Pappou-Palooza

My Dad had this 2.5 inch by 1.5 inch snapshot of his father (my grandfather, or Pappou in Greek) in his wallet for years. Years ago I took a crack at cleaning it up a little.

Scanning the original at 1200 dpi, playing with the levels and doing some strategic clean up of the most distracting blemishes I was able to get the above as an 8 x 10. My grandfather passed away long before I was born. I feel a little more connected to him having spent the time cleaning up his photo.

Playing with Photos

I've been working to digitize my family's photographs and slides. Among the slides were a series of photos taken by my late uncle John. He had convinced my mother, then 17ish, to sit for him while he practiced his photography. I decided to work with one of those slide images.

I dug through my own images and some stock and whipped up the new composite. I took about 3 hours. There are a lot of refinements that still could be made, but I'm pleased with the outcome. This is a fun way to refresh older photographs.