Tuesday 21 December 2010

An Introduction into Photography and Restoration

 
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The Value of Photographs

Photograph, technically, is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually a photographic film or an electronic imager. Photos are snapshots in time that record the important people, places, and things in our lives. They also capture important events in our lives, and serve to augment our memories. Most photographs are created using a camera which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process of creating photographs is called photography.

Photography is the ability of the medium to render seemingly infinite detail, to record more than the photographer saw at the time of exposure, and to multiply these images in almost limitless number made available to the public. Yet, we must not forget the aesthetic and artistic value of photography. It is not merely a mechanically reproducible medium with many functional purposes and objectives, but it is also an art form created by a more modern and methodical type of artist (the photographer) who wants to depict the world in a different way than the painter or the sculptor. The artist gives us, in a sense, a kind of coated reality of his construction that can only be transmitted through a photograph.

Our photographs mean a lot to us, and we value them. We put them into photo albums, place them in picture frames, display them in our homes and offices and carry them with us in our purses and wallet. We even put our photographs on our t-shirt and bags. That is how important photographs in the lives of most people.


The Difference between Traditional and Digital Photo Restoration Methods

Photos means a lot to us that 's why we put them in a place that can't be easily damage but no matter how we keep our photos safe, the deterioration of something tangible is inevitable. And that is how Photo Restoration came upon. Photo restoration is performed by a skilled restorer or graphic artist. They can take those damaged and weather-worn photographs and restore them either close to , or exactly how they were when they were new; and can even improve the photographs.

Traditional Photo Restoration is performed by skilled traditional photo specialist in their darkroom. Their tools include artist brushes, retouching dyes, fixers, toners and other chemicals, mixing pallets, baths, enlargers, film tanks and other darkroom equipment. They do retouching by hand with artist brushes and dyes, and they use enlargers for adding and subtracting exposure to prints (i.e., dodging and burning), and filters for adjusting contrast.

On the other hand, Digital Photo Restoration is performed by graphic artist where they use tools such as scanners, computers with high-end photo editing software (Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Paint Shop Pro, and Gimp), high resolution monitors, and photo quality printers, paper and inks. They restore photos with a mouse or table pen, and save their work as electronic files that can be printed, emailed, or stored on removable media such as flash drives and etc.

The rapid advancement of technology will always find methods that are more convenient and fast over the years, traditional photo retouching is replaced by digital photo restoration due to the latter's long hours of work and complexity.

Thanks to lazymask for this article. 

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