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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.

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Bring old photos back to life

Torn, faded, scratched, blurry, or only a picture of a picture on a phone. Upload it and see it restored in about a minute. Like it? Download it. Not quite? Try again, free.

  • Tears & creases
  • Scratches & stains
  • Fading
  • Blur
  • Black & white to color
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Before: a torn, stained old print of three men in hats outside a wooden house After: the same three men, restored in full color
Before: an old photo of two children, photographed off a tablet screen After: the two children by a brick fireplace, restored in color
Before: a faded, reddish studio portrait of a man After: the same portrait with its true colors and detail back
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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

Before and after

Real photos, really restored

Before: a torn, stained old print of three men Before
After: the three men restored in full color After
Torn, creased and stained, to full color
Before: a black and white family photo printed in an old book Before
After: the family restored in color After
A page in an old book, to a family portrait in color
Before: an old photo of two children, photographed off a tablet screen Before
After: the two children restored in color After
Only a picture of a screen, still restored
Before: a faded, reddish studio portrait Before
After: the portrait with its true colors back After
Faded and red, to true color and detail

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Photo Restoration

$5.00$10.00

  • One photo, restored in about a minute
  • Tears, scratches, fading and blur repaired
  • Black and white to color, 1 free retry
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Past Present Memories

$40.00$50.00

  • One photo
  • A loved one merged into the portrait
  • Up to three people merged
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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 clearest copy you have. A scan is best; a sharp photo of the photo works too.
  • 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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