The Portrait Keeper
Old photo restoration

Before you pay anything, we’ll show you the truth.

Send a photo of the photo. A real person looks at it for free and shows you what can come back and what can’t.

Show us the photo. The look is free.

You see it before it’s final  ·  Love it or every dollar back  ·  Free changes until it’s right

A water-destroyed family photographBEFORE
The same photograph, rescuedAFTER
A real rescue 1915 archive photo. Customers’ photos are never shown
One person restores it, start to finish · you see it before it’s final · an honest answer within a day · love it or every dollar back

What we rescue

How it arrived. How it went home.

Faded almost to nothing

Photos fade the way memory does: slowly, then all at once. She’s still in there.

Fix a faded photo
Faded portrait before restorationBEFORE
Faded portrait after restorationAFTER
A portrait from 1898, nearly lost to fading.

Torn. Creased. Taped.

The tear runs right through his coat. It doesn’t have to stay there.

Fix a torn photo
Torn photograph before restorationBEFORE
Torn photograph after restorationAFTER
A ragged tear through coat and background, rebuilt.

Cracked and creased

Fifty years folded in a wallet, like it never happened.

Fix a creased photo
Cracked photograph before restorationBEFORE
Cracked photograph after restorationAFTER
An 1865 plate with a crack straight through it.

Water. Mold. Stains. Writing on the photo. Send us yours before you decide it’s gone.
Before we start, we’ll say what can come back and what can’t.

How it works

Takes about 2 minutes to start. No account needed.

1

Show us the photo

Take a picture of it with your phone. That works fine. Your original never leaves your house.

2

We restore it and show you the truth

What we could bring back, and what we couldn’t. We won’t promise a miracle we can’t deliver.

3

You see her first

Nothing is final until you say yes. Want something changed? Free, until it’s right. Don’t love it? Every dollar back.

Simple prices, by how much repair your photo needs

Not sure which? Pick the middle one. If it needs less, we’ll say so and charge you less.

Light touch-up
$19
  • Fading, dust and small marks
  • Faces cleaned, nothing changed
  • Print-ready file by email
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Full restoration
$45
  • Tears, creases, stains and water marks
  • Damage across the photo repaired
  • A person checks every face
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Major repair
$95
  • Pieces missing or heavy damage
  • Rebuilt from what’s truly there
  • We call it honestly, or we refund it
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The service is Saturday? Say so. Tell us your date. We’ll meet it, or tell you straight that we can’t. 24-hour rush, flat $20.

Our promise, in plain words

  • You see it before it’s final. The restored photo comes to your email for your yes.
  • We never let software invent a face. If she can’t be recovered from the photo, we say so.
  • A real person checks every photo against your original, at full size.
  • Your original never leaves your house. You only send us a picture of it.
  • Full refund if you don’t love it. No forms, no fuss.
  • Your photos stay private. Never shown, never used in ads, deleted after 30 days.

Questions? A real person answers every message, usually within the hour.
hello@theportraitkeeper.com

Bring a face back the right way.

About 2 minutes to start. Free to see the result.

Restore my photo. From $19.

Free look · Love it or full refund