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Restoring a treasured old photograph, or repairing damage to new photographs, is something I can get very passionate about. What a thrill to see the look on a persons face when I give them a new archival print of a loved one which they thought to be completely beyond repair.
Most repairs and restorations fall into one of these 3 levels of difficulty:
- Least Difficult - Over or under exposures, basic brightness, contrast or tonal corrections, color balance, white balance, or color temperature corrections, red eye removal, blemish removal, etc....
- Moderately Difficult - More extensive retouching, such as removing items from picture or adding or "cloning" in other images, heavy "digital surgery" such as removing severe wrinkles, digital liposuction, etc., fixing scratches, wrinkles, or minor tears in the print, changing product colors, etc....
- Most Difficult - Severely aged and delicate photographs require much more care and are time consuming to repair, but are by no means impossible. The most difficult of images I've encountered were torn so badly that body parts were missing. Often this requires "cloning" image parts from other photographs of the same person. If not available, then we must make exhaustive searches for suitable body parts from other photographs that would match up to the original. This is more difficult than it sounds because resolution, texture, digital noise, and lighting must all be altered to match the original exactly.
All final prints are printed on state of the art Epson Photographic Printers (either the Epson 2000P or Epson 7600). We use ONLY the finest Archival Matte papers which will give your photographs more longevity than standard photographs (up to 200 years if displayed or stored correctly). To learn more about inks, papers, software, and image care, click here.
All restoration and repair work is 100% guaranteed. If you don't like the finished photograph, you don't pay for it., period.
Your original print will be returned exactly as received, with one archival print (more if requested), and the completely restored image file on CD for indefinite storage.
Please visit our Sample Restorations page to view before and after images of typical photographic repairs and restorations.