Photo Restoration

Photo Restoration

Your Old Photos are not beyond repair!

Professional Photo Restoration

Old photos can hold some of our most precious memories, but over time they can become damaged or fade away.
PhotoFix offers a professional Restoration service for photos that are in damaged condition, including: color & fading, scratches, wrinkles, tears, stains, water damage, etc. Our photo restoration service that will have your photos looking good as new in no time!
Despite advances in technology, digital photo repair remains a largely manual process and requires skill, dexterity, and patience to achieve the best results. I always work to preserve the unique characteristics of your original images, while respecting the aesthetics and processing techniques of the time.

How does it work?

Whether you are looking to repair a single image or restore an entire family photo album, I am here to help.

For best results, I recommend sending your original images (where it is possible to work from prints, slides, or negatives in a wide range of sizes and formats). Alternatively, you can send a digital file from a scan that you have created yourself. This eliminates the extra cost, risk, and delay of sending your original prints by mail, no matter where you are in the world.

If you are local, I will visit you to discuss and collect originals or you can make an appointment to visit my studio to discuss.

In all cases, I begin by creating a high-resolution digital copy of your image which is then edited with specialised computer software, leaving your original photo unharmed. Your restored image is then sent to you as a digital file and/or a high-quality reprint, together with your original materials.

Your original images are handled with the utmost care and pricing is confirmed with you prior to commencing any work so that you know what to expect. I will provide you with a digital proof of your restored image(s) to ensure you are happy with the result prior to billing.

What kind of damage can be restored?

  • Scratches and cuts
  • Photos stuck to glass
  • Folds, cracks, creases, tears
  • Ink, paint, or drink stains
  • Water and fire damage
  • Flaked emulsion
  • Light leakage
  • Faded colours
  • Tape marks
  • Silvering
  • Missing fragments
  • Wrinkled slides or negatives

Restoration Categories

Simple

  • Simple fade corrections
  • Contrast adjustments
  • Simple dust and scratch removal
  • Sharpening
  • Cropping

Medium

  • Minor Fading
  • Minor Discoloration
  • Light mould or damage
  • Some hair-line fissures and cracks

Complex

  • Deep scratch marks / Multiple paper wrinkles / Fold and Tears
  • Small-medium facial area corrections
  • Moderate-medium mould damage / Medium fading
  • Small areas missing or damaged
  • Small areas of face or body missing
  • Some rebuilding and object removing
  • Colourising a Black & White photo.

Very Complex

  • Larger areas missing or damaged
  • Large facial area corrections
  • Larger areas of face or body missing
  • Heavy mould damage
  • Major rebuilding and object removing
  • Significant folds or tears
  • Heavy fading
  • Colourising a Black & White photo.