Photo Restoration

Cassie Bayer Photography is capable of photo restoration and repair of your old photos.  We will clean-up photos to remove dirt, repair damaged photos, torn photos, restore faded photos, remove scratches on photographs, photos with unwanted color casts, improve contrast, sharpen photographs, restore back to the original photos, restoring many other signs of damage to old photographs.

To fix photos we offer a wide variety of quality photo restoration & repair services.

Our skills make old memories new again, bringing back its life, its soul, and it all starts with a high resolution scan. never altering the original photograph.  We only work with a scanned copy and using software to edit to remove damage on the photo file, and correct contrast levels, fine-tune colors and tones, cleanup dust, grain, improve over or under exposure to renew, and rejuvenate life back to the image. When pictures are extremely damaged we can even recreate the damaged or missing areas.  However, there are limits how much can be restored.

Photo restoration prices vary greatly due to the amount of damage of the image, like how badly faded it is, how extensive the cracks, rips, missing parts are, is there exposure error, flare from light, the size of the photo, under exposed over exposed photographs, the list goes on and on. So the amount of time involved and complexity of each image we work on is what determines the cost of our photo restoration services. We always strive for the highest restoration quality for a simple repair job to an severely damaged image. We keep the photo's individuality at the same time improving the quality. 

We always give the total cost before we work on the restoration of your photo. Some out of focus photos or pictures missing important detail may not be able to be restored, but we will let you know when we see your image. We never send your work out to other sources or hire others to do your photo restoration work.

Photo Restoration Prices

Simple Photo Restoration includes dust removal, color and contrast correction from years of fading and removal of minor scratches and blemishes. Prices range from $25 to $50.

Moderate Photo Restoration and Photo Repair includes the removal of moderate scratches, stains, repair of moderate fading and discoloration, repair of worn and tattered edges, repair of moderate creases and blemishes without missing pieces. Prices range from $50 to $85.

Major Photo Restoration - Prices depend upon the condition of the photograph and the severity of the damage. Extensive Photo Restoration is the repair of more severely damaged photos or significant changes to a photo.  It includes extreme photo repair,  the removal of objects or people, taking one or more people out into their own photo, reconstruction of missing areas and the combination of two or more photos. The cost of this category is based on the service required and the condition of the original.

Please contact me to discuss.  We will need to see the picture before determining the amount of restoration needed and the price.  We recommend scanning to a minimum of 300 dpi.  Higher is better for the restoration process.  If you scan at home, please make sure you scan as a picture and not as a document.