Photo Restoration and Repair
Welcome to PhotoValet's photo restoration London operations in Kensington, and also in Spain, servicing the Marbella to Estepona region. We bring your family memories back to life as we fix old photos that have become damaged or faded over the years. Send a photo by email or by post to get a free photo restoration quotation, without commitment, to see how easily and cheaply it can be done.
You can talk to me, John, (PhotoValet's team leader) about your photos by emailing me. I will be very happy to give you photo restoration advice at no charge. Or we could talk on Skype - but email me first to arrange it.
This is me at the recent 'Who Do You Think You Are Live' exhibition at Olympia. I am making good use of proven technology (the old ways are often the best !) to advise a customer on restoring a photo of her ancestors.
We will give you a firm quotation before starting work. We send you a proof of the restored image. And you only pay once you are happy with the restored photo.
Photos like this that have a scratch in a place that is not too difficult to repair can be restored for about £10 to £15 depending on the amount of work to be done. A single blemish might only cost £5.
This photo of a fine soldierly grandfather
had very nearly faded away entirely but
PhotoValet was able to rescue it for
posterity, to the joy of the family.
It was a time-consuming restoration. For
a restoration like this, you can expect the
restoration cost to be about £50-£60
Photos often need to be restored because
of faded colours. If the fading is evenly spread
over the photo, the restoration is cheaper than
if areas have faded different amounts. The
cost might be in the range of £15 to £30.
In addition to having faded colours,
the composition of this photo was
poor, so we added some more
landscape above Dad's head.
We can restore photos like this
for about £20 to £30.Some photos involve a fairly major photo restoration and could cost from £30 to £70, depending on how many parts are to be restored:
If you have been following the BBC television genealogy series: "Who Do You Think You Are ?" and saw the programme dedicated to the family roots of Kim Cattrall (acclaimed star of Sex And The City), you will recognise this wedding photo. Both 'before' and 'after' versions of the photo appeared in the programme. PhotoValet was pleased to do the necessary restoration.
(You will see that the bride's face has not been restored. It would have been technically possible to "paint" in a face, but since no other photo of the bride was available, this would have involved guesswork that the progamme producers did not want. So the bride remains modestly hidden behind her veil !)
In the Pink !
A restoration does not
have to stay with the original
colours. Sometimes a little
creativity works wonders.
There were lots of small
scratches on this photo
so the restoration cost £40.
See MORE PHOTO RESTORATION EXAMPLES.
Do your photo restoration now - before the photos deteriorate even more. It's best to restore photos before you store them for future generations - your genealogy efforts will be appreciated in years to come.To fix old photos, restore photos, enhance photos, merely digitize photos, or if you have any questions on our digital photo restoration London, UK or Marbella service or photo enhancement, then please contact us:
To have a photo restored or enhanced, go to the Order & Pay page for detailed instructions. It covers the whole process from getting a quotation, to receiving back your enhanced photos, and making payment. But you can be assured that you will not pay anything until you have seen a proof version of the improved photos and you are happy with the result.
