Past & Present Portraits

Restoring the past. Completing the present.

Photo restoration, colourisation, and bringing the people who should have been in the picture into it.

Don't let your most precious memories fade away

Old photographs fade, crease and tear, and some of the people who matter most never got to be in the picture at all. I restore damaged prints, bring black-and-white photos into natural colour, and carefully place loved ones who have passed into the family portraits they belong in. Every image is worked on by hand, one photo at a time, so it looks right when it's printed and framed.

Vision

Every family should have a photo of everyone they love, together.

Mission

Repair what time has damaged, and complete the pictures life never let us take.

Motto

Preserving memories, honouring the past.

What I do

Turning ordinary moments into extraordinary art

Vintage restoration

Tears, creases, fading and water damage repaired, so an old print looks the way it did the day it was taken.

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Past & Present merging

A loved one who has passed, placed into a current family portrait — matched for light, angle and grain.

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Colourisation

Black-and-white photographs brought into natural, believable colour.

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  • High-definition sharpening — included in every package
  • Background clean-up — included in every package
  • Print-ready digital files — included in every package

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Three ways in

Essential Restoration

$20.00$25.00

  • One photo
  • Damage repair
  • Sharpening and colourisation
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Premium Timeless Tribute

$125.00$140.00

  • Five photos
  • Mix and match restoration and merging
  • Up to three people merged per photo
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Before you order

  • Send the highest-resolution scan you can. A photo of a photo is rarely enough.
  • Faces that are missing or badly blurred in the original cannot be recovered — I will not invent a face.
  • For merges, choose photos with similar lighting and camera angles.
  • Severe damage limits what is possible.

Preserving memories, honouring the past

Not sure which package fits?

Send me the photo and what you are hoping for, and I will tell you what is possible.

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