Photo Restoration, Retouching & Manipulation

Mwphotorestoration

Layton, UT

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About Mwphotorestoration

As an experienced, digital artist (Adobe Certified in Photoshop CS4), I can:

(1) Repair cracks, creases, tears, and water damage
(2) Reverse the effects of color fading
(3) Return your photos to their original quality using professional digital techniques without distortion or loss of quality.

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Layton, UT 84040

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Question and answer

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. 1. Restoring photos (old and new) that have been damaged due to a number of different reasons - age, water, constant exposure to sunlight, poor storage (crumpled or torn), etc.
2. Retouch photos to eliminate distractions, blemishes, color contrast, etc.
3. Manipulate photos for a customized effect.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Make sure your provider has the skill level necessary to work with the photograph and artistic sense to properly visualize the finished product.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. With today's technology, it is possible to repair photos with cracks, creases, tears, stains, and water damage; reverse the effects of color fading; and return them to their original quality using professional digital techniques without distortion or loss of quality. Photo restoration is part technique, part skill, and part art.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. My combination study of fine art, graphic design, and Photoshop has given me a unique ability to understand and visualize excellence in my work with each photo. I am Adobe Certified in Photoshop CS4.

So that your precious and irreplaceable photographs never leave your possession, I can travel to your home and take digital pictures to work from and give you a first cost on the project. I then provide you with a 4x6 finished photo as well as a digital copy to put on your computer for reference and to make prints from at your convenience.

Or, you can scan and email me your photo, and I will tell you what I can do for what cost. If interested, you can then make payment through PayPal.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I like seeing the smiles on the faces of my clients as they see their precious photos brought back to new life.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. Can you repair and restore discolored, faded, stained and damaged pictures, photos with scratches, blemishes or with creasy or torn edges, completely torn photographs, as well as those with partially missing images? I answer, "Yes," and it will look like magic!

Do I have to mail you my photos? No! Because I specialize in a local (50 mile radius) clientele, I come to your home and take digital pictures of your photos, so that they never leave your possession.

How much will it cost? It depends upon the complexity. When I see the photo and what needs to be done, I will give you a firm price.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. Recently I had an elderly client in her 80s who had a poor quality black and white picture of her mother and uncle when they were older. It was also very faded from sunlight, and had shifted out of place in an oval frame. I was able to take the photograph, restore and colorize it, and make it look even better than the original. The smile on her face as she sat there and gazed at how beautiful her mother looked was priceless.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. Photo restoration, editing, and touch up using professional digital photo techniques without distortion or loss of quality has only been available for a few years. It is one of the marvels of modern technology. I am Adobe Certified in Photoshop CS3.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. I studied fine art in high school and media technology in college. One of the classes I took was Photoshop. I fell in love with the artistic and computer processes involved in bringing new life to photos. It was like magic! With my background in fine art, graphic design, and Photoshop, I am able to visualize a finished photograph that is truly amazing.

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