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BELOW:
- Mass Amounts of Spots to Clean
- Free-Hand-Mouse-Drawn Body Parts
- Two Tintype Photo Restorations
- What's a Tintype? Educational Examples
3rd Before/After Set: 1881 Tintype Photograph (ferrotype)
BEFORE:
Originally, this Tintype was taken in an old studio with a gun-powder
"flint-flash" with non-flammable canvas background surround behind the
subjects. This Canvas background is stained from gun powder flint flash.
A fire retardant canvas was required in the day.
Still, fires did start and there was usualy a bucket of water nearby.
The subjects were doused with powder and then water too - usually.
BEFORE:
Originally, this Tintype was taken in an old studio with a gun-powder
"flint-flash" with non-flammable canvas background surround behind the
subjects. This Canvas background is stained from gun powder flint flash.
A fire retardant canvas was required in the day.
Still, fires did start and there was usualy a bucket of water nearby.
The subjects were doused with powder and then water too - usually.
AFTER:
We maintained the original colors to keep them in tact as our usual.
The background is the natural color of the photograph. It was common to
have a sleeping baby after the long wait of having a photo taken.
Photography commonly took more than 45 minutes to an hour for an image.
Photographers had a very small headrest on the wall to rest upon, for those
who couldn't keep their head in one position for an hour or two.
We maintained the original colors to keep them in tact as our usual.
The background is the natural color of the photograph. It was common to
have a sleeping baby after the long wait of having a photo taken.
Photography commonly took more than 45 minutes to an hour for an image.
Photographers had a very small headrest on the wall to rest upon, for those
who couldn't keep their head in one position for an hour or two.
4th Before/After Set: 1882 Tintype Photo (ferrotype)
BEFORE:
Again, this canvas background is stained with the gun powder and although
we restored its natural color, it took hours to get back to a clean background.
In the day, they would display their tools of their trade for a photograph.
In the day, photographs was a record of their existence and their trade.
Photographs were not the vanity spirit we regard it, today.
BEFORE:
Again, this canvas background is stained with the gun powder and although
we restored its natural color, it took hours to get back to a clean background.
In the day, they would display their tools of their trade for a photograph.
In the day, photographs was a record of their existence and their trade.
Photographs were not the vanity spirit we regard it, today.
AFTER:
This man was willing to pay a high price for a studio photograph with flint.
Although this man did not show his tools of his trade, his family suggested
that he was a blacksmith, although, most blacksmiths did not have a beard.
If a blacksmith had a beard it was usually burned off quicker than growing it.
This man was willing to pay a high price for a studio photograph with flint.
Although this man did not show his tools of his trade, his family suggested
that he was a blacksmith, although, most blacksmiths did not have a beard.
If a blacksmith had a beard it was usually burned off quicker than growing it.
AFTER:
The photo was re-constructed from the center outward giving the
photograph a new floor in places where the floor pattern was not.
All of this was constructed into the outward corners, making a rectangle.
Then we mended the cracks, spots, dust, then resized the 3X5 photo to
a 5 X 7 and although the photographer in the 1920's doesn't exist
anymore, we kept his imprint on the photo by request.
The photo was re-constructed from the center outward giving the
photograph a new floor in places where the floor pattern was not.
All of this was constructed into the outward corners, making a rectangle.
Then we mended the cracks, spots, dust, then resized the 3X5 photo to
a 5 X 7 and although the photographer in the 1920's doesn't exist
anymore, we kept his imprint on the photo by request.
5th Before/After Set: 1911 Photo on Dark Brown Plastic - Oval
BEFORE:
Originally, these plastic photographs had the background of sepia color.
A sepia mid-tone from 1907 was sometimes the brown plastic color it had.
In addition to a plastic photo, this was kept in a sealed plastic enclosure.
Our assignment was to clear spots, dust, and other debris, then
constructed a background and extend the picture into its corners,
thus, converting the oval to a rectangle photograph for easier framing.
BEFORE:
Originally, these plastic photographs had the background of sepia color.
A sepia mid-tone from 1907 was sometimes the brown plastic color it had.
In addition to a plastic photo, this was kept in a sealed plastic enclosure.
Our assignment was to clear spots, dust, and other debris, then
constructed a background and extend the picture into its corners,
thus, converting the oval to a rectangle photograph for easier framing.
7th Before/After Set: 1964 Canvas Poster Size 35x55 Large Format
Family Portrait: (same family as above)
BEFORE AND AFTER:
This is the other family poster, which had the brother's head missing and not
knowing what he actually looked like, we needed to pretend like we knew.
Still, we managed to put together the side of his head and matched his hair
to their liking and finally completed the entire poster. We're good at
reconstructing people.
Family Portrait: (same family as above)
BEFORE AND AFTER:
This is the other family poster, which had the brother's head missing and not
knowing what he actually looked like, we needed to pretend like we knew.
Still, we managed to put together the side of his head and matched his hair
to their liking and finally completed the entire poster. We're good at
reconstructing people.
6th Before/After Set: 1967's Canvas Poster Size 35X55 Large Format
Family Portrait;
BEFORE AND AFTER:
Complete Reconstruction from Corner to Corner then Reprint on Canvas
This family was thinking big when they had this poster on canvas done of the
entire family. But, there were parts missing, mainly people-parts. We
delicately reconstructed the people back together so that their heads were
complete. Difficult to do because the texture of the canvas, but there were
hundreds of cracks, rips, tears, and many parts missing. But, we fix them all.
Family Portrait;
BEFORE AND AFTER:
Complete Reconstruction from Corner to Corner then Reprint on Canvas
This family was thinking big when they had this poster on canvas done of the
entire family. But, there were parts missing, mainly people-parts. We
delicately reconstructed the people back together so that their heads were
complete. Difficult to do because the texture of the canvas, but there were
hundreds of cracks, rips, tears, and many parts missing. But, we fix them all.
8th Before/After Set: 11X14 Medium-Format 1915-21 Photograph.
BEFORE:
The Owner of this Fine Specimen Found this Heirloom in her Attic.
She didn't know she had it among her other 1800s Specimens.
For instance she has a Great Med-Range Horizontal Oval Convex Frame.
It has her Great Grandfather in the Portrait along with Army Personnel.
She may have that Restored, but for now it Hangs in her Hall.
This one had a Triangle Piece detached as it had been Torn off.
Plus: many Scratches throughout and Slices in the Photo.
What was Curious was that we could see the Worn Spots on the Seat.
The Woman is Beautifully Identified as a Relative, as Rare to ID a piece.
AFTER:
We Restored Everything from Corner to Corner as You can See.
Even the spots on her Dress and we Lightened it to Show the Worn
Spots on the Seat as well as the Window Frame. Our Staff Likes it.
BEFORE:
The Owner of this Fine Specimen Found this Heirloom in her Attic.
She didn't know she had it among her other 1800s Specimens.
For instance she has a Great Med-Range Horizontal Oval Convex Frame.
It has her Great Grandfather in the Portrait along with Army Personnel.
She may have that Restored, but for now it Hangs in her Hall.
This one had a Triangle Piece detached as it had been Torn off.
Plus: many Scratches throughout and Slices in the Photo.
What was Curious was that we could see the Worn Spots on the Seat.
The Woman is Beautifully Identified as a Relative, as Rare to ID a piece.
AFTER:
We Restored Everything from Corner to Corner as You can See.
Even the spots on her Dress and we Lightened it to Show the Worn
Spots on the Seat as well as the Window Frame. Our Staff Likes it.
BEFORE:
This Side By Side of a 1930's B&W Photograph
Shows a tear on the woman's right arm right in the photograph
and mildew spots all over the photograph. Mildew is caused by wet
areas in the home, the attic or basement and grows over time.
We can usually remove them by hand. But most of them are
embedded into the photograph and causing the photographs to be
eaten away and revealing the under-sheeting of the photograph paper.
AFTER:
In this case the only way to remove these were to replicate the
photograph then ditally remove the spots a little at a time until all were
removed. There was some reconstruction in this photograph, such as
our staff had removed a tree in the lower right corner then a supervisor
replaced the tree as it was meant to be in the photograph.
This Side By Side of a 1930's B&W Photograph
Shows a tear on the woman's right arm right in the photograph
and mildew spots all over the photograph. Mildew is caused by wet
areas in the home, the attic or basement and grows over time.
We can usually remove them by hand. But most of them are
embedded into the photograph and causing the photographs to be
eaten away and revealing the under-sheeting of the photograph paper.
AFTER:
In this case the only way to remove these were to replicate the
photograph then ditally remove the spots a little at a time until all were
removed. There was some reconstruction in this photograph, such as
our staff had removed a tree in the lower right corner then a supervisor
replaced the tree as it was meant to be in the photograph.
1st Before/After Set: 1930's, Back and White 5X7 - Spots!
2nd Before/After Set: An Ear Free-Hand-Mouse-Drawing;
BEFORE:
Our assignment was to get rid of the earring on the person on the right.
But, we couldn't delete the erring without deleting the ear as both conflicted.
We deleted the ear then drew a new ear and replaced the ear.
AFTER:
BEFORE:
Our assignment was to get rid of the earring on the person on the right.
But, we couldn't delete the erring without deleting the ear as both conflicted.
We deleted the ear then drew a new ear and replaced the ear.
AFTER:
- On the person on the right, we erased the earring and the ear.
- Then we copied an ear from the person on the left.
- After turning the ear in-side-out, re-sizing the ear.
- Attaching the ear to the head was a delicate operation.
- Matched the tone quality of the ear to match the face.
- Copied strands of hair and placed the hair over the ear.
- The ear looks like it was always there.
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