Photo retouching can take a lot of patience and detail work. A few months ago, I was asked to fix a damaged photograph of my grand parents. I was provided with the original image which had been pinned to a closet door, collected dust and was severely scratched. The image itself had faded on the highlights. Dated somewhere in the mid 1950’s, it was impossible to track down the negative. All I had to work with was a black and white mangled print.

After 6 or 7 hours of work, using …