Photo Enhancement, Retouching

We can enhance photos to provide entirely new effects. Here, Grandpa's neck has more wrinkles than he would like, and there is a distracting background. A photo improvement like this - cropping, a little cosmetic surgery, and adding a vignette - would cost about £10.

(Incidentally, that's John B, your PhotoValet editor-in-chief - with his first grandson peeping over his shoulder.)

And portraits of course aren't always of people. A well-loved family pet deserves a place on the wall. This enhancement was tricky because of the need to create carpet. The cost was £25.

One of those holiday photos that can be improved: cropped, lightened, colours corrected and sky tidied up a bit. Estimated cost: £8.

A very ordinary photo can be turned  into an interesting watercolour or oil portrait. And it will look especially good if printed on canvas.  Estimated Cost: £40 A marvelous surprise present for Christmas, a Birthday or Mother's/Father's Day.