To demonstrate my restoration skills I chose this old picture which was broken and then glued together in a careless way. I virtually cut the picture into separate pieces again, put them in right positions and filled the missing spaces. After that I removed scratching, mold and other damage.
This kind of work I call Major Restoration because it requires applying variety of retouching techniques and takes a lot of time.
If a picture doesn't have such a serious damage and doesn't have missing important parts, I call it Basic or Moderate restoration, depending on the extent of work.

Keep in mind that you don't have to send the original images because I can work with a copy. Restoration work usually takes time and requires great care but can give your treasured old pictures a new life.













In the images below you can see all happy family together. The picture on the left is the original old photo with all the damage.

Firs of all I made a copy to retain the original photo. All my further work was done on the copy.

After completing the black and white image as explained before I lightened it and added contrast. Finally I put some delicate color on faces and hands and colored clothes according to family members' memories. I didn't use colors that are too bright in order to keep the image still looking old.

I hope my work doesn't destroy memories about the time the picture was taken but just refreshes it.