Photos for THE WATERCRESS COMPANY

I was asked by The Watercress Company to transform old black and white photos of the Watercress Harvesting and Packaging process.

Original Old Photo of Watercress Packaging

The original black and white photo lacked contrast.

Improving Contrast Before Colouring Photos

Colouring will modify the contrast slightly so we need to create the best tonal image first

Using colours based on a natural landscape scene taken under similar lighting conditions

By sampling a landscape photograph taken under similar lighting conditions we can re-construct this old photo into colour.

Watercress Harvesting - Original Old Monochrome Print

This image has everything - People, Clouds, Buildings, Landscape and we need to be able to re-create that sense of depth as colours become more pastel with distance.

Watercress Harvesting - Increased Tonal Range

Watercress Harvesting - Transformed into colour

The field of watercress has less saturated colouring as the distance from the camera increases.