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Contents of this page: Be An Educated Consumer
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Be An Educated Consumer Our service can be compared to the difference between going to an high-end department store and bargain store. Do not compare apples to oranges. When looking at a “photo restoration service or website”, consider the following: Preservation/Conservation Vs. Digital—You may want to restore or preserve the original, then you go to a Preservationist or Conservator, digital is not for you. Digital is less expensive and presents zero risk to the original. With the preservationist, if you don’t like it, there is no turning back. You may want to ask some questions, such as, will I be able to detect the restoration? Will the photograph maintain it's photographic appearance or look like it's drawn in?
Good Clues, For Good Choices— When few photos are displayed in any web site or place of business, this could be a sign that there has not been many restorations worth showing. If you walk into a frame shop, scrapbooking store, camera or photography studio you can bet restoration is not their main focus. Maybe they are not passionate about their site or your photos or that other product is their passion. If turn around time is 2 days or less, it is highly probable that they are outsourcing. Ask if the work is done in-house or do they out source the work, ask to who? You do not want your photos sent via e-mail overseas. The restoration of any image takes time, or even if it is a minor fix it still takes time for the best results, wait for a job well done. It's a huge mistake to choose a restoration service based on price or distance from your home alone. Restoration services located in Mall’s or independent office buildings with many employees, must pass on the over head, advertising and the cost of accepting credit cards expenses onto you. PMP has been in business since 1999 on the praises of clients spreading the word instead of expensive advertising, by keeping all their expenses down and passes the savings onto you.
Armature Vs. Professional—You may know someone that is pretty good with image editing that’s grrrrrrreat. Before you ask them to do you the favor or pay them, first ask them how they acquired their talent and what was their experience with it. One gentle lady said to us at a convention that her husband could do it just as good as a professional. He immediately jumped in and said “Yeah, I did do it and I was very satisfied how it came out. It took so darn long and I was good and sick of it when I was done, I will never do another one. If you have another one in mind, just pay her to do it, it’s worth it.” Consider the friend that may only be qualified for simple repairs and lacks the experience that comes from restoring hundreds of different kinds of damage. Because they are your friend, it is polite to wait when it is convenient for them, they also may take longer for lack of experience or procrastinate because they really didn’t want to do it, it is work, after all. Don’t leave your descendants the work of an armature.
Miscellaneous Benefits—
Original You may be told this photo is not restorable because it too far gone, but that's only because it's not profitable for them to spend too much time on one image, so they discourage you.
Their idea of a restoration. Submitted in resume.
This is not PMP's work!
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This photo speaks a thousand words, about our quality and commitment to the original. The hands still have a photographic appearance, the background looks to be more like what the original appeared to be and the face has not been distorted.
With our photo dating experience we know what is appropriate, for the time period of a photo and colored it accordingly.
Already Had Work Done? Keeping It Real Let us have a look and we can tell you if we could have made it better!
With that said, all things are relative. If the image is important to you, it is worth every attempt to at least restore it to it's original state, even if that state is only repaired and not better than the original. Too often people expect miracles because they have seen a beautiful but damaged photograph restored and made better than the original, not understanding that it was possible because the photograph was a quality image to start with. We tell you all this upfront, there are zero surprises.
This image was done by another company. The client was not happy. The damage is gone but the eyes have changed, she doesn't look like herself and they made no attempt to fix her collar. Simply put this image has been OVERWORKED.
The image below is our interpretation of the same image.
This looks more like the tiny
original, minus the damage!
If your photo is as damaged as this, read on click here. Takes you to Estimate Guide.
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Be An It's a huge mistake to choose a restoration service based on price or distance from your home alone.
Compare apples to apples.
(read pros and cons of each)
With Photographs
Scrapbooking Inspirations and Solutions Handling and Storage of Photographic Materials Image Editing Consultant Since 1999!
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Last Update Rev. 03/09/13
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Happy to say there
were no challenges in 2004 - 2009 -
2010 -2012 worst than the years displayed here.
Both
fruit but very different
This
photo (below) was submitted to us by someone looking for work. What
they did was, erase the damage away, draw in what was lost, loosing the
photographic appearance. The hands and face look like a
drawing. This cuts down on the time but takes away the charm of the
original. This artist did not meet Photos Made Prefect's standards.
This
is the original. It is not a great candidate for restoration because it is only
2x2 inches, not in focus and covered with tiny cracks and grime. Enlarging
it to be able to see it better is desirable but comes at a price. It takes more
time patience and skill so that you don't see the work that has been done.
When it is completed, what you have is a restored version of a poor quality
image. So the out-come is more time and money spent for the 
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