Photo Restoration

[jjdevi1]

Does anybody know of anyone who restores old photos? I have a real nice panaromic (sic) photo of the 11th Divisions 31st MG company that have a crack running down the right side. Also have one of the 56th Searchlight Engineers that is rolled and brittle. Does anyone know where I could get these restored/conserved?

 

Thanks,

 

John

[Bob Hudson]

Do a google search for photograph restoration and you can find lots of places that will scan you originals and make a restored digital copy. The "clone" tool in Photoshop actually makes it quite easy to do that.

 

As for non-digital restoration of an original photograph, well it's almost impossible anymore to find anyone who does that and if you did find someone I am sure it would cost many times as much as digital restoration and even then they usually re-photographed your original and then worked by hand on the negative and finally made a new photographic print.

[QED4]

Check you local yellow pages or the nearest good size city. My wife had a picture of her grandparents restored and had no problem finding someone here. But be forewarned it is very expensive, if you are just doing it to have a better picture and there is no family attachment you will end up with more in it than it is worth. Your best bet is doing it yourself with Photo Shop.

[Laury Allison]

Does anybody know of anyone who restores old photos? I have a real nice panaromic (sic) photo of the 11th Divisions 31st MG company that have a crack running down the right side. Also have one of the 56th Searchlight Engineers that is rolled and brittle. Does anyone know where I could get these restored/conserved?

 

Thanks,

 

John

 

My Dad had a local place do my Grandfather's WWI unit photo. It's one of those long photos that had been rolled for probably 80 years or more. They did a really great job and were able to duplicate the pieces that had fallen away over the years. He had both the original and a reprint framed.....they came out great!

 

Check your local yellow pages or check with a local framing shop. If they aren't able to do it, I'm sure they will know of someone reputable in your area.

 

Laury