Photo enhancements are having photographs touched up with
such things as softening lines under the eyes, the face and neck, removing blemishes,
scars and moles as desired, removing glass glare, remove glare on the face and
forehead, removing stray hairs, removing braces, whitening teeth, straightening
and removing gaps in teeth, whitening the whites of the eyes and increasing
the colour saturation of the iris of the eye. Make your special photos into
a treasure you only dreamed of, just imagine the possibilities.
Photo Retouching is deleting unwanted detail; sharpen, brighten, or darken images;
fading edges or adding a frame; adding text above, below or on image.
Special Effects & Enhancements - Enhancements or special effects can give photos
a unique look as well as provide stunning illusions. We can add special matting
to your photos, change entire backgrounds, add objects, remove objects, create
greetings, colour a black and white photo, greyscale a colour photo and more!
Combine individual pictures into reunion type settings
Photo manipulation can be such things as swapping heads, removing and/or adding people, removing items in the background, and even completely changing the background, moving people around,
How about doing home renovations or additions? What to get an idea what it may look like after? With an original photo and suggestions of what you are looking to do, we can make the additions or renovations (if possible) to give you a little idea what it may look like. If we come and take the before pictures we can probably make a more realistic change.
Restorations - Photo damage can vary from a small scratch or
blemish to a completely torn photo and everything in between. In most cases,
your photos can be digitally restored. We can repair tears, cracks, creases,
faded photos, exposure problems, mildew, water damage, spots, stains, red eye,
blemishes and more. Usually the only photos that can't be restored are those
that are so faded that they are barely visible, or those photos which are almost
totally black.
Parts missing from the photo such as a shoulder, arm, etc.
Remove Backgrounds! Combine Photos! Enhanced Photos! Imagination Photos! Restored Photos! Renovations Photos!
Things to keep in mind when deciding what you want done:
1) What do you want done to the photo?
2) Do you want a colour photo changed to black and white?
3) Do you want a colour or black and white photo changed to Sepia which provides a dated or old-fashioned look?
4) Do you want the photo cropped to concentrate on a specific area?
5) Do you want to sharpen or blur the images?
6) Do you want the unwanted redeye effect reduced?
With our ability and experience we manipulate the digital images by using several techniques.
1) Cropping - this is where a portion of the photograph or image is retained and everything outside the selected area is ignored. This could also be putting a studio like "fuzziness" around the image.
2) Colour Balance - the ability to adjust the hue, saturation, lightness and contrast of the image.
3) Blur or Sharpen - where the image has either a reduced amount of detail or an increased amount of detail.
4) Despeckle - this is the removal of dust spots or a scratch by having the computer adjust the image so that the area is the same as what surrounds it.
5) Sepia or Black-and-White Scanning services including sophisticated anti-moiré filtering.
6) Electronic photo repair and/or manipulation. Amazing effects are the order of the day.
7) Restore those treasured photos or change a photo to your specifications; i.e., eliminate people or other items, etc.
We offer services to copy, repair, and save your photographs on a 3.5 diskette, (and/or print out you photographs onto quality Kodak® paper.) We also format all photographs into your choice of formats, for Internet use, offering popular viewing formats of .tiff, .gif, .jpg, and .bmp, all of which is your choice at no extra charge.
Our Image Enhancement Service can bring out the best in your
special photos. We restore damaged pictures, add colour to Black & White photos,
and remove distracting backgrounds to create a more classic portrait. We can
even combine separate photographs!
Your photos can now reflect the past as brightly as you remember it. Make your
special photos into a treasure you only dreamed of, just imagine the possibilities.
PRICES: (Are not written in stone, meaning subject to an agreement made between ourselves and the client.)
Retouching-A photograph that is in relatively good condition,
needing one or more compositional changes and/or enhancements.$39.00.
Restoration-A photograph that has been damaged by a fire, flood, hurricane,
tornado or other unforeseen disaster; poor storing and preservation (or lack
there of), or carrying the picture in your wallet for 20 years. Your photograph
will fall under one of three categories depending on the amount damage that
will need repair. $39.00, $59.00, $89.00.
Manipulating/Alternate Reality-This photograph has a person (s )or object that
you wish to have removed, added or replaced. This includes replacement of entire
background and altered reality compositions. $49
Composting-This photograph will is the result of two or more combined photographs.
Great for those small photographs you have been carrying in your wallet for
20 or 30 years. Please note that photographs submitted for montage may also
require restoring or retouching. Colorizing is an additional option. $39.00.
Colorizing-Adding colour to a black and white photograph. We will add colour
to all or only specific items in your photograph. How about decolourizing a
colour photograph with the exception of several key object to get an artistic
masterpiece. Please note that photographs submitted for colorizing may require
restoring or retouching. $39.00.