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Colouring an old wedding photo . A few days ago Barrie Warby contacted me with a plea to help him fix up his mothers photo. Unfortunately it was stuck to glass and heavily faded. He posted me his prized photo, carefully wrapped, still in the frame, glass and all! The restoration process began. . The image was stuck to the glass so i cleaned all the areas of exposed glass and air dusted... Read More

In order to make a daguerreotype, iodine fumes are used to react with a silver-coated copper plate to form light-sensitive silver iodide. The plate is then exposed to light using a box and lens or camera and the image developed using mercury fumes, before being fixed in a warm solution of common salt. This was quite a lengthy process and the exposures were very slow, as plate was not that... Read More

Old rolled photo restoration . Often It is asked if it is possible to perform an old rolled photo restoration. It is only a digital copy of your original that I restore, not the physical image itself. Actually conserving the pictures surface is something best left to photo conservators, whom can be contacted at museums and photo archives. . The ultimate goal of having your photo restored is... Read More