Examples of Photo Restoration

Please visit my Digital Lab Lessons page for further references and examples! 

More examples to come!

Photographer, Camera, and Film Unknown

Scanned from a 2"x 4" print using a Cannon Flatbed scanner

Photoshop correction: Sharpen, Contrast, Gem, Color Washer, Dust and Scratch Removal

Pardeesville, Pa - WWII era

Photo taken by Robert Rinker with Pentax 35mm camera using Kodak ISO 100 print film

Scanned from a color negative using Minolta Dimage Dual II scanner

Photoshop correction: Sharpen, Contrast, Gem, Color Washer, Dust and Scratch Removal

Sayre, PA - 1975

Photo taken by Robert Rinker with Pentax 35mm camera using Kodak ISO 100 print film

Scanned from a color negative using Minolta Dimage Dual II scanner

Photoshop correction: Sharpen, Contrast, Gem, Color Washer, Dust and Scratch Removal

Denver, Co - July 1976

Photo taken by Robert Rinker with Pentax 35mm camera using Kodak ISO 100 Kodachrome slide film

Scanned from a color slide using Minolta Dimage Dual II scanner

Photoshop correction: Sharpen, Contrast, Gem, Color Washer, Dust and Scratch Removal

Catasaqua, Pa - July 1982

Photo taken by Robert Rinker with Pentax 35mm camera using Kodak ISO 100 Kodachrome slide film

Scanned from a color slide using Minolta Dimage Dual II scanner

Photoshop correction: Sharpen, Contrast, Gem, Color Washer, Dust and Scratch Removal

Palmerton, Pa - July 1981

Photo taken by Gloria Rinker with Argus 35mm camera using Kodak ISO 100 Kodachrome slide film

Scanned from a color slide using Minolta Dimage Dual II scanner

Photoshop correction: Sharpen, Contrast, Gem, Color Washer, Dust and Scratch Removal

Rinker Family Photo from 1954

There are limitations!

In this photo we see that "some" of the overexposure was able to be corrected but my brother's face (directly below my grandmother) was so overexposed that it cannot be corrected. My grandmother's face did turn out fine, however.