First and foremost, I must say that I never cease to wonder at the skills and talent of you wonderful restorers! Many of you have given me amazing help with my old family photos over the years.
So....there's a problem that I'd like to know your views on please. I have a wedding photo of my parents that I need to get some advice on before I can put it up for a restoration.
The photo itself is just a bit too big for my scanner, at 29.5 cm x 23.5 cm, also a little big for a standard frame, so I'm going to take it to my local Cartridge World to scan for me. I really some advice as to what the settings would need to be, to fit in with what resolution, etc etc, that a restorer would need, and of course the other important bit - what would fit within Rootschat photo size requirements.
I do have a newspaper cutting which describes really well my Mum's dress, including the veil and headpiece, and flowers, colours etc.
Unfortunately, in storage, some of the headpiece of her veil, and a wee bit of my Dad's head, has suffered over the years with a little mould, and someone (stupid me actually) years ago tried to gently wipe off it off with a damp cloth, with the result of course that there is a white splotch at the top. The rest of the photo is in pretty good shape, and shouldn't present any other huge problems.
Fortunately, I do have a group photo which clearly shows the detail in her headpiece, so can also get that bit cropped out for comparison, and post that as well - if that would be of help.
If you're willing to give it a go, could you please give me an outline of how it should be scanned, and how it can be reduced to be fit for posting in here, so I can give those scanning details to Cartridge World.
Thank you!
Jeanne 🌺
