04 Sep Common Photo Damage: Silverfish
Silverfish damage is one of the most common types of photo damage we see at our studio. Learn about silverfish and how to protect your photos....
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28 Aug Closed-Corner and Finished-Corner Frames
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Closed-corner and finished-corner frames are beautiful, timless frames for any piece of art. Learn how to elevate your art in this post. ...
01 Aug Restoring and Preserving Ambrotypes
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Let’s talk about ambrotypes. An ambrotype is a photograph whose technique dates to the 1850s. It is the antique equivalent to the modern day slide. Created through a wet process, an ambrotype is a glass negative that appears to be a positive. It is painted black...
12 Jun Common Photo Damage: Silvering Photos
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"Silvering" is a form of photo damage to silver-based emulsions. Learn how to identify, protect, & preserve silvering black and white photos in this post. ...
25 Apr Champagne Frames: The Ultimate Versatile Moulding
Champagne frames are the ultimate versatile frame. The color and finish on champagne frames allows this moulding to work with almost any type of piece and pair with other types of frames. We list a few reasons why this unsung hero of framing is a...
14 Mar Fine Art and Valuable Photos: A Look at Scheduling Items for Insurance
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We’ve all seen the insurance commercials where they make light of terrible situations, but as funny as they may be, disasters happen. As artists, it is always upsetting to see a piece of art suffering from smoke damage as a result of a fire or...
23 Jan Transforming a Black and White Photo with Color
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Transforming a black and white photo with color can be magical. Making gray eyes blue and adding life to cheeks is an art form that is sometimes trivialized. In the “I want it now” age, techies have developed apps and bots to instantly add color...
11 Jan Merging Past and Present
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We live to create, and we love that “Ta-Da” moment when our clients see the final result of their project. As a creative, it is special and personal for us to take someone’s vision – a vision they aren’t always sure is possible to attain...
05 Sep When Digital Editing Works
It is common for clients to bring in a photo and ask us to add or remove a person. When removing a person, the reason could be one of many: “We’re divorced.” “I hated them.” “I don’t know who they are.” “They’re ruining the photo.” ...
30 May When it’s all you have, make it special.
Mary Lou bought a new phone last week, and one of the first things she did with it was photograph her son’s National Honor Society induction. She forgot her camera, but she was able to get (pretty good) photos of her son anyway. It’s hard to...
02 Apr Belief in the Photo Album
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I love having framed photographs and mementos in my home and office. I don’t need a reminder to know how hard I work each day for my family, but it is a lift to see them smiling at me from my desk. My wedding photo...
12 Mar Custom Framing: NASA Memorabilia
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These frames are part of an ongoing project that Mary Lou worked on. A customer brought in her NASA memorabilia but wasn't sure of what she wanted to do with it. Mary Lou worked with our customer and created a few different ways for her...