Old Photo Restoration

Yesterday I finally had an opportunity to catch up on some errands I've been wanting to make for many months. One of them included getting some composites framed. While I was in there, a couple came in with a photograph from 1947 that had her dad and i think an aunt and uncle in it. Her question to the framery was if they knew of a place that could make copies of this old photograph that was I think 7 by 18 or some odd size. The framery made some calls and said that a local photographer takes larger prints to a place in Nashville. He could pick it up from the framery, and take it with him, and call them with a quote. They said they dont live here, they are visiting family, and would need it all done by next Friday.
I knew I didn't have a lot more to do, so I offered an alternative for them. I told them they could follow me to my studio so that the photograph never leaves their possession. I would take pictures of it with my mega-camera, and then I'd also clean it up for them since it had several scratches and creases in it. I could have it done in a few hours. It would be an interesting project for me. The finished file ended up being i think 40x20ish so plenty big for them to get copies made the original size - and it should look the same except that I cleaned it up, evened the black/white tone, and cropped out the uneven border. Although it is by no means perfect, I think I did a pretty good job!
Here is the big picture:

This was the hardest section for me to clean up - so its really not great, but better than the original.


The sweaters here were in pretty rough shape:


The grass wasn't too hard and I think the shoes came out okay:


This part was interesting:



So - I'm hoping they will contact me when they get prints made and let me know how it has turned out. I hope they will be pleased with it.


Also updated now is the latest wedding. Amanda and Aaron were great to work with and their families were very cooperative. They have a family tradition of going "too far" (according to some) with decorating the vehicles - but I was also told that they were being kind this time. You should have heard some of the stories from the past! whew! Anyway - here is a short slideshow I put together from their wedding on May 31st.
And if you haven't been to the albums page on my site, I also have a slideshow from Sarah and Martin's Wedding at Cedarwood. Cedarwood was a nice location. I loved the old truck, the red barn, and the antique couch in the yard.

Let me know what you think!