Fluidr / Ed Suominen's "Blog – Life Celebration, Mary Suominen" set

Mom Took Selfies Before Selfies Were Cool

A Panasonic DMC-LX7 — 1/80s ƒ/2.5 ISO 80 at 4.7 mm

N 3 B 1.1K C 0 E May 23, 2014 F May 28, 2014

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Restored from a print by her admiring son thirty years later. Featured in my my blog posting “A Life Tribute: Mary Suominen.”

Tags: selfie self-portrait restored color restoration Lightroom

Mom and Her Mom, 1950

A Panasonic DMC-LX7 — 1/400s ƒ/8 ISO 80 at 5.9 mm

N 2 B 618 C 0 E Aug 26, 2014 F Aug 26, 2014

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Featured in my my blog posting “A Life Tribute: Mary Suominen.”

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A Girl and Her Dog, 80 Years Ago

N 6 B 544 C 1 E May 30, 2014 F May 30, 2014

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Re-photograph of the original print, image restored with Lightroom and The GIMP. Featured in my my blog posting “A Life Tribute: Mary Suominen.”

Young Lady

N 0 B 450 C 0 E May 29, 2014 F May 30, 2014

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Re-photographed from the original faded print, image restored with Lightroom and The GIMP. Featured in my my blog posting “A Life Tribute: Mary Suominen.”

Mom & Dad's Wedding

N 0 B 505 C 2 E Aug 27, 2014 F Aug 27, 2014

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Featured in my my blog posting “A Life Tribute: Mary Suominen.” This one took a lot of work to restore; there were tons of spots, and they needed to be removed one at a time with Lightroom’s spot removal tool. The contrast was terrible and there was a gradual fade at the bottom.