2011 Reviews

Reviews and Testimonials from Our Clients – 2011

Here are some of the emails that we received from clients in 2011.  They were very happy with our photo retouching and repair of damaged old photographs, and you will be too!

DISCLAIMER: These testimonials are generally representative of what our clients write, although many or most clients don’t comment either positively or negatively. Just a handful of clients have sent complaints. We did not provide any discounts, freebies or other incentives to the people who sent the praise shown below, and we do not request testimonials from our clients…but we are happy to receive them!

  • From a client who sent a faded color photograph of a 1970s automobile: The photo looks amazing! I can’t believe how great it looks. Send me the invoice and I will pay it today. Thanks. My husband will love it…This is car from teen years and he is doing a frame off restore of one to match.
  • From a client who originally decided to have another company restore a damaged graduation photo: As it turned out the final product that I received back from the company was of very poor quality. If I were to go ahead and have you restore would it be possible to preview your finish product prior to payment to insure quality? [The answer is yes.] After we restored the photograph and sent him the proof, he wrote: This looks great. Wow, I’m very impressed with your responsiveness and the quality of your work. I will most certainly use you and refer you on any other photo restoration projects.
  • Caribbean client at the end of a retouching process conducted entirely in Spanish: Estoy de acuerdo con el retoque. [Translation: I’m good with the retouching.]
  • From a client who has sent several photographs: These look great.  Thanks so much.  Please send me an invoice.
  • From a client sending in her 3rd batch of photographs for Photoshopping(R): I know I have some kinda crazy and particular requests but you do great work!!
  • From a new client who sent photographs of her children: Hi Miles –  Wow, your level of customer service is amazing.  Really above and beyond!  Thank you so much.
  • From an Australian client, who also tipped us off that 399Retouch.com gets a favorable mention in “The Official Unofficial Guide to Using Legacy Family Tree” by Geoff Rasmussen: Excellent work.  It would have taken me ages to try to repair the photo of my Dad.  Even then it would not have been as good as you have done.
  • From a client who sent a damaged b/w photograph for restoration and colorizing: Thanks, You’re the best!
  • From a mother: This version of the pic is perfect!  Exactly what I was looking for.  Thank you so much for working so hard to get the photo to exactly where I wanted it.  As I said before, I will enthusiatically recommend 399Retouch to friends and family.  Feel free to use me as a reference if anybody asks for one.  Your work is amazing and your customer service goes so far and above the average.  Thank you so much!
  • From a photo-restoration client: You are wonderful to deal with.
  • From a client who sent a damaged old photograph of a favorite pet: Considering the photo you are working with what you have done is nothing short of miraculous. Great job, really….What you have done from that ugly photo is fantastic. I am very satisfied and I will go ahead and pay the PayPal invoice right away. I can’t tell you how much this is going to mean to my wife on Christmas morning.
  • From a photo-restoration client: Excellent job Miles !! the best repair you’ve done for me yet!!
  • From a young man who has sent several photographs in the last year: You do the best work, that’s why I always send my photos to you. : ) 
  • From a client who sent some family snapshots: I knew if anyone could FIX it, you could!
  • From a client in South Africa: Good morning Miles – the photo looks great.
  • From a Texas client: This is perfect! Thank you!!
  • From a client who has sent many photographs for restoration: I have told everybody that I have a professional in Texas who did a good job for the pictures.
  • From a client who sent a snapshot of her husband and the baby: THANK YOU! What a treasure!
  • From a professional photog: Looked at the photos and they look great, payment just submitted.
  • From a client in the UK: I saw the photo and it was perfect. I am absolutely happy with it. So if you just send me the an invoice I will pay the bill.
  • From a photo-restoration client who sent 2 photographs: Thank you so much for your wonderful job !!
  • From a book author, regarding his publicity portrait: Wow, it looks great, Miles. Thanks!
  • From a new client who sent a photograph of 4 teenagers: Thank you.  These look great.  Please send me the invoice.
  • From a returning client: looks great, thanks!
  • From a client who sent a picture of his father: You did a great job! I like how you were able to remove the flowers and glass. He looks younger too.
  • Regarding a photo of a beautiful bride and her dad: The photo looks amazing – such an improvement!
  • From a client affiliated with NASA: They look great.
  • A client whose snapshot had gone through a washing machine said this: THIS is what I hoped could be done, awesome job on cleaning up the damage to this wallet sized photograph, sustained during a hostile encounter with a washing machine.  The picture looks MORE crisp and clear than the original, you really did a fantastic job with it…[it’s] perfect Miles, hugely appreciated!
  • From a client: Thanks so much for everything. We’ll be using this for my Dad’s memorial, so it means a lot to my family. I also really appreciate the time and effort you and your staff put into this.
  • From a client who needed to change the color of the decorative icing on a cake: You’re the best.
  • From a returning client: That was quick! Looks good to me! Can’t wait to have it printed.
  • From a client who sent photographs of several family members: Thanks again. You are awesome in response time and courtesy.
  • From a client who sent in a publicity photo: You sure have a good eye!
  • After restoration of an old photograph: my mom says this is great!  you can send the invoice ok? THANKS!!!!
  • From a client who sent a photograph with dozens of “issues”: [The] restoration really exceeded my hopes and expectations of recovering this photo.
  • From a first-time photo restoration client: It looks great!!  I zoomed it reallly large and still looks good.  Thanks for your quick work and very prompt responses to all the email
  • From a client who sent a photo in which each solid color had to be replaced with a different color according to a list he provided: Incredible job, but with one major flaw. [He was right, we had made a mistake on one of the color pairs. We fixed it promptly, and then he wrote:] Spectacular! Thank you very much, you will get all of my future business.
  • From a photo-restoration client: The picture was outstanding guys. That is the way that I had seen that picture in my mind for sure.
  • From a client who wanted us to make her boss look much older, for a roast: What a joy when a real person answers thier own phone.
  • From a new Texas client who sent an important family vacation photograph: Miles this is perfect! I love it!! Please send an invoice to my paypal account so I can get the photo right away. [After she received the un-watermarked version:] Thank you! I am so happy with it!!!
  • From a client who restores game consoles: You guys rule. I mean seriously, you rule. When I put your graphics on machines and sell them I get rave reviews. They are specatacular. I just can’t praise you enough for your quality or your prices…If you had any idea how long it took and how many hours I spent trying to find someone to handle my graphics projects you would not believe it. I have a few more interesting projects coming up shortly, and you can bet they will go straight to you.
  • From a client who sent a graduation photograph: This is perfect! love it!!
  • From a client: Excellent work as always. I am quite impressed.
  • From a client who needed a person removed from a 1970s photograph: It looks GREAT!  Just what I wanted.
  • From a client in South America: It´s perfect. Send me the bill. 
  • A photo-restoration client sent this: Thank you so very much!! It is absolutely beautiful!! If you don’t mind I would actually like to post it on my Facebook page and credit your company with the wonderful restoration job so others can see what beautiful work you do. You have truly made me very happy to be able to give my mother such a wonderful and meaningful gift. Please feel free to post anything that I have written as a testimonial on your website if you wish.
  • From a new client who sent a scan of a photograph in a broken glass frame: It looks better than expected for a picture from 1932 with that much damage, please tell your expert thanks, send me the bill
  • This new client sent in scans of 3 old photographs, one of which was a tintype: They look wonderful…I’m surprised you got as much as you did.
  • We removed 4 background people from a beautiful picture taken by a professional wedding photographer: It’s perfect.
  • From a fan of a well-known musician: Gosh Miles, that looks great, thank you very much!!! If you could please send me an invoice and then I can pay you via PayPal asap, again, thank you!
  • From a client who send a photo that she said is for a dating site: This looks good! It looks great!
  • A client sent a modern photograph of some damaged old memorabilia. We fixed the damage: PERFECT!
  • An Asian client emailed: hello miles! excellent job. How could I pay it through credit card? [The answer is: we will email you an invoice that can be paid by any common credit or debit card.]
  • An email we like: Hi Miles! Do you think you could possibly fix this old photo? A friend gave it to me & asked me to see if I could fix it. I knew I couldn’t & immediately thought of you. Something was stuck to it, like either glue or tape, I think. A satisfied previous customer.
  • A new client sent this after they received a watermarked proof in much less time than expected: HOLY BUCKETS!  What happened to the 8 day turn around???  I am IMPRESSED and pleased. 
  • From a repeat client who sent a friend’s photo for restoration: As usual, you did a terrific job! I don’t even have to ask my friend as I am sure she will be pleased, so, please send me the invoice.
  • From a professional photographer: Once again, Awesome, awesome work!  It looks great…go ahead and send me the bill! I appreciate your fast and always excellent service.
  • From a photo-restoration client: A beautiful job of restoration. I can’t believe the difference when comparing this proof with the original.
  • From a client who sent an old wedding-party photograph: I LOVE the way it turned out!  LOVE it.  Will send payment as soon as you send invoice
  • From a new client who sent an old color photograph with color shifting and other damage: This looks great.
  • From a client who has sent us several damaged old photographs: Looks great! You worked your magic again. Please send me an invoice.
  • From a photo-restoration client: I loaded the before and after photograph into Photoshop to compare the differences. What a difference! You did an amazing job to bring this photo back to life.
  • Another photo-restoration client wrote: Thank you for the great service.
  • From a fan of a well-known band: Hi, they look great.  Send me the bill and I’ll get it right off to you!
  • From a U.S.-based professional photographer who requested some major weight loss in a photo of her client: [The client] is speechless – in a good way.
  • From a new client, after he received the proof of his first retouched photograph: Looks AWESOME!! You can continue and retouch the other photos as well! I have also decided to include one more additional photo for retouching. There are now 7 total.
  • From a young man: Just got back from vacation. The proofs look GREAT!
  • From a new client: WOW!! That’s amazing Miles, and thank you so much for doing that so quickly!! I’m currently at work at the moment but if you could please send me a PayPal invoice I will pay it as soon as I get home, thanks again – I love it!!!
  • From a client who sent a magazine-cover photograph of a prominent national figure: It’s perfect. Thanks
  • From a client in Australia: Thank you very much Miles, you are truly a genius, it looks fantastic!! I will definitely be back, thanks for everything, have a great day! [not me, it’s our super-talented retouching staff that are Geniuses] 
  • From a person who sent a 1964 high school photo: Excellent! Thank you for your great work.
  • From the mother of a high school student: These look good. Saved me a TON of money on senior pictures – thank you!
  • From a photo restoration client: This proof is perfect and you can send an invoice so I can pay you.
  • From a mom who sent a springtime outdoor photo of her baby: All of those ideas you proposed sounded great. Thanks for your work and for sending such an organized email.
  • This client praised our staff of retouchers: I really do appreciate the high quality of the service you provide.  You do very good work!
  • A client in the Eastern US wrote: Good work on all 3, and Thanx for the Quick response time.
  • From a professional who needed a photo, taken at home, changed into a professional-looking portrait: Looks Great !! 
  • From a client in Europe: You have done a grand job
  • From a bride in the UK: That’s awesome thanks, great job.
  • From a photo-restoration client who sent several photos last year: Wow, that is fast!
  • From a client in Asia: You did a good job.
  • From a client who has sent several photos for restoration, regarding the most recent: This looks 100 percent better than the photograph before restoration. 
  • Please send me an invoice.From a first-time client: Thank you! Miles, I will definitely keep you in mind as well as recommend your services to family and friends.  You did a great job! [Actually, my staff of expert retouchers and restoration experts get the credit.]
  • From a photographer: I got approval on these so we are good to go.  Please send me an invoice. Thanks, and great work!
  • From a sports photog: I like what you have done!
  • From a military man: PERFECT.  I will pay by debit card.  Thanks for rushing it.
  • From a client who sent a very large photo for restoration: That is awesome. He [the restoration expert] did an outstanding job. Please email the invoice when you have an opportunity. Thanks again for the great work. My family will be so excited.
  • The same client then emailed the restored photo to some interested family genealogists (cc to us) with this review: “Many thanks to [name] for finding this photo at her parents’ home. It is awesome. She was kind enough to scan the original into four separate files (the photo is 7.5 inches by 36 inches, which is too large to fit on a flatbed scanner) and email them to me. I had an online photo restoration company (399retouch) put the pieces back together and retouch it. I think they did an awesome job. The original was rolled-up, with creases and signs of wear.”
  • From a professional wedding photographer who needed stairs removed from a photo: Brilliant – that is great thanks
  • A person in Arizona, USA, wrote this: You retouched my photos a couple of years ago and I’m still using them and getting lots of compliments! [Then later, after receiving the retouched photo, she said} Beautiful work as always.  Everyone in the office is impressed, and [the person in the photo] is ecstatic.  She and I agree that people should be able to get Photoshopped for real.  Have someone come to your home every morning before you leave and “fix” you.  Less messy than a facelift
  • From a client who has sent several photographs of his ancestors for restoration: Another excellent job.
  • From a client with some damaged legacy family photographs to fix up: Looks good, thank you.
  • From a client in Texas: I have another photo I would like you to work your magic with. [Later he wrote] Thanks, you guys are awesome!
  • From a client in California who sends batches of old photographs for restoration. She was surprised when our restoration revealed that the lower corner of one photo, which she believed was damaged, actually showed the corner of a white tablecloth: They are all fine.
  • From the mom of a family with 3 girls: This is perfect, thank-you so much! I will be sending you more in a few weeks.
  • From a client who sent a badly-faded photo for restoration: Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner, didn’t think you would get back this fast. 
  • From a client who sent a photograph of a damaged old photo still in its frame: I have been sitting here going back and forth between the original and this [restored] one and I am amazed it turned out this good!
  • From a first-time client whose once-in-a-lifetime snapshot had an unfortunate momentary facial expression: Miles, it’s perfect!! No more “I’m seeing a ghost” look! LOVE it…please send me the invoice. Thanks a million! [Note: Retouching this photo cost her a who lot less than ‘a million.’]
  • From a client who sent an old photo for restoration and colorizing: The photo turned out beautiful and I can’t wait until June when I can give it to [person]. It is perfect, thank you so much!!!
  • From a professional photographer in the UK: love it – brilliant thanks x
  • From a new photo-restoration client: Good job, send me the invoice.
  • From a returning client who sent a 1950s color photo of family members for restoration: Looks great.  I’ll pay using Paypal.  Thanks.
  • From a first-time client after he saw how his first photo turned out. He then sent more: The picture is exceptional!  The change to a blue background does indeed look better.
  • From a client who sent a scan of an old tintype (metal) photograph: Yes, my husband and his family are pleased with the photo.
  • From a first-time client, after receiving his first completed photograph: Thanks Miles I’ll definitely recommend my friends to you.
  • From a professional photographer who needed a badly damaged snapshot restored: I think this is wonderful! Thank you so much…I don’t think I could have asked for any better. That was a terrible photograph, and I am sure my client will be very pleased. Go ahead and send me the bill, and thanks again. Very nice work!
  • From a photo restoration client. We were able to assign the same restoration technician to this new photo as had worked on the previous one: I had a similar picture done by you a while ago and whoever worked on it did a fabulous job.
  • From a person who has sent some pageant photographs: Thanks again for the awesome work you have done in the past for me.
  • From a professional photographer: They look great, I’ve forwarded to my client for final approval.
  • From an Asian client: This is perfect.
  • From a returning photo-restoration client: You did a great job on an old photo for me in October and I am hoping you can work some magic on these two.
  • From a new client: Thank you very much for the excellent service.  My friend was the photographer for both of these photos.  These are my daughter’s grad pictures.  Using a good friend and service such as yours has made the cost of grad pictures reasonable once again.  The first photo was done 2 years ago and the others are my younger daughter done this fall.  I plan on showing her what a little retouching can do to improve her already beautiful shots.  She may plan on using your service as well.  Have a great day and I can’t wait to see the next picture.  Thanks again!
  • From a banker: Got ‘em – thanks again for the quick and friendly interaction. Let me know if you want a review or testimonial of some sort. I know that’s the bread and butter of any service-based business. 
  • From a photo restoration client: I am happy with both of the photos
  • From a slimming client in the eastern United States: Wow!  I look fantastic! This is perfect!
  • From a client in the UK who send anold wedding photograph that had faded with time: Hi Miles, Thanks for the changes – I’m happy to take that as the finished product.
  • From a repeat client: That is perfect!  Please send the invoice to my work email address as I am at work now. I appreciate it!
  • From a Middle Eastern client with some damaged old photos, doing a family history project: They are perfect. Send the bill.
  • From a corporate executive who needed an improved photo for LinkedIn: Again, great work, thanks!
  • From a Middle-Eastern client, now living in the U.S.: Thanks for your great job and your patience.
  • From a regular client who has sent many photos in for restoration: Thanks for your patience and good workmanship.
  • From a client who sent a damaged photograph from his childhood: It looks great! Please, send me the bill. and once again, Thank you
  • From a wife who sent some damaged photos of her husband: I love the image you sent. Can you fix this one too?
  • From a client in California who sent many damaged old photographs for restoration: Thanks for the excellent job that you did.
  • From a client doing some family genealogy: Yes, the restored photos are great!   Send me the invoice when you can.
  • From a client with another headshot that needed a little airbrushing: You’ve done some work for me in the past and I was very pleased with the result, both in terms of the output and the quick turnaround. Attached is [another] photo I’d like to have worked on.
  • From a new client: You have done a wonderful job of restoring my photo, it looks great. Please send me your bill.
  • From a mother who sent a very creative photo of her baby: This look great!  I am really excited.  🙂
  • From a professional race car driver: Ok, Miles, this looks good.
  • From a professional photographer who takes great photos but sometimes asks us to do the postprocessing: Client approves!
  • From a client: Thanks so much! We already have the photo with the retouched brick wall on the new website!
  • From a client that we have helped before: Please proceed with working your magic.
  • From a client who wanted several changes to a portrait, including ironing the shirt she was wearing: This looks great, I am very happy.
  • From a returning client: You have done a wonderful job, just the ticket. So if you need to charge more let me know. [We did not charge him any more than the original price quote.]
  • From a client who sent a photograph of a cute baby: Perfect.
  • From a client who sent a photograph of a mother kissing a baby: It looks SWEET! THANK YOU for a job well done!
  • From a bride: The pics are great. Please send me an invoice. I have enclosed another picture.
  • From an African-American client: Really happy to have worked with you on this photo.
  • From a new photo restoration client: Hi Miles, this is great! Yes please send the invoice, I will pay with Visa.
  • From a young man who needed some photographs retouched before an international trip: Thank you so much!  Thank you for the very quick turnover!
  • We took out the trash for a client whose wedding photos were marred by an overlooked full garbage bag in the background. He said: Really nice!

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