Restorations

Martha (Fry) See

This is my great grandmother. Photo taken around 1923-24. 

At this point, the photo should never be taken out of the frame. It appears to be adhered to the glass in a few places. I believe if it were to be removed the original photo would be seriously damaged. 

HOW DO YOU SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? Perspective tools in photo editing! Glass is reflective. Take a picture of a photo behind glass, you see your own reflection. Tilt the frame, no reflection, but the image is skewered. 

ENTER PERSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENTS! I used editing tools to alter the perspective in order to restore the image to normal perspective. Then  more editors to adjust the contrast, shadow, light, highlights, and cropping. Afterwards, I used the retouch tool to edit out scratches, spots and a few reflections on the bottom of the photo. Now, this photo can be shared with everyone in the family. 

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Back of photo. Gives DOB of Martha as 1888, but can't make out Cecil's DOB

Omie
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Dorothy Margaret (See)(Stephens) Rogers
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Orval and Margaret Stephens
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George and Ray
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Gene Behrens
Before, photo dark with age, and scratched face

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At this point, even the color can be altered.

Damaged area of 1967/1968 baby picture
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1940's baby highchair for George Stephens




1970's Senior Picture for Marilyn Whitaker

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1940's Flexible Flyer for Richard Brock

6/5/11
Before: Marker at the County Fair Grounds
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Photo Editing

I thoroughly enjoy doing projects like this. However this one took awhile to figure out. I had digital copies of two separate photos of my grandmothers grandparents. They were small and they didn't match. She had wanted them put together as if they had their picture taken together. I wished I had figured this out a year ago. June 27, 2016

The originals of James Buchanan Fry and Ruthie Ellen (Admire) Fry