mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

This is an old family photo of my paternal grandmother, with her second husband.

Your comments are always welcome, along with any suggested captions.

Thank you for looking.

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

I viewed all three of your posts. The first two are awesome. This one to me looks as if the heads do not match or belong to the bodies, especially the man. Once again very good work. Gary

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Yeah, I agree. The heads are photographs, but the bodies and background look more like a drawing. The heavy shadow under the chins doesn't help sell the illusion...

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

I thank you both for your looking and for your comments. This was indeed just what you suggest, and was a type of studio photography that was practiced many years ago. The studios would have various setting pieces, where the subject or subjects would place themselves behind these painted settings so that only their head showed. Here the studio did not do a very good job of lighting, hence the large shadows under the chins.

My purpose was to restore a very damaged photo from this studio era, not to change the original. In later years, these sort of painted studio settings were replaced by the vintage studios that maintained many wardrobe changes for their clients to change into for creating a vintage look. As a side note, if you could find one of these painted settings in good shape today, it would be worth lots of money to a serious collector.

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

If that was what the original was, then a very good job. Gary