mysteryscribe
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Today my neighbor brought me a yard sale photo to look at. He purchased it because the image of a man who looked like young teddy roosevelt was on it. It was a classic sepia portrait, or so I thought.
The frame was a plaster trim on wood design which dates it way back. Image was sepia and large 20 x 24 at least. When I first looked at it, it was pure photography and I thought wow really nice lighting in that studio.
I made the discovery quite by accident. I was looking for the paper grain when I noticed that the luminisent face had a different texture. On closer examination I noticed what look like brush marks but only on the face. It appears that a wash of off white was applied to the face to give it a little more depth.
I don't suppose anyone knows if this was common. I never saw it but the image appears that it might actually be a prominent Hispanic banker type. Just curious I never saw this "selective coloring before." When I saw a tinted it is usually all over.
I do some sepia, then digiatal tint and even air brush. So it looks as though it wasn't so far from a vintage technique after all.
Any ideas...
The frame was a plaster trim on wood design which dates it way back. Image was sepia and large 20 x 24 at least. When I first looked at it, it was pure photography and I thought wow really nice lighting in that studio.
I made the discovery quite by accident. I was looking for the paper grain when I noticed that the luminisent face had a different texture. On closer examination I noticed what look like brush marks but only on the face. It appears that a wash of off white was applied to the face to give it a little more depth.
I don't suppose anyone knows if this was common. I never saw it but the image appears that it might actually be a prominent Hispanic banker type. Just curious I never saw this "selective coloring before." When I saw a tinted it is usually all over.
I do some sepia, then digiatal tint and even air brush. So it looks as though it wasn't so far from a vintage technique after all.
Any ideas...