ARTICLES

Antique Photography - Digital Photo Restoration

Facial Features Analysis - Handwriting Analysis

Miscellaneous Photo Articles

by Joelle Steele

The following are some of my previously published articles that provide information about antique photography, digital photo restoration, facial features comparison and analysis, handwriting analysis, and a few miscellaneous articles about photography. I add new articles periodically, so you might want to bookmark this page for future reference.

. . . ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY . . .

A Brief History of Photography: Brief but comprehensive history, starting with the camera obscura up to the digital camera era.

Ambrotypes, Daguerreotypes and Tintypes-Which Is Which and How Can You Tell?: Some tips on how to tell these three non-paper photographs apart.

Antique Photographs & How They Were Made: The many photographic processes defined, from Daguerreotypes to 20th century film.

Preserving Antique Photos: How to handle, store, and display your old photographs.

The Origins of Hand-Tinting Photographs: How did they do it in the old days? The same way people still do it today!

. . . DIGITAL PHOTO RESTORATION . . .

Digital Plastic Surgery-Technology Preserves Faces From The Past: Joelle Steele talks about digital photo restoration.

How to Digitally Restore Your Antique Photographs: Scanning vs. digital cameras, the scanning process, editing or restoring (color, contrast, enlargement, tools, saving, and sepia tints).

. . . FACIAL FEATURES ANALYSIS & COMPARISON . . .

Facial Features Comparison of Identical Twins: Identical and conjoined twins are never truly identical. If you can tell the difference between them, you're on your way to identifying unknown people in photographs.

Forensic Photography-Part 1: Preparing to analyze a photo.

Forensic Photography-Part 2: Identifying the type of non-paper photo you are going to compare and analyze.

Forensic Photography-Part 3: Identifying the type of paper photo you are going to compare and analyze.

Forensic Photography-Part 4: Dating and placing a photograph.

Forensic Photography-Part 5: Comparing and analyzing facial features in photographs to identify people.

Using Facial Features to Identify People in Photograph-Is it Abraham Lincoln?: They look alike, but are they the same person? Learning to examine facial features can help you determine who's who. This article examines known photographs of Abraham Lincoln and compares them to images purported to be of Lincoln.

Using Facial Features to Identify People in Photographs-Who's Who In Your Family Photos?: When family resemblance is strong, it pays to examine faces one feature at a time in order to identify your relatives.

. . . HANDWRITING ANALYSIS . . .

Analysis and Comparison of Handwriting Samples to Authenticate a Signature or Document: An overview of how forensic handwriting analysts work to compare and analyze a known handwriting sample with handwriting alleged to have been written by the same person.

. . . MISCELLANEOUS PHOTO ARTICLES . . .

Create, Select, and Edit Photos for Use in Advertising: Tips on how to shoot photos, select the right ones, edit them, and use them in ads and Web pages.

How to Photograph Your Art: The use of digital and manual cameras, lighting, backgrounds, scanning, photo editing, archiving digital files, and more.

How to Select and Prepare Photos and Other Images for Publication: What the eye sees and the brain interprets, selecting images, best and other options in electronic format.

Kirlian Photography-A Brief Look at Electro-Photography: A short history and explanation of the process.

Photographing Your Portfolio - One Picture is Worth A Thousand Words: Some basic tips on how to create and photograph your presentation portfolio or online portfolio to best illustrate your projects or products.