Restoration Work

With some of the new digital tools available now, I've taken more of an interest in old photo restorations. I use a combination of Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz software, usually in about that order, but with considerable back and forth. Each image has it's own needs, so it's a matter of choosing the right tools for the job. These photos are digitized from original 35mm slides, family photos taken mostly in the 50's and 60's. It makes for a fun and rewarding project, as each photo is a kind of puzzle to be solved.

Maureen Martin, ca. 1962 - on a camping trip in Washington - unrestored

Maureen Martin - restored - on a camping trip in Washington, 1962

Dave, in our green pram

Washington, mid-1950's

My dog Herbie, w/ Clyde in the background - 1966

Herbie, restored

Susan at the Farm, ca. 1981 - original -

Susan at the Farm, ca. 1981, restored

Craig & Brenda, 1976 - unrestored

Restored image

Original slide, projected and digitized:

Mrs. Betty Toms, our Mom, busy pruning roses

- Seattle Washington, Summer of '62 -

Restored, using Adobe Suite and Topaz software

"Dixie"

Me - Craig Toms - age 4 in 1957

Aunt Grace, a longtime family friend, 1950's

My younger brother Bruce and our mother Betty, winter of 1957-58 reflecting in the window, West Seattle

My Grandfather Ernest J. "Judge" Toms, standing 2nd from left with clarinet. Taken around 1910, upper peninsula of Michigan

Older brother David Toms, an Annapolis Midshipman, age 19, taken in 1969

Brother Bruce and Mom

Craig & Bruce with pups

Little brother Pete & Jim Toms - Dad - 1963

Brother Bruce, 1958

Our childhood home in SW Seattle area, 1959, Normandy Park. A wonderful place for boys to grow up -

Me, with first camera, a Kodak Hawkeye Funflash, purchased with cereal box tops. Looking over Dry Falls in eastern Washington, summer of 1962. Note the added feet in the restored version, as they were cut off in the original photo, and added back through the magic of AI -

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