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Did you ever wonder what goes into restoring a photo? 

Watch how this too-dark snapshot was transformed!

Before Photoshop, changes were made directly on photos and negatives.  Chemicals, inks, paints, airbrushes and small paint brushes were often used.  Manipulating photos was a skilled craft using artist tools and darkroom tricks of the trade.  Retouching was commonly thought of as "airbrushing" as images were usually edite...

One of the most widely used tricks in repairing portraits is the copy and flip.  Missing an eye, part of the mouth, an arm or a leg?  Just copy the good side and flip it to use on the other side - easy peasy!  Um...No. 

Unfortunately, people are NOT purely symetrical.  Do you stand with your arms and legs a mirror image of the other?  Are your eyes exactly the same?  Are your ears identical?  No, o...

I almost lost ELEVEN YEARS worth of personal photos and all my scanned and restored family history ones.

I should know better, right?  After all, I work with photos, I know about photo organization, I've heard the horror stories..... you just never think...

The coolest thing about digital cameras is the ability to take as many pictures as you want.  To some readers this might not be a big deal, but if you grew up PAYING for both film and developing - it is!  For many of us the camera was reserved for special occasions, and you kept ALL of your photos, be they blurry, off-center, bad lighting, poor composition, long forgotten scenery or duplicates.

Unf...