OLD PHOTOS

[Kiya]

Today I received a CD of a mixture of old family photos from my father's side of the family, I'm thrilled to have & see them, a few I have already, most of them I don't.

My Grandmother at age 16, I love to see the style of clothes they wore back then & look at the tiny waist, a bit before she had 7 sons.


My Grandmother at age 19, 1 year after she was wed.


My Great Great grand parents, oh wow! look at the stern look on him!


And my Dad at 16 years old with his baby brother ( he now is a retired professional photography ) my Grandmother adopted 2 years after losing most of her immediate family at sea on the family boat.


As you can see I have some work to do on these photos & others by cropping & tidying up a bit.

Thought I would share as I know some enjoy looking at old photos.

[Bearded Brian]

Thanks Kiya and isn't the internet wonderful for sharing.

[Horus]

Lovely family pictures Kiya to be valued and treasured, you now have the skills to retouch them and maybe even enhance them a little. Best of all if you have them on CD you can just make a copy to work from and your original will always be safe and unchanged.

[LovelyLadyLux]

Terrific photos Kiya. I love the sharing on the internet.

What I often notice most on old photos is the size of people's hands. You can tell they 'work' daily (unlike photos of today where hands often sport nails 3" long and totally be-jewelled and be-dazzled.)

[Grandad]

How fortunate you are to have those photos Kiya I think I mentioned elsewhere that I recently completed a family history for the children and grandchildren but had precious few old photos, none were to be found. So all I could include were BMD certs and census records.

So, we can now see where your interest in photography comes from, uncle....

And I detect a sad story about loss at sea. You should start compiling your book, sounds as if you have some interesting stories to record. Only highlights in mine were two great great grandfather threads that lead me to Victorian workhouses, and a grandfather who, shall we say, put it about a bit.

Fortunately for you, as Horus said, as your pictures are digital you can play with them all you choose with no risk of spoiling them.

[Kiya]

The same pic of my Grandmother above ( first pic ) after I did some work with it.
When I zoomed in, it was covered in finger prints which I have removed & tidied up all the background leaving some markings.

This photo would have be taken in 1901 so not knowing if it would have been b/w or sepia I added a sepia layer.

[Horus]

Excellent Kiya and a good example of how useful it can be to use these programs to enhance a picture.

I sorted your double post

[Kiya]

Thank you & Thank you removing double post.

Should I have left it at b/w or keep it with the sepia ??

[Horus]

I think your Sepia looks fine and it is really about what you like best
But ........... if you wish to be 'technically' correct, then the most common form of colour for that period was called Platinum (used between 1873 and 1920) It was more towards B & W than Sepia and I have taken the liberty of changing your picture to demonstrate the colour.



And sorry, as far as I know this is not a feature available in Photoshop. so you would just have to 'wing it' to get the same colour.

[Kiya]

Thanks Horus, seeing them both, the two look equally good