I’ve been actively photographing as a hobbyist since my undergraduate years at MIT in the late 1960’s. From the early 1970’s to the late 1990’s, my career involved worldwide travel, enabling me to make photographs throughout Europe, Asia, and Israel.
While landscape photography remains my main area of interest, photography is also about storytelling. During my journeys I was often able to capture slices of local life—ordinary people doing everyday things in their lived environment. I think each of these photos tells a unique story. I hope you agree.
A selection of these photos is on display at the “Art for the Soul” gallery at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Middleton, WI until January 31, 2025.
Scroll down below the gallery to read about the image restoration process.
Ordinary People
About the image restoration process…
All the images on display here predate digital photography and were recorded on film—Kodachrome and Ektachrome 35mm slides, many of which are now more than 50 years old.
Modern digital tools provide the opportunity to bring images back to life that would otherwise be lost—eventually deteriorating into uselessness.
For each image here, I digitized the original 35mm slide using a 60mm macro lens and Nikon ES-2 film adapter mounted on a Nikon D850 DLSR, resulting in a 30 to 50 Mbyte digital file. Then, I used Adobe Lightroom to catalog the files and Photoshop to restore, color-correct, and refine each image to my artistic vision.
If you’re interested in restoring old film images—slides, negatives, or prints—contact me at craigpynn@gmail.com