TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES Ltd UK - Old photo restoration, Old photo repair, Old Photograph restoration, Old photograph repair, Photograph restoration, Photograph repair, photo restoration, photo repair, Restoring photographs, Repairing photographs

faded and spotted outdoor

family group of 1877,

in need of restoration.

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Identification, preservation and restoration of old photographs is important for historians, biographers and genealogists.

A significant part of researching both Local History and Family History is locating contemporary photographs of people, places and things that relate to the project. Photographs make the results of such work more interesting and accessible to others, while preserving for the future rare surviving illustrations of social history. Succeeding generations will inherit not only a written history or family tree but also a unique photographic record. Photo Restoration Service: Inevitably some photographs will need restoration to rectify fading or physical damage. If left unrestored a negative or print may eventually become unrecoverable, denying future generations that vital visual link to their past. Send us your faded, spotted, stained, scratched, torn or degraded photograph and we will bring it back to life, creating for you a restored image derived from negative, slide, print or photo album (black & white, sepia or colour) and preserving that image for the future. If you have such photos, don't delay, please take a look at your old family photographs now.... Photo Restoration Examples

What to send us:

Original photographs should be sent to us protected against water damage in a rigid cardboard-backed sealed envelope, by recorded delivery or registered mail. We will evaluate each photo, giving you our opinion, recommendations and price quotes for different categories of restoration. Should you accept one of our quotes, payment in advance is required. When ordering a photo restoration please remember to request a sufficient number of additional prints, not only for yourself but as gifts for interested relatives. If you have questions, please Contact Us.

What we will do:

On receipt of your quote acceptance we will scan each original photograph at high resolution, promptly returning your originals using a mailing method previously agreed with yourself.

We can restore photographs from negatives, slides or prints (black & white, sepia or colour).

We will not alter or harm your original photographs.

We are usually able to complete restoration work within a few days.

Our prints are produced on high-quality Giclée photographic archive paper, for 100 years fade resistance, in ISO paper sizes A5, A4 or A3+. Please specify Gloss or Matt finish.

As part of each standard restoration and print order you will receive one print of A5 size (or the size of the original photograph if larger than A5, up to our maximum size of A3+). The exact dimensions of the image will vary with the proportions of the original photograph. Additional prints may be ordered.

Restored images are supplied as high-quality digital images, delivered on CD.

Smaller images may be delivered by email where file size permits.

We will provide a fast, friendly, high-quality restoration service.

Photo Restoration Charges vary according to the nature of the restoration - these are typical:

Restoration

Category

Description

Typical Cost (includes scanning

& one A5 print)

A

Light Restoration

(minor damage)

Correction of slight fading and/or removal of a few small scratches or spots. This does not include scratches or spots through the face of any person or subject, or through any area of fine detail.

£10.50

B

Medium Restoration

(moderate damage)

Correction of more severe fading, spotting, scratching and/or tearing of the original print. This does not include scratches through the face of any person or subject, or through any area of fine detail.

£20.00

C

Major Restoration

(excessive damage)

Restoration of a photograph where the image may be badly faded or the original print severely torn with areas missing. There may be scratches, spotting or missing areas through any part of the face of one person or subject, or through a single area of fine detail.

from £35.00

D

Major Restoration +

As for Restoration Category C but with damage to more than one person or subject and/or in several areas of fine detail, where a major rebuild of the original image is required. This restoration is suitable for flood-damaged photographs.

Please note: For flood-damaged photographs, written guarantees confirming that all traces of effluent and debris have been removed must accompany the original images. IF ANY IMAGE HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO FLOOD, THIS INFORMATION MUST BE COMMUNICATED TO THE COMPANY BEFORE SENDING THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH.

from £50.00

Additional prints

Prints are on high-quality Giclée photographic archive paper in ISO "A" series format sizes A5, A4 or A3+. Please specify Gloss or Matt finish.

ISO A5 (148 x 210 mm, 5.83 x 8.27 ins)

ISO A4 (210 x 297 mm, 8.27 x 11.69 ins)

- USA equivalent ANSI A (8.5 x 11.0 ins, 216 x 279 mm)

ISO A3+ (329 x 483 mm, 13.00 x 19.00 ins)

- USA equivalent ANSI B (11.0 x 17.0 ins, 279 x 432 mm)

£5.00

£9.00

£14.00

NOTES:
We offer price discounts for larger quantities of similar work. Postage and packaging may be charged for in addition to the quoted price. To be placed in one of our restoration categories an image does not need to contain all the damage outlined above. Not all images will fit neatly into any one category. All restorations will be discussed with the client prior to work being started. Many original images will benefit from some kind of cleaning before scanning. Water damaged photographs can often be cleansed and restored whilst preserving the original feel and media. Light and shade can be used to increase the impact of a photograph. As in the darkroom, an image can be dodged and burned, the contrast increased or decreased. In the digital darkroom this process may be taken as far as the imagination allows. The resolution of the restored image depends on the quality of the original, different resolutions being used for different levels of restoration. A badly damaged photo requires higher resolution so that the re-building of the image is more effective. Fade restoration requires lower resolution.

Digital Archiving - High Quality Scanning Service:

For those photographs not requiring restoration, it is still important they be scanned and their images saved, because all original photographs fade eventually and potentially could be lost for ever. A stored digital image will save your photographs for posterity, with the additional advantage of being able to easily produce prints of varying sizes when required. To meet this need we offer high-quality scanning of photos and documents for digital archiving.

If you have photographs printed on the smaller sizes of photo paper popular in the 1930s-1950s, these could be given a new life by our scanning service and then printed to a larger size by request. We will be pleased to quote for this service.

Digital Archiving Scanning - Example Charges:

Service	Cost
single scans	£5.00
multiple scans (e.g. scanning a collection of photographs)	please ask for a quotation
Burning scanned images to a CD	£5.00 per CD

NOTES:

We offer price discounts for larger quantities.

The size of high resolution scanned files can be large and unsuitable for delivery by email.

File sizes would not normally be less than 25Mb and major restoration can require 50Mb files.

Delivery by CD is usually recommended.

For further information on any of these services, or if you have questions, please Contact Us