Yesterday Once More

I'm the self-appointed historian for my family. I've been gathering all the old family photographs that I can find and digitizing them. In the process, I'm attempting to restore them. So many have been neglected over time, and are, sadly, in various states of decay. Keep in mind, I'm a musician and fairly technologically challenged. But that never stops me from trying. I recently discovered Adobe Photoshop Elements and have stumbled upon enough tricks to do some pretty amazing restorations. Here's my favorite so far. This is the family of my great, great grandparents - The Martins from Sullivan, Illinois. The original photo was almost lost. As you can see, large chunks were missing and there was discoloration throughout. I was able to rebuild the clapboard siding by simply copying a few intact sections of board and pasting them into the void. Check out the window. I had enough of the bottom section to copy into the missing top section. What fun! I love doing things that are clearly worthy of my time and effort.  And knowing that my work will outlive me keeps me writing songs AND restoring photos.