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Archive for manipulation

Badly Faded Certificate Saved!

by Richard Haines
30 Oct

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My customer Brian C contacted me to restore his Grandfather’s certificate on which the handwritten personal information had badly faded in the frame.  I asked Brian for the story behind his enquiry and he wrote this back to me –  

“The certificate was presented to my Grandfather, an engine driver at Horsham, Sussex when he retired from British Railways in 1964.

It had hung on the wall in his house for many years, in a frame with no mount or seal and in bright sunlight. The effects of this are clear from the pre-restoration pictures.

When he died in 1982, I was given the certificate, which I had properly mounted and framed, however the damage was already done.

I have looked from time to time for somebody to restore it, however those I contacted all said it was too difficult. I saw your website and what you do, the old telegram being the clue, as most of your work is around photographs and I thought I would contact you to see if you could do anything for me. The answer is plain to see – a beautifully restored certificate, which looks like new, and will grace my wall as a nice reminder of my late Grandfather.”

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Tags : certificate repair, certificate restoration, document repair, document restoration, family history, family name history, Horsham, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo repair, photo restoring, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph Retouching, restoration, Restoring Your Old Photographs

Thought to be Lost – Restored to a Good Result

by Richard Haines
22 Oct

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John, now long retired, and in the centre picture as a boy, had these three photographs of his brother, himself and his dad on his brother’s new motorbike. He the thought the photographs were beyond repair and was absolutely thrilled that I managed to get the photographs to look this good again. I even turned his dad around so they are all facing the same way to go into the frame!

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Tags : family history, Family Tree, history, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Photographs Forever, restoration, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching, Richard Haines

Three Brothers Together at Last in One Photograph

by Richard Haines
02 Oct

My customer John G wanted to get his grandfather with his two brothers together in a single photograph with a Scottish background.

Here are the three individual photographs and below the final result

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Here’s the review John left for me on Yell.com

“Please accept my wonderful thanks for the restored colour job you did to the photo of my late grandfather and his two brothers.
You have done a very professional and absolutely stunning job. You are very talented at what you do.” John G

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Tags : ancestry, editing, family history, Family Tree, free family history, Genealogy, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Photographs Forever, restoration, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching, Richard Haines, the family tree, tracing family records

Precious Photos Brought Back to Life

by Richard Haines
13 Sep

 

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This photograph started out as a faded and dull black and white transparency in a cardboard mount.

My customer Lesley was very pleased with the outcome.

She messaged me:

“I have just received the photos and I am totally delighted. You are so clever I can’t thank you enough. I will be sending you more things through once I have moved house. Please let me know where I can leave a review for your business. As I said previously you take such a chance when choosing a service from the internet and I am so glad I chose you.”

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Tags : black and white slide repair, black and white transparencies, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, restoration, Restoring Your Old Photographs

Restoration of a Section of an Old Photograph

by Richard Haines
22 May

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I found a very small framed old photograph of one of my family members with his family and wanted to see the man more clearly so I restored that section of the photograph that is just (1.5cm x 2.5cm) which I’ve printed A4 and it looks very good! Above is a photograph of the original photo alongside the A4 print. Below is the restored file.

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Tags : ancestry, family, family history, Family Tree, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo repair, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, restoring a section of a photo, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching

Two Recent Photograph Restorations

by Richard Haines
20 Dec

Here are two restorations I completed recently.

A distracting background changed for a more appropriate one 

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….and a very small, badly damaged oval photograph that’s now been printed 12″ x 9″

Here’s what my customer Sheila B said “Thank you Richard for restoring the very old and battered photo of my mum you made a beautiful job of it I’m so thrilled forever grateful”

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Tags : manipulation, new background, Photo Editing, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, replace background, restoration, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching, transform photo

Combining Photos to Create a New Photograph

by Richard Haines
17 Oct
My customer had two photographs of the subject in different uniforms, taken by flash with the camera set to the wrong shutter speed so half of each photo was black.
 
I removed just the subject from each photo, restored the images and then replaced the background in order for the finished article to look more suitable.
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Tags : combining photographs, cut out subject, editing, manipulation, new photo background, Photo Editing, photo montage, photo repair, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, remove photo background, Restoring Your Old Photographs, separate subject

Make Your Favourite Photos Great!

by Richard Haines
23 Jul

Here are a couple of examples of photographs we altered recently to make special photographs even more special.

The photo below was taken in a ski resort but with a fence as a background, I added the ski resort.

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Below are the two original photographs, with favourite photos both with portaloos in the background!

So I took the best portrait of each person and put them together on a background of the favourite walk they used to take together.

A lovely reminder of good times.

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Tags : change photo background, combine photos, manipulation, Photo Editing, photo montage, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, Restoring Your Old Photographs, retouching

Here’s a Different Photograph Idea

by Richard Haines
16 Jul

I recently restored and manipulated an image of Cookie the Pekingese at Crufts so that he could continue to have a presence. 

Here’s the original photograph and the finished version

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Here’s owner Pauline’s story:

Back in January of this year, the day I feared most came along and I had to say goodbye to Cookie after the most amazing 14 years.  Although small in actual size, his presence was huge and the kitchen, despite having other Pekingese around, felt so empty.  I wanted a picture of my boy in his prime, here he is in the show ring at Crufts in 2009 where he was awarded a 2nd place in a very strong class. 

The original photograph had to be cropped a great deal and did not have the resolution I needed for the splash-back project, but with Richard’s magic, he got us there. 

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Now Cookie (or Corges Mr Cocky – his KC Show name) is back in the kitchen, with the vantage point he always wanted, he can see what is cooking!!

 

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Tags : manipulation, Pekingese, Photo Editing, photo restoring, Photo Retouching, photo splashback, photograph editing, photograph manipulation, photograph repair, Photograph Restoration, Photograph restoring, Photograph Retouching, restoration, splashback

100 Year Old Photograph Tells 1000 Words

by Richard Haines
30 May

A photo tells a 1000 words….

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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
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