Monthly Archives: November 2009

Faded Old Photo? Easy!

When I did the tutorial on the image of my father I was reminded of a task he gave me before he died, restore as many of the old family photos that I could. Being the good son that I am I gladly took the box of old photos and brought it home with great [...]

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Selective Color In Photoshop CS4

Although many people liked the James image, almost as many like the image of the older man with the flag in the background. Well that old man, was my father. Although he passed away this year at age 84, I look at the image often and I wonder what I could have done better. Of [...]

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The James Effect

By far the most popular image on my site is James – The Mystery Man. I have been asked if it is a drawing, a painting, everything. It is a photograph. I shot Jim about a year and a half ago and we spent the better part of the day shooting. The image that first [...]

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Equal Marriage Rights and Photography

I am going to step over my normally neutral line here for a few moments and write about a topic very much in the headlines, especially today; Equal Marriage Rights and what it means for photographers (and other small businesses). Yesterday Maine voters repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. [...]

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