• The process begins by scanning a negative or photograph at high resolution.  In this example, I am using one of my grandfather’s negatives.  The original size of the negative was 3” X 5” and I scanned it at 1600 dpi.  I make a copy of the file, burn it to a CD and work on a copy of the image.
  • The image is imported into Photoshop and inverted to become a positive. 
  • The clean-up begins using the ‘clone’ and ‘healing’ tools. Damaged negatives and photographs can take many hours to restore.
  • The tone is corrected to bring out the full range of the photograph.  I then make a hard copy of the photograph to take with me into the field.  Then it is a lot of driving and hopefully I can find the match.
  • I use a digital camera to retake the photograph.  Using the original as a guide, it is process of finding reference points and positioning the camera to find the right view.
  • Optics, focal length and depth of field all distort what we see in a photograph.  Using Photoshop, I layer my image over the original and then adjust the size, lens distortion and crop to match.
  • The final image in color.
  • The final image in black and white.
  • The photographs are then combined using Macromedia Flash.