Exercise #2: Restoration

  1. Restore a photograph from an archive database
  2. Apply:
  1. Paint layers of color onto the photo


Save Work As:

Images:
lastname_e2-original.jpg
lastname_e2-restore.psd
lastname_e2-lowcontrast.psd
lastname_e2-highcontrast.psd
lastname_e2-tint.psd
lastname_e2-paint.psd

Place all images in a folder:
lastname_e2

TURN WORK IN:

As you are working, keep a back-up either a Cloud Account or USB or External Hard Drive
When completely finished:

 

Restoration Links

Video
How obsessive artists colorize old photos

examples:
examples of restoration of severly damaged photos on Peta Pixel


Reddit users colorizing old photos
:
on Petal Pixel blog
on Reddit 

tutorials: (not mine)
step by step colorization method

on Peta Pixel - more links about the above tutorial and its contibutor

Artist Links (examples)

Jordan Lloyd - (instagram) 
Mads Madsen (zuzahin)
Marina Amaral
Dana Keller
Patty Allison (imbued with hues)

 

Photograph Databases:

Library of Congress Portrait Photographs
https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/c-m-bell-studio-collection
(under the image on the left, is a Download Dropdown Menu. Choose the Largest TIFF and then click the button "Go". The download may take a few minutes.)

Wikimedia Commons Harvard Theatre Collection