Photo Restoration Examples

These are photo restoration examples. We do all sorts of restoration and recovery of photos, some involving very simple procedures and sometimes a great deal of micro level artwork.

I do all sorts of photography, including real estate, portraits and commercial. But many of these endeavors never invoke emotions from customers. I never know when even a portrait, a graduation ceremony or wedding will really trigger a strong emotion way into the future. However, I always know that when someone pays me to restore an old, beloved photo, it has a great deal of meaning to them. This is probably why photo restoration is one of my favorite jobs. I enjoy knowing that what I am doing means so much to the client.

Examples

Sometimes we begin with a photo that’s not that bad, but not very large and does have some issues. This is a good example. The original photo was about 3 inches by 4 1/2 inches. It was enlarged to look good being up to a 17-inch by 19-inch canvas and coloration within the photo corrected.

Other Examples can be more complex, particularly when photos are very old, or also in this case, if there are multiple people.

This is another example of a photo restoration example that can be very complex, in this case because the photo has been torn apart while removing it from its frame.

Side Views and unusual poses can create enhancement problems. Much more artwork is required to get a good image of the face as typical AI based restoration software does not work.

This is a case of extreme photo recovery. The first photo is how we received the photo. The second one is the way I sent it back. This photo required considerable micro level artwork and interpolation. Of course, it would have helped to have had a better scan or access to the original. But in this case, we had to work with what we had.

This was a highly damaged photo on 1/4 inch film that was restored to a large format photo