Photo Restoration

I have been interested in collecting and restoring old photos for some time now and have uploaded a number of those photos on this and other websites. Many of the photos on this site have been 'fixed' to one extent or the other. I thought you might be interested in seeing some before & after photos. Along with the pictures I've thrown in a few tips I've learned through trial and error :)

Pictures printed out on your home printer are great - but remember they are not 'real' pictures. They are just ink on paper and are not the quality of and will not last like a chemically processed photo. If you scan a picture you have printed out on your own printer you will see what I mean - it will not come out well. If you have a picture you want to preserve you should have it professionally printed. There are some good on-line photo processors (www.webshots.com and many others). You can also take a disc, thumb drive or disc from your digital camera to your local photo processor and get professionally processed pictures. Couldn't be easier :)

Hope you enjoy .....

This is my mother shopping in downtown Atlanta (?) or Covington (?) and one of the first photos I tried to restore. It took hours and hours (little bits of time on the computer every few days over months). I have several pictures 'in process' doing a little at a time as I can find the time. Lord only knows when they'll be finished. Sometimes you just have to decide 'it's finished' - cause you can always find something else that could look better with just a little more work. I see things in this picture I am tempted to try to correct - but I know better than to touch it again - cause it'll never be perfect.