Photo Restoration
| The history of photography | ||||||
In 1727 Professor Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered how silver nitrate reacted when exposed to light, creating by sheer accident, the world´s first photo-sensitive compound. |
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In 1814 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the very first photographic image with an exposure time of eight hours, though sadly the image quickly deteriorated. It took him twelve more years to perfect his craft, and in 1826 he created the world's first permanent image. |
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There is no doubt that photographs are an important part of our historical
heritage. Historical
events frozen in time; though time is running out for these fascinating
documents, and many have already become victims of time. If we don't act now these unique pieces of our history will also be gone forever. |
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| Restoring old photographs, what can be done? | ||||||
Today, advanced computer software technology allows us to repair these precious documents, many of the tears, scratches, stains, dust and other discolourations can now be removed, using undamaged information from elsewhere in the picture. |
Faded images can be brought back to life - the colour, brightness and contrast can be restored. Surprisingly enough though, the rest of the restoration work depends mainly on the skills of the expert, not the computer. |
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Above :The original scan almost beyond repair, totally faded. |
Above: the same picture after light and colour correction, revealing significant
discolouring, stains and other damage.
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Above: The same picture again, bottom left corner, zoomed in |
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