Seeing Double

This is so cool and I loved it in the NL and was waiting to see it up close.   Your photo is priceless and your masking and blending is superb.   Your Dad's restoration is impeccable, I can see how you get your artistic and technical talents from your parents.   I really like your cluster and the pieces you put together, it's masterful.   And, ps - anyone know who those twins are?  It's such a sweet pic!

This is superb! What a priceless photo.

1 hour ago, MariJ said:

 And, ps - anyone know who those twins are?  It's such a sweet pic!

I found an 8x10 of this among old photos I inherited after my mom passed away. Dad has been gone since 1996, so there is no one to ask. He probably would have remembered the client and the story, but if I ever knew, I can't remember. I recall that he did this restoration around the time I was in junior high, but one can be so self-absorbed at that age.

Like others have said, I saw this in the NL and sought it out to get a better look! This is such a story-rich picture -- if only we knew the story! Ah, well, it's lovely to look at and beautifully featured on your LO. I'm incredibly intrigued by the concept of restoring glass negatives. And your dad did it without digital tools! I'm in awe. My mom has some very old proofs of her in her wedding dress, and I've been squeezing as much as possible out of PS to get the pics to look half-decent. If only we could tap into your dad's insight for doing restoration work! Thx for sharing this pic and LO!

 

2 hours ago, CindyLuWho said:

I'm incredibly intrigued by the concept of restoring glass negatives. And your dad did it without digital tools! I'm in awe. 

Oh, goodness, Cindy. You are requiring me to dig deep into childhood recollections. I am sure I don't have my dad's process down correctly, but here goes. He almost never did direct retouching on the glass negative (or other kinds of vintage negatives). He would do his best to clean the antique negative (or photo), removing dust, edge gunk, etc. I'm pretty sure he had some specific kinds of solvents that he used. Once it was as clean as he could get it without damaging it, he would expose and develop the negative. Then he took that photograph to his copy stand and created a NEW negative. He would then use a mix of techniques to retouch that copy negative, depending on what needed fixed (creases, blemishes, scratches, torn edges, water spots, etc). He might redo the process several times to get the results he wanted. All retouching was done by hand, like an artist. However, he also owned an ancient thing called an Adams Retouching Machine that he used sometimes. I had to Google that because while I could picture it in my mind, I couldn't remember what it was called. Dad was very good in the dark room and liked doing it. A lot of other photographers would send specialized dark room work to him. He died just as digital photography was beginning to mainstream and talked about it with avid interest. He would have been fascinated by Photoshop.

What a beautiful page and the photo priceless! love how you used the number 2 and the word art. Nice use of the circles, love it!