Bringing New Life...

...to Old Images

I started scanning and mildly restoring (or attempting to at least) some family photos.  I've decided to give the images a tad freshening but not a total restoration because to me the images lose all of their well earned character if we digitally erase the passage of time.  I'm sure a more skilled digital artist could redo these images to levels light years beyond my abilities, but that's not the point.  The point is to share family treasures.
So I am sharing these with you.

Above is my Dad as a child with my Grandma Fran and below is my maternal grandfather, Earl.  All three have moved on to a better place, but they will live on always in our memories.

My heartfelt thanks to the photographers who originally captured these images for us to hold onto.

Keeping the Doctor...

...Away.

Just playing around this morning.

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Lighting info:

Sunpak 422d, camera left

White shoot through umbrella

Cactus V2 radio trigger

Guilty...

...as charged.

Well sometimes. I'll admit that I'm guilty of excessive playing around with new filters and actions at times, but thankfully I tend not to keep or share those image monstrosities.

Between my work schedule and erratic sleep patterns (work all night/sleep all day/mandatory overtime, etc), this blog, heck my camera itself, has gone neglected.

Oh to be well rested and full of motivation once again.

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Also here is one of my favorite (and the most grounded in reality) WTD posts: