Photo Restoration

This is only listed as a service that is available, not meant to be an endorsement.

Len Reinker
I have a great deal of experience with digital photograph restoration and because of my experience with portrait painting and drawing, I can offer results superior to what many photograph studios can provide (since most photo restoration services employ technicians with only a background in photography... and the results can be comparatively amateurish). Digital restoration is more akin to portrait and life painting... particularly when the damage involves the face and figure... which is what matters most for good restoration results).

As far as my background, I have both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Fine Art (BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Ohio University) and have taught life drawing at both Kent State University and Ohio University... as well have having many years experience working with Adobe Photoshop and other specialized digital editing programs.

In the case of my service and work, a potential customer can simply send me a JPEG scan of their photograph for an estimate (and references). If the estimate is acceptable they can either mail a high resolution scan of the original photograph saved to CD-Rom in TIFF format, or mail the original photograph to me for scanning (I can provide special shipping container designed to secure and protect photographs during shipping). In either case, the original photograph will not be altered (Note: in cases where the original photograph is sent in, it is returned to the customer as soon as it is digitally scanned and saved... before any restoration work is actually begun).

Then, after making the necessary repairs to the scanned image of the original photograph, I provide a "watermarked proof" of the restored photograph via e-mail for final customer approval. Once approval is made and my payment received, I send out the restored photographic print(s) and a CD containing scans of the original and the restored version that they can use for home use or future professional printing.