I am often asked if I can improve blurry photos or sharpen out-of-focus photos and unfortunately the answer is no! There is a lot that is possible to enhance a photo including bringing out detail in shadows (if it is there to start with), improving the contrast in an extremely faded photo, increasing the contrast somewhat of edges of elements – which does give the appearance of sharpening but you have to be careful not to over-sharpen. It is not possible to sharpen a photo if the digital information or pixels are not in the image to begin with. In the photo example below, this close-up of a woman’s face is quite out of focus and you can see that there are no details at all in the facial features; there is nothing besides overall contrast correction and healing a few spots to work with. In this case I would not recommend that the image be enlarged but it would be quite acceptable printed at a smaller size such as 4×6.

Firstly, DON’T PANIC! and whatever you do don’t try to peel it off! It can be scanned right through the glass, and then may only require minor retouching. If you have already peeled off the photo and there is damage this can most probably be repaired, please contact me for advice.

My pricing is very reasonable and is calculated according to the amount of time that the restoration or retouching will take. I am happy to give a no-obligation free quote on viewing your photo or image file. Bulk orders are taken into consideration and trade enquiries are welcome.

I often get asked if I can sharpen an out-of-focus photo. Yes a moderately fuzzy photo can be enhanced but unfortunately if the visual information is not there in the first place then what you want is digital “painting”, not restoration.

Almost anthing! I will tell you honestly what can be done and am happy to give a no-obligation quote on viewing the original file or photo. Your photos may be faded, torn, perhaps they have a colour shift – blue, red or orange. Perhaps there is an unwanted item in the background, or even an unwanted person in the photo, or you may wish to have a person added in! Spots and wrinkles can be erased, teeth can be whitened, a dark photo can be made brighter.

Not at all, the photograph is scanned to obtain the digital image and will always be returned to the client in safe condition.

A digital image is recorded of the orignal photograph, most usually by a scanner, and then the digital image is manipulated via software on the computer to repair damage or to enhance or change some aspect of the image.