SO, HOW MUCH TO RESTORE YOUR PHOTOS?
Each photo restoration project is unique, and a thorough damage assessment is crucial in bringing your cherished photos back to life. At Yesterday’s Photo, we offer a structured photo restoration pricing guide to help you understand the scope of our services, complete with sample categories.
Some restorations require only minor dust and scratch removal, while others demand full reconstruction, which can take weeks or even months. Our pricing is based on a standard hourly rate and the time required to repair and enhance your photographs.
For more insights into the art of photo restoration, visit our blog.
Important Information:
- Prices and inclusions serve as a guide only—the final scope depends on our damage assessment, your specific requirements, and the quality of the original photo.
- Sharpening out-of-focus images has strict limitations. If unsure, contact us for a free, no-obligation damage assessment.
How we calculate our
photo restoration costs?
Professional photo restoration typically starts at AUD $289, covering standard editing and enhancement tasks such as white balance correction, level adjustments, and minor repairs like dust and scratch removal. However, the final cost depends on three key factors:
- Damage assessment
- Restoration purpose
- Production requirements (e.g., printing and framing)
To maintain the highest quality, our minimum cost of engagement is $289 (inc. GST).
1. Damage
Assessment
We write a big part of our history in photos and most of us want to keep these precious memories alive and passed down to the next generations, at the end of the day, we want to preserve our legacy in a pristine condition.
The first logical step to correctly price a restoration is to assess the extent of the damage and to get an insight of what caused the deterioration, based on this we can get an estimate on how difficult it is to recover the photo.
At Yesterdays photo we have set some price ranges and categorise different types of photo restoration
2. Input and
Output size
Depending on the purpose of your restoration the level of detail required and amount work usually vary, There are considerable differences between a photo needed for web and a photo that will be re-printed.
Added to this, the desired size of the photo is a contributing factor, larger photos or headshots require much more attention to detail than a small photography.
There are different grades that range from basic family photo edits to high-end or museum-grade digital photo restoration, logically this determines the level and amount of work required and staff involved in the process.
3. Production
requirements
Some edits and restoration might require substantial on-site or historical research, to obtain results closer to the original conditions, including exposure settings the time period when the shot was taken.
This type of research activity has a direct effect of the final price of the restoration, and it is considered predominantly when the photos have missing pieces or when colourisation of photography is required.
Furthermore, if you have problems scanning a photo or a negative we can assist you during this process or guide you by using our recommended scanning approach.
Last but not least prints and framing are another contributing factor to the photo restoration pricing.
