WW1 had umpteen stories to be told about individuals who fought and contributed to the war, this is one story of Pierre Rivet, WW1 letter dated April 4th 1915 Verdun, France. It was translated from a French letter and photo from europeana.eu I want to highlight that the site has many images and stories that depict life during the war and is an amazing resource of information. This post is about what that resource can bring up and how it can be shared and appreciated. Not about photo restoration in the literal sense of the word but about restoring the memories behind the photos and the... Read More

Want to learn the photo restoration craft? My new in-depth course should help you get to grips with photo restoration course fixing stained colour damaged photos. The course is now live. Some of the transcript and introduction are below so you can get a feel for what is involved. “Old color photos are often not only faded, but also have stains, cracks, and other damage. Restoring such images involves refining your photo-recoloring skills. In this course, master restorationist Neil Rhodes shows how to use Photoshop to fix the overall damage, fading, and color staining. He begins by... Read More

The London to Brighton is a historic cycle race well known today. The race was made official in 1976. Its beginnings date back to February 17th 1869. Information surrounding the event is quite scarce and not easy to find.  What I have learned I have written below. The first ever recorded ride from London to Brighton was by a “trio of cycling pioneers Messrs. J. Mayhall, R. B. Turner and E. Spencer, rode from London to Brighton in a day. Their exact time was not reported, but the Times stated that some of the downhill miles towards the end of the trip were covered inside of four... Read More

Processing RAW photos for different moods. RAW – a format used by many digital camera manufacturers to capture a “digital negative”. The RAW contains all the information for the image to be processed into a usable format like JPEG. The beauty of the RAW is that you can choose how that information is extracted, using a RAW converter. You can then “develop” the image into something beautiful or realize your vision at the time of capture. One new website to pop up recently is Wesaturate, a website offering RAW files to practice on. Not all cameras take raw files... Read More

I love aerial photos and drone photography. They offer a unique perspective on life. Clearly, the self-leveling gimbals and stabilization helps produce stunning photos from drones. Everywhere I look there are perfect, pin sharp photos in super high definition. My question is why are they all the same? Same old perfectly level shots, super sharp and worthy of covers in glossy magazines. Where is the art? the imagination? Where is the innovation? It seems to me the only innovation is more and varied drones, to take more of the same photos, compounding the issue. Is it the self-leveling... Read More