Just have a short time to make a post today. Over the past few months I have been posting photos that I made from old negatives that I purchased at an antique shop. Most of the film strips have been in fairly good shape and haven't needed much work. The latest batch has been an exception. Most were underexposed, poorly composed, and dusty.
One of the images as it came out of the scanner. I used curves in the scanner software to improve the underexposure somewhat.
This is the result from some fairly quickly done work in Photoshop. I used a curves adjustment to improve the exposure and contrast. To further lighten it I made a new layer which I overexposed and then blended with the existing layer. The clone stamp and spot healing tool took care of most of the dust and blemishes. I also used a small amount of LAB sharpening.
If you ever do work with this type of image it is very helpful to at least learn about some tools like the clone stamp and spot healing. These are present in both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. If you don't want to spend money to buy that software such tools are also available in The Gimp.
While I think this image is interesting because of the extended look at the vintage decor, the intended focus likely was meant to be on the woman and child.
Using the same tools as before.
If you ever tried to fix an old photo back in the days before digital than you may be like me and sometimes see the tools available in programs like Photoshop as being almost magic.
This also needed some fixing up, however I am showing it because the girl is holding a camera. I finally was able to see that it is a
Kodak Target Six-16
Also the man in the undershirt and the woman with the child on her lap were in one of my
favorite images from a previous post.
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