Jul 13, 2026 | Photo restoration example |
Restoring the Sierra-Sue Halifax bomber photo The photo arrived in poor shape. Torn across one corner, the emulsion lifting in patches, a heavy stain spreading over the fuselage where the image had sat against damp card for decades. Two lines of handwriting cross the...
Feb 27, 2026 | Photo restoration example |
Sun Faded Photo Restoration: Rescuing Your UV-Damaged Memories Do you have cherished family photos, beach memories, or wedding pictures that have slowly faded away while sitting on your mantelpiece? Watching your favourite images lose their colour and detail can be...
Jul 12, 2021 | Genealogy, Photo restoration example |
Harry Haddock was a professional footballer in the 1950’s for Clyde Football Club. He married in Helen in 1952, below is a photo from that event! The photo restoration was straightforward enough with facial reconstruction and some brightening up. More...
Apr 5, 2021 | Photo restoration example |
This post shows 17 amazing photo restoration samples for the last year. 2020 through 2021 has been a tough year for us all. I was able to offer some restored memories to many of you and add some cheer! I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I did restoring them....
Aug 11, 2020 | Photo restoration example |
Unusual magazine cover photo restoration. How was it restored? This magazine cover photo restoration project was emailed to me. It was from a customer of mine and featured her parents in their early 20’s. It was a mock studio magazine cover. As you can see water...
Nov 28, 2016 | Photo restoration example |
This old torn postcard restoration job looks like a tough one. It was! On the back of the postcard was a message and quite a message it was too! The marriage acceptance On her 21st Birthday, the lady featured in the photo had this very image made for her partner as a...
Sep 22, 2016 | Photo restoration example |
Sometimes restoring a light leak or fogged film requires more than delving into the colour channels and making colour corrections. Below shows you how to tackle restoring a light leak in a previous post. If you have a negative that has fogged or had a light leak in...
Sep 13, 2016 | Photo restoration example |
Military photos of troops or regiments were popular in the World Wars. In this Military photo restoration Lucknow India 1934, it shows Machine Gun (MG) Troop 10th (P.W.O) Royal Hussars, you can clearly see the water-cooled Vickers machine gun showing it’s a...
Nov 22, 2015 | Photo restoration example |
Reconstructing body parts and faces is the most difficult part of a photo restoration. Recreating correct skin tones, facial likeness, body shapes is crucial for a life-like restoration. I’ve covered some aspects in a previous post “rebuilding body parts...
Dec 24, 2014 | Photo restoration example |
In need of a football photo restoration for christmas? This image has the glass smashed and stuck to the photo and was fit for the trash.. or was it? of course not! This photo was sent in to me in September to be restored as a Christmas present. Only now can I show...
Nov 13, 2014 | Photo restoration example |
Photo restoration of a shredded photo? Even worse a cross-cut shredded photo, where each shred has been cross cut, is that really possible I asked myself?… The Shredded photo. I was approached by a client of mine who had a beautiful photo of her taken at the...
Oct 15, 2014 | Photo restoration example |
Restoring a photo can sometimes be as much of a reconstruction than a restoration. Working through these two restorations much reconstruction had to be done. Visually they work very well. If you are wondering why I’ve not described the restoration processes in...
