Photographic Restoration

Restoration & Colourisation of old photographic images

On this page are presented a selection of old photographic images i have restored and colourised. With the advent of advanced image processing software available today its become possible to breathe new life in to old film photography. Modern processing has the ability to bring new life to these photographs, and give them a stronger emotional impact.

Charles Yerkes in 1904

George Ellery Hale around 1930

Edwin Hubble at Palomar Observatory in the 1940s

Charles Grover at Rousdon Observatory in 1907

Camille Flammarion in the 1880s

A.C.D. Cromellin in the 1930s

Horace Dall with his cat and self designed/built 6inch portable cassegrain telescope in 1980

Edwin Holmes with his telescope in the 1880s

Howard Grubb in 1917

James Keeler in 1883

E. M. Antoniadi in around 1900.

F. J. Hargreaves in 1930 with the 12inch Newtonian of T. E. R. Phillips.

Frank M. Holborn with his 12inch Calver Newtonian in the 1950s.

George Alcock with his binoculars in the 1960s.

George Calver holding one of his telescope mirrors, 1914.

J. Headley Robinson in his observatory 1960s-70s.

Jean Dragesco in the 1970s at left. At right, Dragesco at his site in West Africa in the 1980s - note the near horizontal angle of the fork mount due to the very low latitude.

Sir John Herschel in the 1860s.

Lewis Swift with his telescope in 1900.

Bernard Lyot at Pic du Midi in 1937 (left) and a portrait from 1939 (right.)

Patrick Moore with Frank Acfield in 1970. Patrick visited his observatory to film a Sky at Night episode.

William Sadler Franks with the 24 inch Busch reflector at Brockhurst Observatory around 1928 (left and centre.) Right is Franks circa 1880-90.

William Rutter Dawes in the mid to late 1800s

Pioneering Solar observer and photographer W. M. Baxter at his home observatory, 1970s.

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse around 1859, and the 72 inch reflector at Birr, Ireland which Rosse used to make the first observations of spiral galaxies.

Will Hay with some of his telescopes circa 1930s.

William F. Denning with his 10 inch Newtonian, 1880s to 1890s. At right a portrait of Denning from the same period.

Georges Viscardy with his 20inch Cassegrain at his home observatory near Monte Carlo, 1980s.

Dr. W. H. Steavenson in 1948 (left) and at a dinner of the RAS in 1936 at centre. Right observing at West Norwood Observatory, 1930s.

Paul Doherty with his 16 inch Newtonian at his home near Stoke-on-Trent - late 1970s (left and centre.) At right, with Patrick Moore in 1977 filming at Sky at Night at Paul's home.

Patrick Moore in 1959 with his 3" refractor named Clarence in 1959 (left.) At right is Patrick Moore visiting renowned lunar observer Hugh Percy Wilkins at Wilkins home in the mid-late 1950s.

Donald C Parker with his 16inch Newtonian at his home in Coral Gables, Florida. Mid 1990s. At right, in 1980 with Chick Capen at Lowell Observatory.

John Wall with three of his self-made telescopes. Left. 32inch reflector. Centre: 42inch reflector. Right: 30inch folded refractor. All 1980s-1990s.

Heather Couper at Greenwich Observatory, early 1980s.

Charles "Chick" Capen (left) and Jim Young at Table Mountain Observatory in 1962. Centre, Capen in the 1960s. Right, at Table Mountain Observatory with the 16 inch Cassegrain.

Cdr Henry Hatfield at his observatory in 1985

Henry Brinton (crouched) with Patrick Moore at right filming a Sky at Night episode at Henry's Selsey observatory in the early 1970s. Right, Henry (walking) with Patrick Moore at left inspecting Henry's home made radio telescope.

Edward Emerson Barnard around 1900-1910. At right, Barnard with the Lick Observatory Refractor.

Andrew Ainslie Common, Pioneering astrophotographer, pictured in 1904. At centre, his observatory near London pictured in the late 1800s. Right, his 60inch reflector at Harvard in 1905.

William Henry Pickering and his observatory at Woodlawn, Jamaica in the early 1900s - from where he produced lunar photography for his famous photographic lunar atlas.

The Rev T. E. R. Phillips. At left a portrait from the 1920s. At right at the eyepiece of his 8inch refractor at Headley, Surrey - again 1920s.

Earl C. Slipher at Lowell Observatory in the 1950s.

Scriven Bolton with his 26inch Newtonian around 1920

Reggie Waterfield in his observatory circa 1960s.

Harold Ridley at the eyepiece of Reggie Waterfield's refractor in the 1960s.

Maj P. B. Molesworth and his telescope on Sri Lanka in the late 1800s.

Nathaniel E Green and his telescope on Madeira - late 1800s.

Sir William Huggins in his observatory at Tulse Hill in 1904.