RESTORATIONS

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RESTORATION ARTIST

My strong passion for digital photo restorations started after the Black Saturday fires, when a customer brought in a bag of entirely ruined photos and asked what can be done.

It just shattered me that this smoke damaged, water soaked stack of photos was all she had left of her family history.

Shortly after this event, I had another customer who gave me a shopping bag of what looked like a jigsaw puzzle of little pieces of a photo her child had cut up.

This was the last family photo she had of her other child before he passed away.

Even though it took months, it was restored back to the original and the look on her face when she saw it, to this day it still brings me tears that I could make someone that happy.

So, me being the sentimental person I am, I made it my mission to be able to help people restore the remaining memories of an irreplaceable moment in time.

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Restoration Pricing

Restorations can be as simple as red eye removal or as complex as a photo cut into several pieces, due to this I cannot give out a standard price. These are the starting price for each category of complexity.

All pricing does not include the printing costs.

Basic restorations start at $50

Basic restorations examples:

Red eye removal
Blemish removal
Copying photos/slides/negatives
Scanning images to a standard size.
Adding wider border to make a standard size
Darkening faded images

Intermediate restorations start at $180

Intermediate restorations examples:

Water spots
Slight colour fading
Mould patches
Removing a basic background
Tarnishing
Minor water or moisture damage
ink spots from proof marks (over 100 years old)

Advanced restorations start at $250

Advanced restoration examples:

Torn / Scratched images
Adding a complex background
Adding people to a photo
Photos stuck together
Cut images which need photo extended and recreated
Damaged faces

Extreme restorations start at $500

Extreme restoration examples:

Disintegrating photos
Torn images with more than two pieces
Multiple cracks
panoramic photos
Silvering images
Images with faces with severe damage

Time frames will vary considerably depending on the level of work required.

All prices given are quotes only.

Until the work is started and a time frame established, the price may vary.

All printing of final products is to be completed through the suggested printer, otherwise no guarantee is given for colour variance.

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Love Letters and Testimonials

Robyn M

I had an old photo restored and enlarged it was a great success, and also had a small black and white enlarged. They both turned out and Kirstie-lee smith is very professional and very caring. I would recommend Kirsty to everyone. Robyn M.

Lynn B.

Kirstie-lee is sensitive & professional in all her photography work. She did an amazing restoration of images that had been cut & damaged, of my parents when they were young see attached.