Photo Restoration

Over the years photos tend to fade, they get folded and creased, torn and in many cases the family, rather than look at the photos just put the memories back in a box or worse, toss them out. Why not let us help you recapture those memories. Using the latest in digital software tools we can, in most case, restore you photos so that they can be framed or put into a photo album. In some severe cases the only way to restore the photo is through hand repainting/retouching. In these case, we can give you an estimate before doing any work.

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Jennie Timmerman

Late 1800 photo mounted on cardboard, before restoration - original photo approximately 16x20

Jennie Timmerman - Restored

Late 1800 photo mounted on cardboard, after restoration - original photo approximately 16x20 and a printout of the retouched photo looks great. This was printed onto archival paper and framed behind archival glass. The original was put into storage in acid free storage containers

Brothers and Sisters - Before restoration

Brothers and Sisters - before restoration, The original photo was taken on a Kodak 110 Instamatic circa 1984. This is was the only known copy and no negative was available.

Brothers and Sisters - After restoration

Colors restored using digital software. This was restored for one of the sisters - Only two members of this family are still living - the eldest sister, back row second from left and the youngest sister, front row, on right.

Father with Children

This photo was made sometime around the late 1890s - to early 1900s. It had been exposed to the sun and faded unevenly. This is the restored version.

James Talmadge - WW I Military Photo

This photo, as many during the era was an oval print that was made so that when framed it did not lay flat but actually bubbled out to give a 3-dimensional effect. Before restoration this photo had a tear from the top straight down through the nose approximately 1/4" in width as a result of being stored flat. After restoration the tear is barely visible.

Robert Patterson - WW I - Before

This photo is circa 1917. It was a photo that was hand-inked at some point to give it a color quality. Over the years the colors had faded.

Robert Patterson - WW I - After

Same photo using digital fade correction.

Restoration services involve time and expensive software, and in many cases, multiple software packages to restore your prized photograph.

Restoration is billed at $45.00/hour with a minimum of one hour. Once your photo is restored, you can opt to have it placed onto a CD
so that you can order prints or we can order your prints from one of the quality labs that we partner with. We also offer referrals for
archival framing of your print.