Well this has been the week to end all weeks...that'll teach me to take a vacation.
I've got a tintype that I've lightened to get the beginnings of a picture but my gosh the cracks. The picture is actuall peeling away and cracking away from the tin. I'm not sure whether there's much I can do without losing a ton of detail of which there isn't much to begin with. I've posted the picture here and it's titled "Evers":
It might take a minute or two to come up as I left it in the size the customer wanted to give a better idea of the work ahead.
I guess my question to all is when do you determine that a picture is beyond help and how much work do you put into it before making that determination?
I find myself putting a large amount of time into a picture trying everything under the sun only to come to the conclusion that it is beyond help or the amount of time to restore it would be more costly than the customer is willing to spend after I've spent quite a bit of "no-money" time on it.
I can't really charge a customer for my time if I can't get a decent picture for them.
I've got a tintype that I've lightened to get the beginnings of a picture but my gosh the cracks. The picture is actuall peeling away and cracking away from the tin. I'm not sure whether there's much I can do without losing a ton of detail of which there isn't much to begin with. I've posted the picture here and it's titled "Evers":
It might take a minute or two to come up as I left it in the size the customer wanted to give a better idea of the work ahead.
I guess my question to all is when do you determine that a picture is beyond help and how much work do you put into it before making that determination?
I find myself putting a large amount of time into a picture trying everything under the sun only to come to the conclusion that it is beyond help or the amount of time to restore it would be more costly than the customer is willing to spend after I've spent quite a bit of "no-money" time on it.
I can't really charge a customer for my time if I can't get a decent picture for them.

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