Photo Restoration of Family Heirloom
by Scott Menaul on Jan.05, 2010, under Photography & Photoshop
In addition to my Clearwater, FL art gallery, I also run a giclee printing service and do digital capture and photo restoration. A client came to me with an old family photograph that had some pretty serious damage and they wanted to know if I could restore it and print reproductions for them. I thought you might be interested in seeing what I did. Here is the before and after:
Before and after. Notice the significant fading and the big tear in the original.
The photo was almost falling apart when I got it. A piece of tape on the back was all that was keeping the rip from making it fall apart. You can also see how faded and worn the photo had become with age. Here is a close-up of the tear and how I handled it.
Digitally restored by removing the tear, fixing the damage and color correcting.
Once the photo was fixed up, I printed a bunch of giclee reproductions on archival paper and the client gave them out as Christmas presents at a family reunion.
If you have any old photos you want restored and reproduced, let me know by contacting me online or calling 727-726-7411. You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter or subscribe to my blog’s RSS feed.
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January 6th, 2010 on 11:25 am
[...] Menaul Photography also offers photo retouching and digital restoration. This is an example of an old damaged photo being restored by digitally capturing then removing a significant tear, cleaning up spotting and correcting the color loss caused by fading. Read more and see detailed images on Scott Menaul’s blog: Photo Restoration of Family Heirloom [...]
January 7th, 2010 on 1:44 pm
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