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A couple months ago, one of the younger women at church was relaying how stupid she had been to leave a photo on the visor of her car over a period of time. It was a favorite picture of her mom (in her early 60's now) and uncle in their late teens, and one she cherished. The idea of having it in her car was so she could look at it often, but she didn't realize what the heat and sun would do.

Thinking it might have a few cracks and fading, I asked her to show it to me. Even after looking at it and seeing the paper peeling away, I didn't realize what I was biting off. I asked if I could take the photo and try to make it a little better.

After a month, and more hours than I can count editing here and there in the evenings after work, the result is below. I got much more than I bargained for, but it became a labor of love coupled with an unwillingness to be beaten by it. In the process, I learned more Photoshop than the last few years combined, even how to simply paint where healing and cloning were impossible.

The photo now lives in 5x5 prints for her, her sister, and her mom, plus an 8x8 framed print for the wall rather than the car. Aside from the obvious lesson, it shows the importance of choosing some images to live in prints rather than digital to ensure those family memories stay alive. It also shows how the informal, not well focused, and busy background snapshot may be one that means the most to our kids or grandkids 30 years from now.












Apr 13, 2017 at 08:29 PM
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whoa, job well done!


Apr 13, 2017 at 08:51 PM
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Very well done mate.


Apr 13, 2017 at 11:01 PM
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Wow! Great job mate... Lots of work as i see!


Apr 14, 2017 at 03:33 AM
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You done good Doug! I'm sure they all appreciate and love the work you did for them.
Douglas



Apr 14, 2017 at 08:26 AM
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That is amazing! What a treasure!


Apr 14, 2017 at 09:33 AM
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Wow! That's a sensational fix! Great job!

Now print her a copy for her car that can be protected from the sun!!!



Apr 14, 2017 at 03:33 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Siblings


Wow. Serious Photoshop Skills!


Apr 15, 2017 at 08:18 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Siblings


Wow. Stunning work!


Apr 18, 2017 at 11:19 AM
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Excellent job, can see that you really took your time to get it done right.

Cheers

Eltano



Apr 18, 2017 at 11:27 AM
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Unbelievably well done!


Apr 18, 2017 at 12:53 PM
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Tremendous recovery, well done! I can't even imagine taking that on.


Apr 18, 2017 at 02:11 PM
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DougVaughn wrote:
A couple months ago, one of the younger women at church was relaying how stupid she had been to leave a photo on the visor of her car over a period of time. It was a favorite picture of her mom (in her early 60's now) and uncle in their late teens, and one she cherished. The idea of having it in her car was so she could look at it often, but she didn't realize what the heat and sun would do.

Thinking it might have a few cracks and fading, I asked her to show it to me. Even
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hi doug - well put and a great editing job. but... i liked the fact that you left everything else as is :-)





Apr 18, 2017 at 04:07 PM
Mike M. Kraus
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No, wow, wow great job. Now you have a side job !


Apr 18, 2017 at 07:49 PM
DougVaughn
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Thanks all for the kind replies. I've never considered myself a photoshop expert, but this was a good way to push myself beyond what I thought I could do.


Apr 18, 2017 at 08:25 PM
Aaron Collins
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Wow that's a nice job there. I recently had to scan and touch up a bunch of old photos from the 50s and 60s for a memorial service and it's definitely time consuming but I found it to be a fun challenge. Nothing I did was at this level though.


Apr 20, 2017 at 09:02 AM
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Hat's off to you; that is amazing work. And what you said is so true.


Apr 21, 2017 at 01:57 PM
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Great job! I know they are very proud to have that print.


Apr 23, 2017 at 06:24 AM





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