Here are our suggestions on Doing Your Own family portraits in 10 easy steps:  1^st Step: Plan the photography location with your family. Typically, the most common settings for family portraitures are photographers’ studios,  public parks,  gardens or outdoors. However you might like to consider a theme park, a playground or a children’s fun  factory as viable and un alternatives. Some parents prefer these. Both because it tends to put younger children at ease and also because they are generally in a happier mood.

2^nd Step:  Check and recheck your camera, mobile phone or camera equipment. There’s little point in researching, choosing and travelling to the chosen location only to find that ...

In the last millennium, when stills and photos were taken with hand SLRs on film rolls, the art of photographic editing was largely the domain of professional photo editors. These people would devote their skills, time and patience to the pursuance of visual betterment and technical improvements in this field. Alas, in this millennium, with the birth and development of the internet age, computers, digital cameras and free editing software, pretty much anybody can manipulate digital photographs to an exact, or more or less, desired standard or result.  And while commercial ...

To the question how to restore a damaged old photograph we believe that there are essentially three ways. The first is to give your photo to an art restorer and pay this skilled professional to physically touch up and re-paint with ink, gouache and watercolour your original photograph. Many people prefer this method. However it can be risky as the restorer must handle and work on the original, it is without guarantees, it is time-consuming and expensive. The second is to give your original photo to a digital restorer and pay this skilled ...