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This is my current restoration project. It is a wedding day photo from 1946. As you can see, the original photo has a lot of creases, scratches, and fading.
It's going to take a lot of work to rejuvenate this precious moment in time. Watch for progress updates on this project.
Photos can be printed at a variety of sizes such as 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10. Many can be formatted to be printed in landscape (longest side along top and bottom), or portrait (longest side along left and right) mode.
The ability to print at these sizes and modes depends on the size and resolution of the original file. This is why we scan all images that we restore at a resolution of 1200 ppi (pixels per inch). The high resolution allows us to increase the possible print sizes without sacrificing any quality.
A common misconception is that most print sizes are proportional, and that photos can be printed exactly the same as a 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10.
However, they are not proportional. There will be slight differences among the print sizes.
The following graphic shows the same image as it was cropped in landscape mode as an 8x10, 5x7, and 4x6. 
The 8x10 photo contains a large section of the window and kitchen cabinets. As the photo size get smaller, less of the window and cabinets are included.
Our restoration experts do our best to keep as much of the original image as possible when we crop photos to be printed at multiple sizes.
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There are many jokes about the tension and animosity between a woman and her mother-in-law. I lucked out and had the most wonderful mother-in-law anyone could ask for.
Rose passed away in 2013 just before Christmas. It was difficult for all of us and I miss her all the time. There are so many moments when I want to call and tell her something funny I heard, news about the boys, or just to see how she's doing. She really enjoyed watching and talking about the Detroit Tigers.
Her last few years were spent in a nursing home, but it didn't stop us from visiting or calling her on a regular basis. Even though I know the center has already reassigned her phone number to someone new, I still can't seem to remove her photo and number from my phone's contact list.
A few months before she passed away, we went over to her house (my brother-in-law still lived there) and started to gather what photos we could. I was going to ask Rose to identify everyone in the pictures so I could write their names on the back.
While we were on this treasure hunt, we came across two photos of Rose that were taken when she was a little girl. Our best guess is that she was around age 4 or 5. The pictures were in very bad shape. There were parts missing, lots of creases, spots, and fading. These little gems are approximately 1.4" x 1.8" in size (so relatively small).
My favorite part of the pictures is the look on her face. To say she was not happy getting her photo taken is an understatement. She was flat out ticked off (and I think it is adorable). For the short 17 years that I was in her life, she had that same expression when she got mad.
I spent weeks restoring the photos, and I think I discovered what was irritating her. One of the photos clearly shows an unidentified person holding Rose's hands on her lap. She definitely would not have been happy about that.
Because the original photos were very small, I resized them so they could be printed at a number of different sizes. When she passed, we printed one as an 8x10, framed it, and had it on display by the casket at the funeral home. Everyone agreed that you could tell when she was mad because she made that same face. It prompted a lot of stories; some we knew about, while others were brand new.
Here are the before and after versions:
Sorry it has been so long since I have shared anything, but my kidney issues have made it difficult for me to spend much time in the studio....
