Hi Guys, We have been thinking about all the ways that photographs can be damaged. For instance, left in direct or indirect sunlight which means UV light. It can often cause photographs to become milky and lose their original colour. You may have even thrown them out because you thought that they were past help but you were wrong, so take another look at those milky photographs and bring them to us. Because here at Alain’s Panoramics we have the technology to scan through to the original colour and print off a photograph that you probably haven’t seen in its original state for years. We can also enlarge it and print it on photo paper or canvas.
Then we have something called “Foxing”. What’s Foxing? All those little brown spots that appear all over your photograph. This is caused by the photograph being exposed, at some time to acid. Yes I know you would never think about acid but if you remember back to when you bought that photo frame, when you put the photo into it, it just sort of moved about, so you got some cardboard and put that it and it did the job the photograph didn’t move anymore. What you didn’t know is that cardboard is full of acid, it won’t damage us but it will, over time damage your precious photographs. Again don’t throw that photo away because Alain can scan the photograph and digitally fix all the damage and give you a new print of a priceless memory Just like the following photograph.
You can also notice that the colour of the new repair is now slightly sepia and looks absolutely wonderful.
You can also transfer acid from your fingers human acid is just as damaging as acid from cardboard or other products, in fact any product made from wood pulp. So when you hold your precious memories in your hand try to just hold those corners or maybe even wear gloves. But definitely do not allow the children with their sticky fingers anywhere near the photographs that you treasure the most.
So when in doubt give us a call or email a copy of the photo to us, (Largest file possible please) and Alain will soon let you know what can be done. You can email him on:
alain@alainspanoramics.com.au
or phone:
07 3408 8548
