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Tag Archives: Photoshop
This Old Shack
Here’s a photo that I’m assuming John Capewell shot somewhere during a trip, but I don’t know where. Capewell travelled and he took his camera with him although it was somewhat more arduous than an Instamatic. There is a Union … Continue reading
Easter Photo Restoration
The problem with old color photographs is they fade. Here we have photo of Joe (center) and his siblings, John and Karen – looking like set extras on Mad Men.
A Photo Restoration
Everyone has them – old photos or negatives that are faded, shoved in drawers, scratched, or damaged. Fortunately, they can be restored!
Posted in News, Photo Restoration, Photography
Tagged Marston Street, old photos, Photoshop, vintage
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Couple in the Garden
Here’s another photograph shot by John Capewell of which I have very little information. I’m hoping that somebody might recognize this older couple who seem to be proud of their flowers in what looks to be the backyard of a … Continue reading
Out, damn’d spot!
Tina, my wife and partner in crime, has come to rely rather heavily on a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS9 for all of her photographic needs. It is a point-and-shoot camera, but with it’s Leica lens Tina managed to take some wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Joe's Garage, Photography
Tagged clean, dust, Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS9, photo manipulation, photography, Photoshop, repair, sensor
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Westville’s Independent Fire Company
This week I am posting three glass negatives shot by John B Capewell of Westville, New Jersey. The shots are of the Independent Fire Company and are so similar I figured I would roll them all together into this one … Continue reading
Women & Children
Here’s another glass negative that looks like it is related to the negatives I’ve run over the past two weeks. This one is out of focus and a little worse for wear, but I intend on running all of John … Continue reading
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged America, analog, antique photograph, children, early 20th Century, emulsion, glass negative, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, Photoshop, plate, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville, women, womwn and children, woods
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The Broad Street Blues
Playing around with Photoshop alternative Acorn on my Hackintosh.
Posted in Computers, Illustration, Joe's Garage, photo manipulation, Photography, Technique
Tagged Acorn, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, photography, Photoshop
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