Emmet Robinson Speaks

Film
Motion picture cameras were developed for the obvious purpose of capturing events as they happened. Since then, the field of photography has never been the same.

The first practical movie camera was the manually operated Kinetograph,developed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, a native of Scotland, and an employee of Thomas Edison. By the mid 1890s, the movie camera had become a practical reality.

Who Invented the Guitar?

The earliest stringed instrument known may have been the bowl harp from nearly 4000 years ago. With a tortoise shell for the body and a curved stick for the neck, adding a few strings allowed the making of music.
The tanbur might have been next. A straight neck allowed pressing the strings down to produce a wider range of tones. A tanbur, dating from about 3500 years ago may be seen at the Archaeological Museum in Cairo.

The Absolute Truth About Photo Restoration

As an impatient nation, we’re always looking for faster ways of getting things done. In restoring and preserving vintage photos, for example, there are online services promising fast results at low prices. Why not use them? The answer lies in the details.

The absolute truth is that online services have no direct access to your original image. Whether it’s a vintage photograph, newspaper clipping, or handwritten letter from 1853, online services can only work with the digitized images you send them.

If your original photo or document has been physically damaged and won’t scan properly, what do you do?
When your original is too large for the scanner, how do you handle that?
If, for technical reasons, you’re unable to send a sufficiently high-resolution file, your retouching options may be severely limited. How do you get the results you want?
The answer, of course, is by using professional services right in the neighborhood!