My Edit of This Classic Vision :)
Virginia Green & The Bamboo Canes
To Edit or Not To Edit, That Is The Question!
When I decided to start this and my other blogs I made a concious decision that I wanted to post quality over quantity, so rather than just publishing all my images in bulk and untouched, I decided to do some editing. My view on editing is simple, it should improve the quality of the photo without destroying or altering the original image and should be about restoration rather than alteration.
A good example recently appeared on Tumblr. The top image of Virginia Green was posted and I knew I had the original somewhere and that the version I was seeing looked wrong! The Tumblr version has for some reason decided to extend the photo by elongating the arms and legs and removing the bamboo cane above her head! My edit, restored colour and enhanced clarity and that was it!
Edit Found on Tumblr
My Edit
I know it’s all about personal preferences and I’m not judging, just the way I see it. In general I straighten and trim a photo (if from scanned pages), restore colour if possible and remove any obvious scratches or marks and that is it! I used to crop an article to just keep the photo, but now I try and keep any relevant text as it adds context to the photo in question.
Most photo editors today can pretty much do that as standard out of the box, so only takes a little effort to improve a photo and I personally use Coral Paint-shop Pro X5.
Watermarks – No matter how discreet I hate them! and again it’s a personal thing, as I see no need when restoring and publishing other people’s work to add a watermark. Yes, if you own the copyright to original images or selling originals on eBay etc. and you want to show a copy that makes sense, but slapping watermarks all over every image on your site, just doesn’t make sense and detracts from the content your showing. In this digital world it is now ever so easy to add information to photo’s invisibly, without the need for a watermark and most watermarks can be removed with effort and time anyway! I know from just looking at a photo if it’s one of my edits and see no need to advertise the fact with a watermark, as my aim is to restore and share work that may otherwise disappear over time.
There is no right or wrong on this and many will disagree, but I just wanted to give a little insight into why I am doing this. Not for any financial gain, but more to keep those original images from days gone by out there for all to see!
Cheers,
Wonder
Eve Eden – What a Star!
Beautiful Shot of Eve Eden (Rosa Domaille) in See-Through Top & Showing Off Those Magnificent … Stars!
Dawn Grayson – Latest on a Lovely Lady
Following on from my post ‘Well I Never Knew That!’ that reveals the real name of the gorgeous Dawn Grayson, plus comments that she went to America, I found this little set from Spick No.232, dated March 1973. As well as featuring several photographs of DG posing in various stages of undress to expose her stockings and underwear, it also gave an update on her whereabouts. According to the short text DG moved to America with her husband a year before this article, as he had a highly paid position in electronics. So that would mean they moved to America in early 1972, where she continued her modelling and blossoming film career?
I wonder what happened beyond that point? Anyway as I find these little titbits I’ll add them to her profile page, but with a discretionary word of caution that these magazines liked to embellish on the truth when it came to the details of the models. So, believe what you will!
Delightful Di
The Delightful Diane Clare, Probably Late 1950’s
June Palmer Fireside Strip – Part 1
Part 1 of a Great Set of JP Stripping In Front of a Fireplace, Looking at The Fire Place And JP I’d Put This Set at Late 1970’s, Probably After Her Mayfair Comeback!
June on The Chaise Lounge
June Palmer Posing on a Chaise Lounge (Edit From eBay)
Never Enough of Margaret!
Three New Shots of The Glorious Margaret Nolan, As You Can Never Have Too Much Margaret!
Meg Sanderson & Vicki Kennedy – Batchelor's Best Magazine
Meg Sanderson & Vicki Kennedy From Bachelor’s Best No. 7 (1968) or As You and I Know Them, Margaret Nolan & Lorraine Burnett!
Well I Never Knew That!
There is a very interesting article just published over on the Pamela Green site called ‘More Tea, Vicar?’. The article itself is about a poster by the British safety council and wearing eye protection, which featured Dawn Grayson.
The bit I didn’t know was the reference to the real name of Dawn Grayson being Kay Kirkham, which was new to me! I probably have seen references to her real name in the past but never made the association, so there you go … I never knew that!
Dawn Grayson and George Harrison Marks & The British Safety Council.
After doing some further research I came across a second article about this incident from ‘The News & Courier’ dated October 20th, 1964 based in Charleston, USA. This again refers to Dawn Graysons real name as Kay Kirkham and that she was 22 years old and married with an 11 month old baby.
If this article is to be believed then Dawn/Kay was born in 1942, making her 71 now and her son being born in 1963/64 now aged 48/49. We also know she was married to a car plant worker. I don’t know what happened to Dawn beyond her modelling career, but it would be interesting to know what she did in the later part of her life and even if she is still around now?
