Clapton Football Club and Essex County Cricket Club circa (late) 1890’s
Restorations performed in July 2008
Opportunities like this don’t come around too often. I had the honour to restore historic images from the late 1890’s of both these prestigious teams. Clapton Football Club were one of, if not the best team in the country at the […]
Ed. Can you explain the cost of a photo restoration?
Neil. Certainly, but don’t think of it as cost, think of it as investment. You are preserving your memories. Price should be a concern, yes, but not the primary one. You have made the decision that your photo needs restoring, so I am here to […]
There are many way to change a photo’s tint using photoshop. I have made this short tutorial to show you how to change a photo from black and white to sepia using three different methods, each with similar results but with subtle differences.
We can use this image as a test image.
Method 1. Change your photo to RGB mode . Select […]
I have here an example of a photo restoration, (removing a person) that if not correctly restored a simple brightness adjustment would reveal some very shoddy work indeed, I will explain.
Lets have a look at this photo of some handsome college chaps on a night out with their partners. A request was made […]
I have just made some scans of random images from the old album to illustrate some of the points made in my previous post.
“Family in the doorway”, is an example of where the scanning light reflects on the silver within the print and glares back as a bluish tint, upper left. (The silver was used […]
When you get a photo as bad as this, it is seriously tempting to let a quality photo restoration service do it for you. But if you were to tackle this one it might be easiest to airbrush a new back ground or cheat by tightly cropping the photo so there is less work to […]
If ever you look into having a photo restoration done, how do you know that you are going to have it done properly? You can look at the site that offers the restoration and look at their example images of “before” and “after” and surely if it looks good then that’s all there is […]
Firstly it’s a good idea to de-saturate or grey-scale the image before starting. If you wish to end up with a sepia tone at the end, then we can apply a photo filter to colourise the image when we have finished.
Let’s look at what we have to do. Invent a window and rebuild the boards […]
A useful tool in any photo restoration is the vanishing point tool. Good for any perspective based restoration. Examples where to use this tool are for use with buildings or car parks, roads, paving, or windows, etc. In Photoshop CS2 / CS3 it is found under Filter/vanishing point form the top menu.
Basically it […]
Instant makeovers, years taken off, digital plastic surgery, its all possible but just how far do you go?
Facial restorations involving removing wrinkles, reducing pores, retouching eyes, removing blemishes etc. should be done with discretion. Its very tempting to attack the image with gusto sweeping away all evidence of anything natural and end up with a […]
Due to a recent spate of thoughtlessness i managed to delete this post so i have now re-posted it , slightly revised as its written from scratch
When carrying out photo restoration and restoring an old photograph quite often pieces of it need to be patched up and healed or cloned. To do this you may […]
Photo Restoration
In this example I will describe some of the processes involved in restoring a badly damaged photograph which has been torn, creased and stuck with tape. Bits of the photo are missing and will need to be replaced and restored.
The Jigsaw. Firstly I cut out all pieces and pasted onto new canvas and […]
Photo Restoration. Advanced Techniques - A natural eye and restoring without adding perceived artistic merit.
Sorry about the lengthy title but I could find anything more catchy!
Ok so you can use a computer and you can use Photoshop, and you can have a good go at restoring a photo, but does this mean you are a […]
Photo Restoration. Advanced Techniques - Matching grain
Ok so know we know a little about Image Resolution and how it might help us with photo restoration.
Lets now take a look at some advanced techniques to help with restoring old photographs.
If you need to restore a photo that comes in JPG format and has had its fair […]