Restoration Service

  1. THE ZEBRAS: The zebra photo is more of a reconstruction than a retouching. As you can see, it involved the removal of a part of the vehicle that intruded into the frame. So, the area around the hoof needed to be rebuilt. That involved several layers with parts of the zebras and grassy areas used as raw materials. I was very pleased with the result.
  2. SOLDIER 1: This photo involved some minor retouching and the restoration of the faded image. I’m surprised by the amount of information that can still be recovered from a photo in this condition.
  3. SMALL CHILD: This photo required only minor retouching and cropping to make it much more effective and satisfying.
  4. MAN & FISH: This photo is very much faded. You can see from the after image that much of the richness and vitality have been restored.
  5. SOLDIER 2: This is an example of a badly damaged photo. Doing reconstruction of the face and clearing the many cracks took a fair amount time. The result is very nice.
  6. SOLDIER 3: This photo was badly faded and in need of moderate retouching. So, the exposure was adjusted and also cropped so that the subject became the major focal point of the image.
  7. GROUP: The before photo is badly damaged and required quite a bit of work. Most of the work was retouching. Some was adjusting exposure and focus in various areas. The result is much more pleasing.
  8. BLACK BEE: When I took this series of photos, the bee was moving rapidly back and forth inside the flower. This particular image was somewhat underexposed. The bee had stopped exactly where I wanted it, for a split second. So, I made the exposure. Too bad, It was underexposed some. The flash had not recycled enough. Anyway, I adjusted the exposure, color, sharpness and saturation and finished with a very satisfying end product.
  9. MAN WITH PORT WINE: This image is an example of, taking one part of an image, placing it over different background, and producing a much more pleasing portrait.
  10. CACTUS: This image suffers from an out of focus branch in the upper right corner. All that was necessary here, was to remove the branch and fill in the background appropriately.
  11. THE COUPLE: In this photo the extra woman needed to be removed, the bright reflections between the couple needed to be removed, and the young woman needed a more pleasing complexion. When those those problems were addressed, the image was much more presentable.
  12. YOUNG WOMAN: This photo was taken sometime in the late 1800’s, then painted. It was glued to a cloth background and was, overall, really in sorry shape. I decided not to use the background of the photo; instead I used an image of a gray poster board. I restored the woman’s image and layered it over the gray board. This worked really well.
  13. DAD AND KIDS: Size is a problem with this photo. It’s too small. I enlarged it some but not very much. Still, it does more clearly portray the group. It’s a nicer presentation
  14. MAN IN WHITE: This is an acceptable outcome for a badly exposed and out of focus image.
  15. ROARING 20’s PARTY: Several small adjustments around the faces made this much more pleasing image.
  16. PURPLE PARTY: The photograph that I started with was only 3.5 by 2.5 inches in dimension. So I scanned at it at 300 DPI. The resulting image was 1050 X 750 pixels. This allowed me enough resolution to increase the image to a more useful size. I did some focusing, cleared the background and brought the color out. Now we have a much more useful image.
  17. GENERATIONS: This photo was badly faded so the color was adjusted and an offending branch was removed.
  18. SOLDIER 3: This image is example of, taking an image, using it in a different format and producing a much more informative photo display
  19. GRADUATION: This photo dates from about 1929. A neutral grey Background was used.
  20. TWO BROTHERS: My grandfather Sam on the left and his brother Paul on the right. Location unknown. This photo turned out to be fairly difficult, but I think the result is acceptable.
  21. TWO BROTHERS REVISIT: The original here was taken with a Kodak box camera. It was badly out of focus and very high in contrast in some areas. I improved the focus and exposure as much as possible without introducing artifacts. The end result is better. It’s a nice remembrance.

Above examples demonstrate the kind of things that can be done to improve the quality of your photography. My rate is $0.25/minute ($15.00/Hr) Minimum one hour. If you would like to take advantage of my service, please contact me via text, email, telephone or perhaps a Zoom session and we will discuss your project. I will accept single or multiple retouching/restoration assignments. In addition, I can produce a book bound family album. Ask for a quote. So, let’s make a deal.