhanced version far
right.
Click either image to view a larger version.
Original photo Kevin McGonigle.
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Fun Picture...
Picture, first right, is the original snap, with a montage created using the edited Tenerife sunset
image far right. The montage version was never intended to look like a
'real' picture, just a fun photo to be enjoyed. Click either
image to view a larger version.
Original photo Kevin McGonigle.
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Pears Soap
Bar...
Various image
editing techniques were used to create these two Pears transparent soap bar
pictures. It shows how by
using the layers function found
in many photo editing software packages you can combine different
images to create a single picture with a sense of depth and transparency effect. Click
either image to view a larger version.
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Marion Davren
Portrait...
These two subtly different hand coloured head shots of Scots
fashion/swimsuit model Marion Davren
were created from an original black and white photograph.
As with the 'First Day at School' photo above, the completed high resolution digital image files
were more than suitable for creating high quality print enlargements.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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13th Century
Castle...
Image nearest is the original unedited version of this medieval
castle showing an exterior view of its south-east tower.
The far right image is how it looks after having various basic editing techniques applied.
Click either image to view a larger version.
Original photo Bert Kaufman.
To view b&w drawing click
here
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Harry Morris, Father & Bros...
Original scanned print plus fixed version with a more pleasing looking replacement background.
Click either image to view a larger version.
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