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Originally Posted by Steep
Hello there 
photo restoration can be very rewarding can't it? |
Well, yes it can, but unfortunately everyone and his brother seems to be doing it these days and there are some pretty shocking examples around that people have paid good money for. It's had an inevitable effect on prices, with these people tending to undercut everyone.
If you're really interested, you'll find the biggest problem is you simply wont have access to enough damaged photos to get the practice you need. The only answer really is to let friends and relatives know you'll do them for free for the practice. Even then it doesn't really prepare you for when you 'go public ,for some of the slowly disintegrating tatty pics that people bring you!
There's a definite stage beyond which the restoration shouldn't really be attempted, and sometimes you simply have to advise people that that is the case. Unfortunately it's often the only pic they have of their Dad or whoever, and then I'm a bit of a soft touch, but you're on dodgy ground, if it works - great, if it doesn't, you're putting dodgy work out and your reputation suffers.
There isn't much that can't be done to be honest, but damage to faces where features are partly obliterated are very dodgy, you literally have to 'paint' the missing bits in. If it looks like Great Uncle Albert - fantastic! If it doesn't - you're a crap restorer. :lol: