Elizabeth 2 portrait
Queen Elizabeth – first visit to Australia
Over 100 years of Monte Luke Photography Studio, est. 1920. A hand coloured miniature of Queen Elizabeth 2 was produced from the overall image and sent to her husband c/o…
QVB Building Sydney CBD
QVB Building Sydney CBD
QVB Building yesterday...the funky Xmas tree is already fired up...a sign of the CBD retail desperation... #photography #sydney #covid
Elizabeth 2 portrait
Photo restoration from the archives #1
102 years of Monte Luke Studio, est. 1920. A group photograph was taken at Government House in 1954. The hand coloured miniature of Queen Elizabeth 2 was produced from the…
2020 = 100 years of Monte Luke Studio
In 1920 we celebrated our centenary... This is an article which appeared five years prior to the Studio's inception. On 1st April 1915, The Lone Hand, a monthly Australian magazine…
Every picture tells a story #2
Friend and keen photographer Greg Matthews brought in this gem of a picture for restoration. His grandfather John Matthews (1889-1974) was originally from Hay in western NSW and set up…
Digitise Your Old Photos
Keeping it in the Family - Digitise Your Old Photos Now! Do you have boxes of old family photos that are slowly deteriorating in the back of a cupboard? Or…
Every picture tells a story #1
The arrival of a new person is not always greeted with unfettered joy! Sometimes we get photos to fix that have the story already written, survival of the fittest starts…