yesteryear

digitally enhances them on his computer, removing physical damage and dirt from the images while also changing the exposure and sharpness to reveal more detail.

He was a photographer for more than 50 years, working for the Auckland Star and the New Zealand Herald, before moving into commercial photography for companies including Air New Zealand, Spark and the Bank of New Zealand..

Comparing his restoration work with his commercial photography jobs, he told the Flagstaff, “it’s a whole lot better than picking pimples off executives’ faces”.

Miller estimates he’s restored more than 2000 photos since he started the task in January. But that is only a fraction of the musuem’s collection.

On average, each photo takes around half an hour to process, though a damaged image can stretch to a couple of hours, Miller said.

He has come across some “some absolute pearlers” since starting the work, including pictures of Victoria Rd before the Victoria Theatre was built and the first church in Devonport.

He said his motivation for restoring the pictures was “to give something back” and that he simply enjoys it.

“It’s something I can do, so why not?”

The most difficult part for Miller is the slight frustration at not being able to get the photos perfect.

“Sometimes you have to tell yourself, ‘hey it’s a lot better than what you started with’.”

The museum is still deciding how to display the photos once the collection is restored.

Miller is a long-time Devonport local who attended Belmont Intermediate and Takapuna Grammar school, and has lived in multiple houses in the area and whose children went to Devonport Primary School.

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