Restoration & alteration

Images with washed out colors don't have to be all washed up!

Faded color prints can be restored to their original looks

Scratched old prints can be cleaned up and given back some contrast

Original snapshot - distracting background, grainy, blah

Color balance and distracting background removal make a portrait from a snapshot

High key color-enhanced version of the image

Two great smiles, but in two different shots (same time and setting)

Composite image of the two best poses

$Remove the grain without losing important image details\nNo plastic-looking faces!$

Even a severely faded & scratched image can be restored to make a pleasing print

Mother and her children at the beach, England, early 1930s

Faded, mottled family portrait from the early 1950s restored & repaired

Nice portrait, but the office window doesn't look very corporate

A new view gives the portrait a completely different feel

Even fine hair details are maintained over the new background

Portrait with various blemishes and noticeable crow's feet, laugh lines, etc.

Teeth even, blemishes removed and lines softened

Go for an almost soft focus look and smooth out the skin

Tone down the effects of aging without looking unnatural

Fantasy image created from a "plain" portrait

Portrait from which the fantasy was created

Charming chaos of an English cottage garden in summer

Copyright © Monday, March 10, 2008, Jo Ann Snover