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Tag: restoring old photos

Posted on June 21, 2020June 21, 2020

Art of the Father

Old photos are asking for someone to pay attention. They say, “We existed”.

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Happy Father’s Day with a photo I paid a great deal of attention to years ago of my Dad. He and my mother were on … Read the rest

Posted on January 30, 2015January 30, 2015

Failing Better with Encaustic Photography

As some of you know, I restore old photos through new digital techniques. Always in search of new mediums to enhance my client’s photos (and mine), I’ve begun learning encaustic photography.  Thinking that this ancient medium (beeswax) would combine well … Read the rest

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