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Title: Arlington Guard

How I did it:

The original of this image was made some time ago as
part of a photo feature on Washington, D.C. for a photo magazine. The
original was a Kodachrome slide, later copied (by Kodak) into a 2 1/4 X
3 1/4 Kodacolor negative. This then was reproduced on Kodacolor print
paper in a darkroom, flashed and otherwise modified, dried and mounted.
Today I copied the mounted print (which has become totally blue) with my
Fujifilm digital camera, put the image in Photoshop and eliminated many
of the strange background blotches. Not enough, probably. My goal was to
make this reproduction resemble the head of the guard which I
photographed in front of the Tomb of the Unknowns. I think it does, sort
of. Then I messed with a number of Photoshop filters and other controls,
to produce the final image shown here. It is intended to represent the
July Fourth celebration which the subject was probably assigned to, many
decades ago.

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Member Bio
Phil Geraci
Former farm boy from Frederick, Md who enlisted in the old Army Air Corps right out of high school.  Lots of Far East photography adventures after WW 2, then a few weeks in Europe with my Army father.  Returned for college at U of Maryland.  School newspaper work as photographer, editor, and darkroom manager, then magazine work (High Fidelity in Mass., Airlift and Skyways in Washington).  Then freelance for numerous publications (photography and electronics) and ultimately a position as “lecturer” in the UM College of Journalism.  Promoted to Associate Professor and, after retiring 27 years later, Professor Emeritus.  Now retired.

Photography:  A darkroom in my basement, and a closet full of cameras from 4X5 to 2 1/4 to digital, plus a process camera beside my basement darkroom.  Also a small press with which I started a community newspaper in 1976.

Computers:  A Compaq Presario and Compaq DeskPro, linked by dual Syquest drives.  The DeskPro is used primarily for scanning, although it is handy as a backup when necessary.  Most other image work is done on the Presario.

Software:  Photoshop 4.0, PageMaker 6.5 (my main engines), Microsoft Imager, Word, Netscape 7.0, and a bunch of others.

Printers:  HP 855C, DeskJet 712C, Epson 820.