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How much does photo restoration cost?
Photos start life fresh out of the lab or printer, from here their journey is unknown. Usually found displayed proudly above the fireplace but can be lost in a damp basement. Perhaps stuffed in a wallet or hidden behind a chimney breast for 100 years! A photo...
Photo Restoration Services
What Photo Restoration Services do you provide and what does it mean? Photo Restoration services covered. I define my photo restoration services as "the restoration of a photo in digital form". If it can be made digital with a good crisp, high-resolution scan, it...
COVID-19 Update – Get busy!
UPDATED: For July 2020 Whilst we and the world deal with COVID-19 and to keep us all safe through these tough times, I can only accept scans of your originals by email, posted photos or drop-offs and pick-ups. No in-house visits due to the Corona Virus. These are...
SpyderX Pro review, a monitor colour calibration tool
Rteview of the SpyderX Pro Monitor Colour Calibration Tool, how easy is it to install and use the Spyderx? I take a look to see if calibration is worth the investment. NOTE: This unit was given to me to perform this review. It is an unbiased review and opinions of the...
Photo restoration – 10 reasons why you need one
Have you looked at your old photos? Are they old and torn? do they make you sad? Let us look at some photo restorations and 10 reasons why you need one. 1. Feel good At the end of the year, hundreds of you get photos restored for presents and what a great gift idea...
Sun faded photo restoration
Do you have sun faded photos in need of restoration? beach photos? or holiday photos? It can be distressing to see them fade away. Left in the sun on mantelpiece those damaging UV rays can eat away at the dyes in the image causing fading. You can get your sun faded...
Why this photo is not what it seems
What is strange about this photo? What do we know about and why is it not what it seems? I found this image at a car boot sale. What a great photo such grandeur and that hair it looks like it is his and not a wig! Just amazing. I coloured it for this blog post. What...
Ypres Ambient Image
The 100th Anniversary of the 3rd Battle of Ypres also known as Passchendaele occurred in 2017. Every year on 11 of November we remember the end of the war and on the second Sunday, Remembrance Sunday we give thought to those who were lost in the conflict. This image...
scanner buying guide
This scanner buying guide will help you choose the best scanner with the right features & software to help you archive and create files suited to photo restoration. There is only one scanner choice, a dedicated flatbed! Compared to an all-in-one, there is...
Win a free photo restoration with Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, courtesy of Image Restore
For the last 6 months, I have been the restoration artist for the Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine accompanies the BBC TV series of the same name and offers expert tips on researching your family history. They have been running a...
Restored and colourized photos celebrate 100th anniversary of R34 British Airship transatlantic flight
H.M.A. R34 was a British-engineered airship that entered service just after the end of WW1. With a design inspired by the German Zeppelin L33, brought down and captured on English soil in 1916, H.M.A. R34 was the first ever aircraft to make an east-west transatlantic...
Waziristan and the march to Razmak in old photos 1936
The Waziristan campaign 1936–1939 comprised a number of operations conducted in Waziristan by British and Indian forces. This was against the fiercely independent tribesmen that inhabited this region. These operations were conducted in 1936–1939, when operations were...