Fixing OLD photo's with CS

[GraphyFotoz]

My Mom just passed away (Age 63) and we put Her to rest yesterday. :cry

Me and my Sis have a TON of old photo's to go threw!!!!
I have started to restore and enlarge a few.

Here is a Classic of My Grandma and Grampa Eickmann's Wedding pic Circa 1938
I cleaned up and resized the other day.
Not bad for a rookie! :D

http://images7.fotki.com/v150/photos/1/11671/1857812/rammaandGrampaEickmannWedding2-vi.jpg

[Seamus]

My Mom just passed away (Age 63) and we put Her to rest yesterday. :cry



My sympathies on your loss.

Shay.

[ginger_55]

Yes, I am sorry about your mom.

On the photo, that is really a very good job. What struck me is how "real" the people look, if that makes sense. I have always thought of these older people, I am 65, but when I have looked at photos of my parents, or my grandparents, they somehow don't seem real. The photo of your grandparents makes the people look so real, so young, alive and vibrant.

I actually like both I guess. I love an old looking photo, too, with all the imperfections and faded color.

I have never tried to restore one, yours is the best I have seen, not having seen many. It will probably be a whole new service. You could make a business out of doing it.

On the other hand, I would not get rid of your originals, there is something special to me about the original.

I am sorry your Mom died.

ginger

[John Mueller]

My sympathy Karz.
I wish you the best.
At least you have fond memories and can take your mind off of things restoring old photos.

[GraphyFotoz]

I cleaned this one up and made it into a 8x10 for my Sister.
Took the dust....most of the hue out of it....threw a lil brightness to it and enlarged it.

Grammpa (Edward Eickmann) Gramma (Eleanor Eickmann) *Elearnor Scheller* and My Mom Judy Eickmann at age 2 Circa 1943.

Came out quite well seeing it was a wallet size pic to start with.

http://images7.fotki.com/v149/photos/1/11671/1857812/GrampaMomGrama19382-vi.jpg

[ginger_55]

I like that one even better as it retains some of the old look. It was a wallet size? You did real good.

They are good looking people, too. Your Mom was so cute!

ginger

[fish]

My Mom just passed away (Age 63) and we put Her to rest yesterday. :cry

Me and my Sis have a TON of old photo's to go threw!!!!
I have started to restore and enlarge a few.

Here is a Classic of My Grandma and Grampa Eickmann's Wedding pic Circa 1938
I cleaned up and resized the other day.
Not bad for a rookie! :D

I'm sorry for your loss, Karz. I'll be at a funeral tomorrow.

Can you post the original scan of that first image so we can compare before and after?

tia

[GraphyFotoz]

Yeah it's been a tough time with everything so FINAL.

Sorry Fish to save space on my drive I didn't save the orginal.
All I have is a undusted....manually touched up version before I dumped the hue.
It was a nicely preserved pic to begin with. Always in a frame.
It had the usual spots/dust and stuff old film had back then.
What your seeing here is way better than the original ever was!


I'm sorry for your loss, Karz. I'll be at a funeral tomorrow.

Can you post the original scan of that first image so we can compare before and after?

tia

[DoctorIt]

Karz - sorry for your loss.

It seems you have 2 threads going for this topic of fixing old photos. I made a comment over on the other thread that I think would work on some of the noisier photos you have here.

[lynnma]

Karz.. I'm so sorry about your mom's passing. I know this has been a very very rough time for you. We are all here to keep your mind off things if only for a minute or two.. post lots of pics of your mom.. I keep looking at your pictures and my heart hurts.
:lust this is instead of a hug.
Lynn

[cletus]

Karz,

Sorry to hear about your mother.

Excellent work on the images.

[wxwax]

Karz, you're doing beautiful work. That first photo is so crisp and sharp. It's a fitting tribute.

I'm sorry to hear about the passing of your mother. Life sure is different when you lose a parent. You and your loved ones have my deepest sympathies.

[Michiel de Brieder]

You have my sincere condolences... may you remember your mother well... I know what it is to lose one of your parents..
peace friend and I wish you strength for the time ahead

[GraphyFotoz]

It hasn't been easy but I'm dealing with it.

Having fun doing up these old pics.
I have a LOT to redo and resize.
Gonna burn them to a CD and put the disk in safe keeping.

[Steve Cavigliano]

and prayers are with you and your family Karz.

At least it sounds like you and your Sis have a treasure trove of memories to sift through and to enjoy for years to come :):

Please let us know if there's any thing we can do to help during these trying times.


Steve

[ian408]

Karz,

I'm sorry to hear of your mom's passing.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Ian