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Collage of Mother

Eileen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:38:34 +0000

The end goal in all of the photo restoration I completed recently was to create a 20×30″ print that could be given as a gift to the children and grandchildren of the woman in the photos, who is now in her 70s. Rather than remove every photo from the background, I chose to make three of them retain thier “frame” and the others, larger and free floating in the foreground. I think this made for a more interesting and unique composition when all was said and done. Each individual photo is still in either a 4×6, 5×7 or 8×10 size, also, for individual printing.

This is a perfect example of how a photo restoration project can be both a way to recover and preserve family heritage, and a very cost effective way to give gifts to an extended group of people. Although this was a large amount of restoration overall, with the bulk discount I applied and the really low cost of actually printing individual fixed photos, the project resulted in a treasure for many people in this family. A similar photo collage approach is also ideal for photo memorials!

Doggie Angel

Eileen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:40:59 +0000

My friend owned her first Jack Russell Terrier since he was a puppy, and I’ve known him most of his life. I took this photograph with my digital phone because I thought his sleeping pose was hilarious.

When I looked at it, my minds eye turned it upside down, and saw a photo art opportunity. I used the image as the basis of a little present for her – Jack the Angel. She loved it when I sent it to her by email later that week.

What we didn’t know then is that Jack had cancer. She found out a few months later. Devastated, she asked me to go on a little adventure with them one day while she took him for a special trip to the park. I was to take as many photos and videos as I could, so she’d have something to remember him with. It was a late summer day, with beautiful blue skies and a breeze. As sad as the day was, knowing he’d soon be gone, it was also one of the loveliest.

The following Christmas, I created a memorial poster for her, as a gift. I took the best photos of her Jack, and arranged them in an 18″x24″ design, with his name, and had it printed on heavy photographic paper. She can frame it however she wants, and keep him nearby. And she’ll always have Jack the Angel to look over her.

Butterfly Memorial

Eileen — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:40:42 +0000

When one of my dear friends lost her grandmother, she held a memorial for her which included the release of as many monarch butterflies as she had lived years.

I took photos of the event on my digital camera, and created this 18×24 photographic quality photo memorial poster for her as a surprise the following holiday season.

The quality of the photos make all the difference in a project like this – we had a spectacular beautiful blue skied day, in a garden full of flowers, and of course the butterflies were magnificent. This kind of poster could just as easily be done with stock photography of a person’s favorite things, different photos of the same subject, or professional photos taken on a special day.

Imagine a poster like this made from wedding photos – or a child’s first year. Contact me to discuss a custom poster like this for yourself!