Restoring Grandpa.

I mentioned before how I've recently come across hundreds of digital photographs of my grandparents and that I've been working on restoring—and I use that word loosely since I'm not an expert—them.  I shared photos of Grandma in this post.  Well, I've finally gotten around to working on Grandpa.

Here's an example of one pre-restoration.  Dusty, dirty, and scratched.

And here are some of my favorites after I'd finished.  I believe they're all taken in the 30s.

I didn't fix crooked horizons, although I was sorely tempted, because I didn't want to interfere with the photographer's—in this case, I think my grandma—point of view.  I left my own POV out of it and stuck to eliminating scratches, dust, and dirt.

Ok, that's not entirely true.  Many of the photos were either overexposed or faded. See post linked above.  Since Grandma's point of view probably didn't include overexposure and she had no control over fading I decided that she wouldn't mind if I adjusted the brightness levels to correct that problem.  

This last one's still a work in progress, but I thought I'd include it anyway.  There was a large scratch across the middle of his right eye and completely removing it has been and will continue to be time-consuming.

I think Grandpa had no trouble keeping up with Grandma in the style department, don't you agree?