This family photo of a Florida vacation in the 1960s, has become deeply faded from being framed in a sunny room for decades. I was given a digital scan of the original to see if I could restore the color.

It took dozens of adjustments to get there but in the end, I was able to return much of the color to the image – which is pretty amazing when you look at the faded one and how little actual color is there. Unfortunately, this is pretty typical of photos taken with the photography technology of that era – and since photos are meant to be displayed for all to see, this is a common occurrence.

Now that it has been restored, the families of all five grown up children can get a copy to print and hang – or store safely on a CD.

The woman in this photo visited the Bacardi Distillery in Puerto Rico and wanted a photo to remember the trip. So she asked me to clean up this photo on the left, remove some people and make a second, closed door. I also lessened a wicked sunburn on her face, brightened up the photo overall and cropped it.