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Restoring faded photographs

It’s common for old photos to fade with age. They take on an unappealing yellow tinge and lose their vibrancy. Often a favourite photo will be on display in a photo frame and over time will fade in the sunlight.

For this type of damage more than any other we strongly recommend sending the original to us. Our specialist scanning software can detect the smaller changes in tone and extract the maximum amount of detail and contrast. This level of contrast enhancement is likely to reveal further damage as all the small flaws – spots, dirt, stains, etc. – become visible. So there may be more work involved than initially thought.

For faded colour photos the sunlight reacts to the chemicals/dyes in the print and often damages the blue or red “layer” more. This leads to strong colour casts; an overly red looking image for example. If the photo is very faded then the colour information may be too damaged to recover. In this case we can provide a monochrome image or offer you our colour tinting service..

Fixing an old yellowed photograph

Fixed after photograph
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The unappealing yellow tinge to this old photo is fixed along with crease, spot & finger print marks and new sepia prints provided.

Album: Restoring faded photographs

Restoring a very badly faded photograph

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This photo had faded very badly and had significant damage to the left side. We recovered what detail we could and set about restoring it. We added a new background rather than attempting to mend what was there to keep costs down.
restored very badly faded
Album: Photograph Manipulation Restoring faded photographs

1900s group photo needing stains repairing

repaired old photo
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Bringing back the contrast also enhanced all the stain spots and scratches which took some time to repair.
Album: Remove mould, spotting & stain damage Restoring faded photographs
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Customer Testimonials

I am delighted with the finished result: you turned a tatty photocopy of a lost, but much-treasured photograph into a beautiful image indistinguishable from the original. Your fees, which were very reasonable, were agreed in advance and your communications throughout were excellent. I have no hesitation in recommending your company unreservedly.
Anna KnowlesPowys, Wales
Thankyou very much for the restoration & enlargements of my old black & white photo. I’m thrilled to bits with them & will be returning to you for future service. With much appreciation.
Maria RathboneCalveley, Cheshire
The restored photographs and our original print arrived in the post this morning and we are delighted with the result. We did have some concerns about sending our irreplaceable print to you for treatment, but you did everything you promised and we now have prints that look just as good as the original would have done when first processed – 39 years ago – In addition, we have the digital copy which can be stored and used as required. …
Ron LeeYateley, Surrey
Thank you so much it is absolutely amazing!!!!! So so cheap for what you have been able to achieve and the memories you have been able to restore.
Victoria WalkeDerby
I have shown the restored photograph to my mother. She is absolutely delighted with it. The original photograph had sat in an open frame on a bookshelf for more than forty years. As well as having been torn, virtually all the colour had disappeared and a number of blemishes were visible. Restoration was way beyond anything I could achieve with standard scanner software and Photoshop Elements. The finished result is amazing. What is part…
Peter HowellsTamworth

Repair Types

  • Repairing scratches, tears and creases
  • Restoring faded photographs
  • Mending torn-up photos
  • Recreating missing parts
  • Remove mould, spotting & stain damage
  • Fixing pictures stuck to glass
  • Enlarging & enhancing small images
  • Miscellaneous
  • Photograph Manipulation

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