SNAPSHOT RESTORATION EXAMPLE

As with any photo, from a minor touch up to a complete restoration, Slides n' Moore can correct, retouch, repair, and restore your old, torn, scratched, damaged, faded and/or washed out snapshots. We have had success correcting, retouching, repairing, and restoring snapshots that have been torn into multiple pieces and have multiple scratches as well as snapshots that have faded to a washed out appearance. Once corrected, retouched, repaired and restored, Slides n' Moore can provide custom prints of the snapshot and archive the image (or images) on CD/ROM. Slides n' Moore has taken this opportunity to display a few of their print styles and sizes among the snapshot examples below.

image of original 70 year old snapshot image of repaired snapshot image of anther retouched snapshot
Original 70 year
old Snapshot
A1, same size as orig,
brightened,
retouched to remove
scratch on left side.
A1, same size as orig,
brightened, black & white,
retouched to remove
scratch on left side.


image of retouched snapshot with no borders
A3, same size as orig,
delete borders, brightened,
retouched to remove
scratch on left side.



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A4, cropped and resized
to 4x6, brightened,
retouched to remove
scratch on left side.
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image of enlarged retouched snapshot, no borders

By any logic, a snapshot is a photograph, so everything on the Photo Restore page applies to snapshots. However, because of the snapshot's unique place in history, we at Slides n' Moore have decided to give them their own page. Snapshot has even become an accepted word in the English Language. Check it out in Webster's Dictionary! The noun snapshot has been shortened becoming another noun, shot, as in: "Take a shot of that scenery." Makes you wonder if that eventually became a verb as in: "Let me shoot one of you and the dog."

Early in the 20th Century, Kodak introduced the famous Brownie. This little gem revolutionized photography, anyone could own their own camera and take their own pictures. Through the 1920's and 30's millions of family snapshots were taken and squirreled away in albums, closets, and basements. Through the 1940's, G.I.'s carried these mementos overseas along with their own cameras. While most of these were b&w, some of the later ones were in color. It's time to take those old snapshots out of storage and let family members share and enjoy their heritage. Given a well focused original snapshot,
Slides n' Moore has coaxed excellent prints up to and exceeding 11x14 inches from one of these amazing little box camera wonders.