Photo Restoration...Why I started Restoring Photos for Fun and Some Profit

You've seen the before and after photos of photo restorations...and you wonder how it is done.

First, you just have to have an interest.  There are lots of helpful sites out there to teach you exactly what to do for every type of damage.  I personally got started because my wedding pictures were sitting in a book on the floor next to the kitchen.  When the dishwasher leaked, the water made its way to my wedding pictures.  Horrified, I called my insurance agent who did not have anyone to send me to. 

So I got busy...really busy...and started working on them myself.  I started with a wonderful program called Paint Shop Pro...it was about 99.00 and it taught me how to use the tools of the trade so to speak.  I did some that were too good and they were scary...then I learned how to use the "back" key and take an honest look from beginning to end on what I had done "to" the picture. I advanced to PhotoShop and taught myself using the many books that are available out there for do-it-yourself-ers.  Thousands of restorations later, I still am learning new ways to improve pictures and discovering the incredible depth of tools that are available in PhotoShop.

I know that some people want to know how to do this themselves and will go and get the free software that is available on the web and tutorials from YouTube.  If you want to learn how to do this for your own enjoyment and enlightenment, I recommend you do so.  It is indescribably rewarding to fix something that is really wrecked up!  You may get so hooked on it that you start begging friends and relatives to let you take down their faded photos on their walls to fix them for free like I did.  Once you figure out how to improve a photo that is turning red or just fading away, you will be hooked like I am.....It's ok, though because there are a lot of pictures out there that are going away and so little time.

If you want instant gratification and want to spend a little money to get it done now, there are many professionals out there.  If an affordable price is as important as quality, you will love working with me.  I have lots of satisfied customers and return business because I value the trust people have in me an I am passionate about my work.  

That desire to satisfy customers and preserve memories is what sets me apart from other photo restorers.  I don't need to get rich off your photo restoration...there are amazing rewards in doing the right thing for a reasonable cost.

Enough about me...what have you got that I can help you with?