Photo Restoration in Nottingham

Photo restoration is the process of repairing and enhancing old or damaged photographs to restore them to their original condition or improve their overall appearance.

The photo restoration process involves in-house work using a stylus pen and graphics tablet to meticulously remove tears, scratches, and other artifacts from the image, aiming to restore it to its original quality. Restoration can be done from either a print or a high-resolution digital copy provided by the client.

Alongside any prints you may require, you will receive a digital copy of your restored photo in JPEG format, ensuring easy access for safekeeping and convenient sharing with family and friends.

Rest assured, your original photos will not be damaged during the scanning process. I handle them with great care, and once scanned, each image is placed in a protective envelope, ensuring their safety until collection or delivery.

The ability to restore severely degraded photos depends on the extent of the damage. Before proceeding with any scanning, I will assess the condition of your photos and provide advice on what restoration is possible and what may not be achievable.

Sure, all prints are done in house with a choice of matte/lustre paper or metallic paper. Prints can either be posted or collected with your photo/slides if you chose to drop them off.

For scanned slides / negatives. The main thing that determines how well an image will print at larger sizes is the quality of the original image. If the original image was blurred/out of focus or maybe underexposed this can drastically affect how well an image prints.

Assuming you have a good quality professional standard image, 7200 dpi optical resolution ensures sharp and vivid images and an output of up to 68.9 megapixels. That’s similar to a full frame digital-SLR camera. You can create enlargements up to 36” x 24” at this resolution.

For scanned photos. In most cases 6×4 is a good size, especially if the original image was smaller than a 6×4. (A lot of older photographs are much smaller than our current 6×4 inch 3:2 format) Enlarging a scanned photo works ok as a gradual enlargement, however you do sacrifice some quality the more you enlarge. Print sizes I offer are 6×4, 7×5, A4 & A3.

Highlighting the importance of the initial photograph’s quality is crucial for understanding the outcome of the digital image. Please keep in mind that the final digital image’s quality is tied to the original photograph’s clarity and exposure. Unfortunately, underexposed or out-of-focus photographs cannot be rectified.