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  • MCG-polaroid-before-and-after-web

Hmmm……Polaroid Photos

By |January 25th, 2012|

Polaroid photos have never been noted for their superior quality and the one taken of my son today at the MCG by organisers of the cricket clinic he attended with the Victorian Bushrangers is no exception.  In fact, it’s pretty horrible.  The composition and lighting are fine and it’s a great memento of my son […]

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Five Minute Fix: Sharpening with the High Pass Filter

By |January 6th, 2012|

There are numerous methods for sharpening an image in Photoshop.  The High Pass filter is one of my favourites.  This short video tutorial demonstrates just how easy it is.  I’m using Photoshop CS5 in this tutorial, but the same method applies to Photoshop Elements or other versions of Photoshop.

This is my first video tutorial.  I […]

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Why scan RGB?

By |January 5th, 2012|

I use this image in my Photo Restoration courses.  It is badly stained and on first glance, looks like it would take hours to restore.  And had I scanned it as a greyscale image it probably would.

But I never scan photographic images in greyscale.  I’m a big fan of RGB (red, green blue).  Let me […]

Ah, I can only dream. Can ‘flat-lay’ photography really be this easy?

By |January 3rd, 2012|

The answer is yes but sadly I don’t need to ask to know that one of these babies would be beyond my budget.

Among the many tasks I perform at Pixel By Pixel is flat lay product photography. You know?  those images of clothing you see in catalogues and in online stores?  Designers, manufacturers and online […]

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Amby Baby Hammocks website images

By |January 2nd, 2012|

A few months ago, Trish from Amby Baby Hammocks contacted me requesting images for the front page of her new website. She had already had the product images taken for her shopping cart but wanted inviting, fresh, bright images for the front page. This is after all the first impression that visitors to her […]

  • Photo Restoration by Carol Heath, Pixel By Pixel

In Need Of a Little TLC

By |January 1st, 2012|

I come across quite a few images like this one; quite obviously treasured by the owner but in need of a little TLC. Restoration wasn't particularly difficult in this case but it was time consuming.