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Sunday, December 27, 2009


Wow. This picture was challenging. I spent 2 weeks making changes to this image. Recreating the area that was torn out and where the water stains appeared was an adventure. This image is very, very old and although I could have left it in a sepia color, I thought it would be fun to give it some life by adding colors instead.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009



This image was posted on my good friends online photo album. It's an aged photograph that had acquired an orange tint. I did quite a bit of work to this image to make it look natural but the end result is fresh and clean.


This picture was posted on a professional website for a law office. I was surprised to see such a faded picture on a high end site so I took it and gave it a face lift.


I found this discolored antique photo in a good friend's picture album. This was a heavier job. I lowered the saturation levels, changed the tint a bit, clarified, burned specific areas to make them stand out, and adjusted the contrast. This took a couple of hours of tweaking to make it look natural after the orange tint was removed. I love the end results though!

Thursday, November 19, 2009



I fell in love with this gorgeous broach. It was faded and the background did not compliment it at all. I removed the background, replacing it with plain white, and cleaned up this piece quite a bit. Now, if only I knew how to get it shipped to me.


This image looks dated and it was my belief that the seller might have an easier time selling a piece that was properly displayed. I enhanced the details on the ring and replaced the background with straight white to give this beautiful piece all the attention it deserves.


This image got an uplift via removing the background and clearing it up. I clarified and sharpened the image to bring out the beauty of this piece.

This real estate agent reminds me of the girl, Violet, from Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. I removed the blue tint and boosted the saturation levels here.

This image just needed a little updating. I changed the hues, burned the faces a little, and cleared up the fog that was smothering the picture.

Sunday, November 15, 2009



I changed the hues, saturation, and contrast in this photo and, as a result, the red cast was removed making it look natural.

Sunday, November 8, 2009



This picture was a little tricky because I had to recreate some areas of the photo.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

This badly damaged photo needed a lot of work. After replacing the background, I used the clone tool to recreate his sweater and to remove all those scratches from his skin. Then I used the smoothing tool and burned faded areas. Finally I changed it to black & white.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009


Do you remember that Afghan girl from the National Geographic magazine? I've taken this Cinderella and turned her into the belle of the ball. A lot of clone tool use, some smoothing and smudging and she's ready for Prince Charming.
This older photograph had endured years of unsafe storage and incurred numerous scratches and wrinkles. I gave it a new background, used the clonning tool to remove the leftover wrinkles, and sharpened it up a bit.
I've taken an old black and white photograph and given it new life by changing the hues and saturation levels.