Ramblings of a Grouch

Hair done* Just a few final steps before this DigitalMemoriesonline project is finished. The hair in this photograph is in fairly good condition - a few black spots, a couple of light patches and several light scratches running top right to botto… more »

So finally the DigitalMemoriesonline is on the home straight. I need to apply a sepia tone, add a border and title the photograph. There are many different ways to apply a sepia tone to a photograph, but whatever method is used the image has to be c… more »

Just a few final steps before this DigitalMemoriesonline project is finished. The hair in this photograph is in fairly good condition - a few black spots, a couple of light patches and several light scratches running top right to bottom left. There we… more »

OK, so the DigitalMemoriesonline photo has got the background fixed (unless we decide to tweak it toward the end of the restoration) and it's time to look at the main subject. Now the original photo was very flat and washed out. If I start restoring… more »

. And so we finally get to see what DigitalMemoriesonline is all about. I have cropped the original scan to 5 inches by 7 inches (the proposed final print size) and converted to greyscale. As I mentioned in the previous article in this series, I us… more »