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New Premium Top Quality Photographically Printed Photobooks

15 June 2018

Do you have a precious family photo album that is falling to pieces or a large quantity of great family photographs that are buried in a cupboard or the attic?

New albums that will last… Let me put together for you your own personalised seamless lay-flat premium photo book album and create for you a unique keepsake that you and your relatives will treasure forever!

I can help you at every stage of the process, including scanning your photographs, optimising them to reduce fading and correct the colours, putting the photo book together with titles and captions and even sending you an online virtual proof of the book, for you to approve before it’s printed. See below for the best way top approach this – it’s not as daunting as some think!

Our new lay-flat premium photo book offers a truly professional finish. The photo books are photographically printed on heavy weight 440gsm photographic lustre paper and then sewn bound for added permanence. The outer cover can also be printed and then laminated for protection. This is a substantial book that far superior to many other photobooks you may have seen.
The seamless lay-flat albums use a unique stitched binding which allows for the continuous flow of images over a spread, with no central image loss.

Comparison of conventional photobook print and our photographic print quality

Seamless lay-flat stitched binding

Also available is a black faux leather presentation box, ideal if the photo book is being given as a gift.

When completed, I’m sure you’ll agree it will have been well worth the effort and, I can say that with no exceptions, our photobooks are always highly appreciated by all and they last indefinitely and so can also be thought of as an heirloom.

So take the first step now! I think it’s easiest to proceed in stages and this is how I recommend going about it:

Get all the photographs in one place
Make a specific time to sit and go through them to separate the worthwhile ones from the not so worthwhile/duplicates/irrelevant ones
Put them in to some kind of order – the order is not critical as it’s very easy to change the order at a later stage
Deliver them or pend them to me by recorded delivery so I can scan them all in high resolution
I will then send you a link to the optimised images, each will have a reference number
Adjust the order for photographs to go into photobook
I will send you a link with the photographs in the corrected order
Note captions for photos or groups of photos and send to me in an email,Word document or Excel spreadsheet
When photobook is put together you will see a ‘virtual book’ on line for checking and approval
Order your photobook

Other elements of the photobook to consider:

Whether you’d like the book to have a black or white cover and pages
The front cover photograph
The front cover title
Page 1 photograph
Page 1 title/introduction

If there are various family members interested in such a project, it is a good idea to share the cost of the project so each person gets a finished photobook and cost of production of the book is divided.

I hope this is helpful – don’t hesitate to call me on 01825 740986 to discuss further or if you need any further information.

I can guarantee that the completed photobook will be something that you’ll be very glad you went to the effort when completed.

Here is the link to costs of photobooks

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100 Year Old Photograph Tells 1000 Words

Posted by Richard Haines on

30 May 2018

A photo tells a 1000 words….

A much faded photo in an old album of photographs of a child born in April 1918 shows that little girl, Hylda, clutching a much loved toy monkey
called Jacko.
Hylda gazed at the photo and recalled that as a small child she listened to the minister of her church in Kingkerswell urging all the children to give a treasured toy as a present to children who would otherwise not receive a Christmas toy. Full of good intentions Hylda gave Jacko away.

Her feelings of good will and self sacrifice lasted a day after which she spent many hours in tears for the loss of her beloved Jacko! Imagine her delight when the beautifully restored photo of Hylda and Jacko came as a special birthday card celebrating her 100th birthday…

Hylda enjoyed wonderful celebrations with her family, and friends and the story of Jacko was once again shared! The photo and the many others now restored remain as memories for
both Hylda and her family

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Tags : 100 year birthday, family history, Genealogy, history, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo repair, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Restoring Your Old Photographs

12 Ways To Make The Most of Your Photos

Posted by Richard Haines on

5 May 2018

I don’t know about you, but I love this time of year. Longer days, sunny mornings, colour reappearing in the garden. And then there is the spring cleaning of course…

You’d be surprised (or perhaps not) at how often this leads to new conversations around old photos; a box recovered from the back of a dusty cupboard or the damp corner of a loft often leads to the rediscovery of old pictures and memories. With spring being all about new starts and rejuvenation, what better time to breathe new life into something so valuable?

This is why I’ve created a new brochure to share with you. It’s a light read – with photographs designed to show you not only how your pictures can be saved; but what we can do to enhance them or turn them into new forms of enjoyment, such as our new seamless lay-flat Photobooks or large sized canvasses.

Click here to look at, or download the new brochure

I’d love to hear what you think of the brochure and invite you to get in touch if you need help with saving your precious photographs. The brochure covers a lot but not all of what we can do, so feel free to give me a call anytime even if it is simply for some advice.

Here’s to spring (and not so much cleaning)

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Tags : ancestry, Photo Editing, photo restoring, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching

V-Bomber Refueling Lightnings Above Niagra Falls – Colourised Photograph

Posted by Richard Haines on

1 March 2018

This fantastic photograph of a Victor V Bomber refueling English Electric Lightnings over the Niagara Falls is one that I had the pleasure to restore and colourise recently. I found the correct colouring of all the aircraft from technical drawings I found on Google Images.

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Tags : manipulation, mid air refueling, Niagra Falls, Photo Editing, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Restoring Your Old Photographs, Richard Haines, Victor V Bomber

4 Photo Panoramic Scene Merged and Restored

Posted by Richard Haines on

22 August 2017

I received this photograph as four photographs stuck together and folded as that was the best way with the technology of the time. When it was restored I printed a 40inch wide print.

Here’s the story….

“The Cuillins is a range of rocky mountains located on the Isle of Skye, we spent many happy family holidays on Skye when I was a child and my Dad, George Smith who was a very talented amateur photographer, spent years perfecting his panorama of “the Cuillins” as we used to call them, he unfortunately passed away in 2015 and we recently went through some of the many images he had painstakingly crafted over the years, including this one which was in fairly bad condition having been folded up & stored in a box in a damp sitting room in a French Farmhouse for the last 10 years; I love this image as it brings back so many wonderful memories of my Dad and the fun we used to have on Skye in the shadow of the Cuillin, I am so grateful to Richard for the amazing restoration and for enabling such a precious memory to be recovered and displayed once again in its full glory.”

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Tags : manipulation, merging old prints, panorama print restored, Photo Editing, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Restoring Your Old Photographs

Fascinating Photograph During the Blitz – London 1940

Posted by Richard Haines on

8 August 2017

My customer Karen E tells the story of this (now restored) photograph

“This photograph was taken on a day when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Poplar during the Blitz. My father as a boy is standing in the right upper window with his mum on his right and his best friend beside him.

My father remained in Poplar throughout the war with his father who was a stevedore in the docks and his mother who was a seamstress. Their house suffered damage in the war when an incendiary device came through the roof and landed on his parent’s bed, luckily it did not ignite and they managed to wrap it in the bedding and throw it out of the window!”

Here’s the original photograph I received:

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Tags : Blitz, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Poplar, restoration, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching

Disintegrating Photograph Restored

Posted by Richard Haines on

6 August 2017

I recently received this photograph which had been kept in a photo frame and the entire top surface of the photo had come away from its paper backing and so the image consisted of a large number of very frail flakes that would have blown away in the slightest draught!

It was an important photo and so I was able to digitally painstakingly put it back together and with the help of two other photographs from the same customer I as able to use the persons eyes and add a complete dog!

Here’s the finished photo:

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Tags : damaged photo, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo repair, Photo Retouching, photo stuck to glass, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching

Customer Reaction to The Photobook Provided by Photographs Forever

Posted by Richard Haines on

9 June 2017

We are increasingly asked to provide our new lay-flat photobooks by people who have a collection of photographs that they want to both preserve and also share with others. Here is the feedback we received from Harry W when he received his photobook.

“I had been waiting for a long time to get my photographs of a wonderful trip to the Middle East put into a photobook but, as there were some 100 photographs, I really had no idea how best to deal with it.

I then had some photographs restored by Richard and they were so impressive that I asked him if he could make the book for me. He went to as great deal of trouble to send me miniature sheets of the photographs so that I could choose what to use and what to leave out, what I wanted to print as large copies and those that could be best fitted in as smaller ones.

When I received the final book, I was delighted and described the whole exercise as a masterpiece. It will be a family heirloom and a joy to continue to look at.”

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Tags : family album, family history, family photograph album, lay-flat photobook, Photo Editing, photobook, photobook production, photograph album, photograph editing, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Restoring Your Old Photographs

One of the Best Ways to Enjoy Your Precious Photographs

Posted by Richard Haines on

22 February 2017

Photographs are by far the best way you have to remember your own special times and your family history. Have you got a collection of really special photographs that stay tucked away and that you never look at?

Here’s a perfect way for you to easily change that. Let me put together for you your own personalised lay-flat photo book album and create for you a unique keepsake that you will treasure forever!

I can help you at every stage of the process, including scanning your photographs, optimising them to reduce fading and correct the colours, putting the photo book together with titles and captions if required and even sending you an online virtual proof of the book, for you to approve before it’s printed.

Our new lay-flat premium photo book offers a truly professional finish. The photo books are digitally printed on heavy weight 216gsm premium silk paper and then sewn bound for added permanence. The outer cover can also be printed and then gloss laminated for protection. This is a substantial book that far superior to many other photobooks you may have seen.

The lay-flat albums use a unique hinge which allows for the continuous flow of images over a spread, with almost no central image loss.

Also available is a black tissue-lined presentation box, ideal if the photo book is being given as a gift.

You will then have a wonderful photographic record of all your memories to enjoy and share with others as well as something that will last forever.

So take the first step now! Look out those precious photographs and select the ones that will go in your photo book and get in touch with me by phone or email if you have any queries or anything you’d like to discuss in more detail.

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The Importance of a Memoir

Posted by Richard Haines on

17 January 2017

Over recent months I have been restoring photographs for my customer Irene Boocock. It soon became clear that Irene was working on her memoir for her family and she got in touch when she had finished it by the Christmas deadline to let me have the reactions from the family and herself when it was completed.

Here’s what she sent me:

I have always thought of writing about my early life as a legacy for my children. I regret not asking my mother more questions about her childhood and that I didn’t find out more about the short time my parents had together before he was lost at sea while serving on the Arctic Convoys. Like others considering writing about their life, there were always reasons for me to put this off. However, I finally began preparing notes and tentatively made a start on the first draft. After gathering lots of photographs together to scan onto my writing, I realised I would need help as many were damaged and faded. This is where Richard came into the project, employing his expertise and restoring treasured photographs beautifully. The first one he restored was a very early photograph of myself which had suffered much damage over the years having been folded in half, sellotaped together and with several tears and scratches. I couldn’t believe the transformation Richard achieved and over the next months, there followed more restorations, each one securing a place in the memoir. A very special one was the photograph he created, from two separate images, of my parents as we had never seen one of them together.

I am so pleased with my completed book, happy in the knowledge that my early life is preserved for my children and grandchildren and in the process, I have paid tribute to my parents. There is no doubt that the restored photographs – courtesy of Richard’s dedication and undoubted expertise – add so much to the story of my early life. To anyone thinking about writing a memoir, I would encourage you to make a start as the rewards are so worth the time and effort. At Christmas I gave out copies of my memoir to my family and the response was truly overwhelming. I would also wholeheartedly recommend asking Richard to restore your faded/damaged photographs to enhance and safeguard those frozen precious moments from your past. Good Luck!

This was very gratifying for me to receive and I can only encourage everyone to make the time and take the effort to ask questions of relatives about family history so the stories are not lost forever. I hear this so often “If only I’d asked my parents about their early life and who is in all these old photographs” is something I hear a lot and have actually said myself.

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Tags : auto biography, documents, Family Tree, Memoir, old photographs, personal history, personal memoir, Photo Restoration, repaired photographs, treasured fading photos

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