Digital Photo Restoration

A client that I had done portraits for two years ago came to me with a beat up photographic print of his wife's parents that they wanted restored.  It was the only print of this photograph that the family had, and it was a treasured heirloom.  They were from South America, and although the print only was estimated at 50 years old, it was hand-colored, textured, black and white print.  They wanted the retouched print to be as close to the original as possible.

The print had various amounts of surface damage, but had no major tears or missing pieces, which significantly increases the level of difficulty during restoration.  But because the print measured at least 11x14 inches, it was also too big to be scanned all in one piece, so that notched the level of difficulty right back up there.

Photographing Beer

I recently started photographing various trademark beers for Fairport Brewing Company, a local microbrewery.  Although all the foods and beverages that you see in magazine and television advertisements look deliciously steamy hot or refreshingly cold, nothing could be further from the truth.  There is an art to making month-old, cold hamburgers look lip-smackingly good.  And in this post, I’ll show you what makes you want to dive into room temperature, flat beer.

With the exception of some English beers that are preferable served less than cold, most beer is served cold, so that is what advertisers want you to see and crave.  But again, what you see is rarely what it really is.