Top Tips for Restoring Photographs
I love my job as a photo restorer. It is such gratifying work. It can also however be very time consuming and sometimes even a little stressful. Following are just a few useful tips to guide you with your photo restoration tasks.
1. Begin with the best […]
When it comes to restoring documents, I treat them just as I do photographs. This certificate had seen better days; torn in two, sections missing and water damage. The owner wanted a restored copy for display.
I began by scanning each piece individually then stitching them together. This was the easy part.
Next came the restoration. I […]
To look at this photograph you would not think it would rate as one of the most challenging images I have ever had to restore. It doesn’t have large sections missing and it isn’t so faded it it barely visible. It is however covered in tiny spots and stains. In fact, when I fist saw […]
“First impressions Count”; A saying that website owners should remind themselves of when promoting their brand and something they should remind themselves of regularly as their businesses evolve. Are your website visitors getting the right impression of your product or service? If not, perhaps it is time for a makeover.
I had a new website professionally […]
A few weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of photographing a few items from the adorable range of little girls dresses at Oh! Veronica, ‘a sassy new label offering handmade boutique keepsake dresses and girls tops’. The session was spread out over a couple of evenings because our lovely model has just started […]
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 […]
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 […]
The way we restore photographs today is quite different to the way images were restored before computers, but the concept remains the same. Some restorations are purely objective; the image has obvious damage with an obvious restoration solution. Spots, tears and scratches are repaired, mould and stains removed and sometimes, the ‘jigsaw’ is pieced back […]
Yes, Literally! Child’s play.
I needed a few texture images yesterday for an editing project so grabbed my camera and ran outside to take a few shots My four year old daughter followed with the Dora The Explorer camera she received for Christmas last year. This particular camera won’t win any prizes for it’s picture […]
I don’t remember when I first fell in love with photography but I do know it was at a very early age.
There are a few photos that I remember fondly from my childhood. One of them is my parents’ wedding photograph which originally hung on the lounge room wall of the family home but was […]
I was looking forward to Christmas just past. A chance to travel ‘home’ to the farm in beautiful Nowendoc, NSW where I grew up; to breathe the fresh mountain air, to see my family, and to meet the newest member of our family, Li’l Miss Chelsea.
I just couldn’t resist the chance to photograph this very […]
