Oct 12, 2019 | Colourized photos |
What is strange about this photo? What do we know about and why is it not what it seems? I found this image at a car boot sale. What a great photo such grandeur and that hair it looks like it is his and not a wig! Just amazing. I coloured it for this blog post. What...
Jun 25, 2019 | Colourized photos |
H.M.A. R34 was a British-engineered airship that entered service just after the end of WW1. With a design inspired by the German Zeppelin L33, brought down and captured on English soil in 1916, H.M.A. R34 was the first-ever aircraft to make an east-west transatlantic...
Nov 14, 2018 | Colourized photos |
Is it possible to Colorize old photos with Artificial Intelligence or AI? With new developments in computer power so comes AI. This raises the question Is it possible to Colorize old photos with Artificial Intelligence or AI? Let us delve into what is currently...
Apr 22, 2018 | Colourized photos |
Should we colourize images and what are the ethics of colourizing images? I discuss with you these topics and more in this blog post. Firstly we can all agree that History was not in black and white. People didn’t live in a multitude of grey tones. There was...
Aug 1, 2017 | Colourized photos |
When colouring any photo we must use research to ensure what colours you add are accurate and in keeping with the period, location and time of year. Colour references and accuracy when colouring old photos is an essential part of a successful project. In a railway...
Aug 12, 2016 | Colourized photos |
What makes a re-colouring a photo really work? I’ve talked about colouring before but with advanced colouring techniques combined with various blend modes, it makes the colouring process look realistic and not fake. Simply put, adding a layer of colour over part...
Jul 13, 2016 | Colourized photos |
The process of restoring a badly damaged sepia photo to colour is a long one. This image presented some challenges to keep me busy for hours. The badly damaged photo A client contacted me with a very badly damaged photo. There was a figure in the background who had...
Dec 5, 2015 | Colourized photos |
Restoring broken glass images is tricky but those with faded colour as well makes for a very tricky restoration. This Christmas period I have already seen some very poorly photos. This image dropped through my door still stuck to the glass and broken and heavily faded...
Jan 7, 2015 | Colourized photos |
Skin recolouring is not always easy. There are many subtle tones in human skin. There no Wikis for Old boxing photo recoloured but there is a Wiki description of Dave and his fighting style. “Charnley had a powerful build and large forearms and was often...
Oct 20, 2014 | Colourized photos |
The internet is full of digitally coloured historic photos these days, like its a new trend! Adding colour to black and white photos has been around since photos were made. Changing it up to digital just makes the process easier and more precise. You may have...
Aug 10, 2014 | Colourized photos |
I was approached by the Myland Paints and Varnishes to re-colour one of their old photos of the newly set up shop in Lambeth from 1884. . “John Mylands paints story began in 1884 when ‘Honest’ John Myland set up his modest shop in the heart of Lambeth. Unlike...
Jul 18, 2014 | Colourized photos |
Photo restoration hand colouring photos to look like real is hard. Lots of people do it and many get it wrong. Even I am still improving my techniques. . I heard on the photo restoration circuit that it wasn’t possible to get results that looked lifelike and...
