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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details - August 2013

For some, an old photograph loses its charm when "restored" to modern day clarity with all the age spots removed. Some photographs however, benefit greatly from just a nudge of enhancement. An improved contrast or the reversal of the yellowing brings out details that otherwise would have been missed and lost forever.

To please both camps of those of us who rescue old photographs, here are both the originals and the enhanced of just a few of the latest additions to Lost Gallery.

Again, there are some really good examples this month, where a little boost made a great difference.

The lettering on her hat seems to be:
"LOOK ME OVER".
What do you think?

I almost missed the little guy driving!

Found a little more detail but it's still fuzzy.

She didn't get any happier.

Here is an interesting link about Railroad Photo-Cars.

Playing in a feathered head dress on a tricycle.

The most popular photographs An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
One Man's Treasure
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

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THE KIDS It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story; What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh
"What are they doing?"

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Studio Portraits - Children - Page Two

One photograph subject that seldom fails to get emotional response is the Portrait of a Child.

The child is often in awe of the photograph studio's strange trappings, sometimes fearful of consequences for not "holding still" and sometimes bored with it all. But occasionally there is a child who is really caught up in being the center of attention. It all shows in their unabashed faces.

Here is a page of children as photographed in a professional studio. Look at the expressions. Just what is going through their innocent minds?

I spit in my sister's chocolate milk.
And that's the truth.
(Thanks to Lilly Tomlin who taught me this line nearly forty years ago.)

Can't get enough?

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Studio Portraits - Children - Page One