Abby wanted me to restore this wonderful old army photo for her dad. This was going to be a great Christmas present. I was able to remove the old sellotape marks and fix up the blemishes and fading. I also restored this back to black and white and then improved the clarity and contrast.
They look amazing, I had no idea that they would be able to be salvaged to such great quality, thanks so much! I can’t wait for my Dad to see them, I wish I had of had them done years ago so that my Poppa could have seen them too. – Abby
This very sad and very badly damaged photo came to me all the way from Great barrier island. This is a great street scene from Auckland back in the 1950’s. A lot of creative thinking was needed to recreate all the missing pieces.
I used the stamp and healing brush in Photoshop to fix most of the damage another few layers of dodging and burn curves and contrast adjustments and we had recovered most of the missing areas.
thank you so much Richard this is spectacular – miracle stuff…. …..I am really pleased and would not hesitate to recommend you to others and happy if you would like to put this up on your website as an example of what you can achieve So happy to have managed to save a piece of family history, Regards Cushla
Heavy Photo Restoration 10 hours $250 plus prints.
Richard sent me this photo by email to restore just the lady and not worry about all the damage around the edges. But I suggested that I cut out the couple and make a new background and that would keep this as a complete photo.
So using Photoshop I was able to convert to B&W and using different channel mixes was able to remove all the yellow blotches. I then cleaned up the other damage and created a new background layer. Richard was very happy with the results.
Photo Restoration, New Background and Re-colouring $120 plus prints
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Gordon brought me this wonderful family photo which had been laminated and badly discoloured. It definitely needed some restoration.
The glue in laminates can destroy photographs, luckily I was able to save this one and restore it using Photoshop, so it can be enjoyed for many years to come. So the moral of this story is never laminate photos!
This photo restoration is from a large batch of photos that I restored of the All Blacks Rugby team photos throughout the last 40 years. As the All Blacks play the Lions at Eden Park tomorrow, I thought this example would be quite appropriate.
The original is badly faded and discoloured. The restored photo will be going back up on display in the Peonamo Hotel.
colour photo restoration medium cost $120 plus prints
Alex brought this beautiful scenic photo in for restoration because it had obviously faded and had lost all it’s colour. He had also asked that I remove the line running vertically on the left side of the photo.
This was something to related to the mast apparently. There was also surface damage from moisture and mold that resulted in many small dots. With a good number of colour layers in Photoshop and using the clone tool I was able to restore this photo back to its original state. Alex now has this re-framed and hanging back up on his boat.
John Came to me with an armful of old historically important photographs and paintings. He had a story that he wished to share and tell the world. His grandfather was in the army and had documented his time in service through the war from sailing off to his return.
The photos were in varying conditions but all needed to be digitized to enable him to share the story and the journey of his ancestors. Below is an official portrait of the man in question Lincoln Lee.
It required the most work being very badly faded, suffering from very bad silvering and wide spread scratches and other surface damage.
Using the hue and saturation to increase the colour i was then able to mask off the various areas of silvering damage and repair them in Photoshop. Patience and lots of spot removal and a black and white adjustment layer brought this portrait back to life.
A new background completed the picture and the restoration was a success .
You can read more about Lincoln Lee and his journey through World War 1 here at https://walkmarch.blog/
The Restored-1 image, which had all that work, is just stunning. Really, a complete transformation.
– John.
Auckland
