Old To New - New To Old
A couple years ago, I spent the better part of two weeks restoring an old picture of my grandmother. I grew up looking at this picture and admiring its timeless beauty. When I was a child, my grandmother was already an older lady with a head full of white hair and this was the only way I had to know what she looked like in her youth. I have always wanted to inherit all those beautiful old photographs that she keeps in her wardrobe so when I had the opportunity, I had to try and bring my favorite one back to its original glory. I don't know what the colors looked like before they faded and the print was in very bad shape. To complicate matters more, this was my first attempt at something like this. The result isn't perfect but it was a labor of love and my grandmother is very pleased with it, as am I.
This afternoon however, I did it all backwards. I had wanted to try this for a very long time and I finally decided to give it a go. I selected two images of two of last year's brides and processed them to make them look like an old photograph. The second image I think really works because of her pose; it makes her look almost saintly. There was a lot of trial and error but this is just an experiment. I'm not sure if I'd do it again as it is very time consuming and not to everyone's taste. I do like the result though.
