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 […]
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 […]
I come across some lovely photographs with my restoration work and this one is certainly no exception.
The original photograph is dated 1917 and family records indicate that the subject is Signalman H.W.D. Butler, Royal Corp of Signals Reserve of the Camel Corps, 53 Welsh Division, General Allenby, British Forces, Palestine Campaign.
The original photograph was presented […]
The new Pixel By Pixel site has been live for two months now so I thought it was about time the Pixel By Pixel Blog came online too. Here I would like to share with you a selection of the images I am fortunate enough to restore and retouch, as well as the occasional tutorial […]
