April 1st marks the 44th anniversary of the day I captured a “flying cup-and-saucer” hovering over a local fast-food restaurant in the sleepy town of Du Bois, PA. Although I’ve lived in Cleveland since 1980, I was born and raised in Du Bois. During my senior year in high school, there were several reported […]
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Recently, Gail and Ron Deemer from Ashtabula, Ohio contacted me to restore a large and badly deteriorating photo. It was in a closet for many years and had been folded causing multiple cracks. It was a “small miracle” that we were able to restore the photo to it’s original glory and also create an
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is helping small businesses that are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic with an opportunity to be featured on their show! They are calling this initiative “Colbert’s Small Biz Bump. Our photography studio would greatly benefit from the national exposure as we in-turn are helping small businesses get more
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Trumpler 14 is a glittering star cluster that contains a collection of some of the brightest stars seen in our Milky Way galaxy. It was captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2017. I used this photo for the sky in the 360° interactive panorama photo I created of the Martian surface by NASA’s
360° Interactive PHOTO of Mars You can interact with this photo by clicking anywhere on it and sliding your mouse (or finger if you’re on a mobile device) in any direction! This panorama of the Martian surface was taken with the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, aboard NASA’s Rover – the Perseverance on Feb. 20,
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I’ve always loved anything dealing with outer space going all the way back to my childhood. I was thrilled to watch the Gemini missions 🚀 in the 1960s when teachers brought TVs into the classroom so we could see lift-offs and splashdowns as they happened! I always wanted to be an astronaut when
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It was a birthday present to myself… a visit to Cleveland’s NASA Glenn Research Center’s 🚀- 75 Year Anniversary Open House on May 22, 2016. When I read that the sprawling facility was going to be open to the public with many areas previously unseen – I just HAD to “get onboard!” The
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A couple years ago, Jim Morabito called to see if I could save an old photo from the 1920s or 1930s that was deteriorating and fading badly. He found it in his attic and realized it had been passed around in his family for several years. The photo is of the first house
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This video shows before-and-after photos that were blurry and then fixed with Topaz Sharpen Ai. It does not show how to fix them with the software but only the final results. If you wish to see how Sharpen Ai works since the creation of this post and video – check out my latest
Looking back in time… Happy 10-year anniversary to Allie Meyerhoefer and David Dischinger. On May 22, 2010, I photographed their wedding. What really made this day special for me was being able to witness and capture their love for each other and their families which translated beautifully in their wedding photographs. I’ve known
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