TUCSON PHOTO RESTORATIONS

The process of repairing old photos is something I enjoy. I love the expressions my customers give me, when they see the treasured photos, they had just about given up on, have been given new life.

CREDENTIALS: I started digital editing work twelve years ago. I hated having to pay my photo lab the exorbitant fees, whenever a correction needed to be made to one of my images. So I acquired the necessary software and equipment and learned to do it myself. At this time, photography was done, primarily with slide (positive transparency) or negative film. If an image needed editing, I would scan the slide or negative to create a digital copy.

By 2005, most photographers, professional and amateur alike, made the transition from film to digital. As a professional photographer, in order to provide my clients with the quality product they expect, it is imperative to devote a *significant amount of time in the digital darkroom. (*That has always been the one big drawback to digital photography.) After photographing a wedding, I typically spend anywhere from twenty to fifty hours editing the resulting images.

The point of all this is, that I have literally spent thousands of hours, making digital corrections and alterations to images. As most people can attest to, if you spend that much time doing anything, you become rather efficient at what you do. Eleven years ago, when a woman brought in the torn and faded print of two baby children (seen on the right) it took me nearly four hours to do the digital repair work. Today, I can do the same thing in about twenty minutes.

What this all translates into for you, the customer, is SAVINGS, more production and less cost.

• PHOTO REPAIR ~ Print Repair of Old, Faded or Damaged Photographic Prints
  If it can be restored, I can do it.
  
  The old or damaged print is scanned and a digital copy is created. The original print is returned to you. Digital corrections are made to the digital file.

  After completion, we can make prints from the new file and or provide you with just the digital file. Prices vary according to the amount of work required to correct the print. Get a quote.
  
  

• DIGITAL CONVERSIONS

  From Positve Transparency, Negative or Print to Digital Files.
  Digital Conversions differ from PHOTO REPAIR, in that all we are doing is creating a digital file from your prints or negatives. Although your prints may have flaws, no editing work is performed. Slight adjustments are made to color, brightness and contrast, but that is it. ( You can always have editing work done, at a later date, For now, you just want to record and preserve the information that still exists on the prints.)

  Why would you want to have this done?

  ~ Preserve Your Photos for Posterity
  For one, it is the most foolproof way of preserving your most cherished photos. Most people have an archive of old family photographs that have been passed on from one generation to the next. The quality of these prints will continue to deteriorate over time. They fade, become yellow and eventually loose important detail, that can not be recovered. If you still have negatives, that have been kept in good condition, you may be okay for a while. If you do not have negatives, then having digital conversion made is the way to go.
  
  ~ Saves on Printing Cost
  Another boon to having digital copies made is that it cost less to produce prints from digital files. Where negative film is slowly being fazed out, finding a photo lab that will produce prints from negatives has become more difficult and expensive.
  
  ~ Digital Files Have More Inherent Uses
  Now, you can put the images on Facebook, have a digital album made for your parents, you can do a number of things, that you could not do before.

• BASIC PHOTO IMAGE EDITING - Special Request
  I do standard image editing as well.
  
  If you can think it, I can probably do it. Some requests, like swapping heads, fixing glare in eye glasses are usually easy fixes. Other request, like changing backgrounds will take more time. What is your request?
  
  

Get A Price Quote - There are 3 ways to do it.

• CALL TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT: If you live in the Tucson, Marana or Oro Valley area, all you have to do is call (520-744-2067) to set up an appointment to show your images. I will provide you with an on-the-spot assessment of the repair cost. PLEASE ~ NO UNANNOUNCED or DROP BY VISITS! ( I work from a home/office.)

• SEND ME AN EMAIL: If you only have a few images you want estimates for, send an email and attach digital samples of each image.

• SHIP IT TO ME: If you can not generate digital files, ship your prints or negatives to me. * Click here for shipping details and instructions.