B&L Photo will accept nearly anything that requires copying and/or restoration. Originals presented can be in pristine condition or extremely damaged. This includes photos, documents, newspaper & magazine pages, paintings & artwork or any other kind of flatwork; photos can be convex. (B&L Photo will not accept Copy Righted work unless accompanied with written permission allowing B&L Photo to reproduce the work.)

Work to be photographed can be any size from locket to 3’x5’. Work can be loose, in frames, in albums, in collages, mounted to thick or oversized backings or mounted to plaques. Work can be under glass, adhered to glass or even adhered to broken glass. Copying convex shaped photos is easy for us.

Work to be scanned includes slides, negatives, and transparencies from 8 mm to 8”x10”.Slides can be in paper, plastic or glass mounts or unmounted. Negatives can be in rolls, strips or cut individually. B&L Photo can scan glass negatives (up to 8”x10”), Magic Lantern Slides, Autochromes, and x-rays (up to 16”x20”).

Please note: If your work has been contaminated with sewer backups or is moldy please advise us of its condition before you bring it into our store. Such materials need to be separated so they will not contaminate other customer's work. Thank you for your cooperation.

Silver gelatin fiber paper is the only photographic material which can claim a true archival life; archival means 100 years or more. Silver gelatin fiber paper is made by coating a sheet of fiber paper with an emulsion of silver halide salts. Silver gelatin fiber prints made with B&L Photo's rigid processing procedures will have a life of 150 years or more. See B&L Photo Lab's Archival Black and White Print Process below. Other photo labs only provide black and white prints made as inkjet prints. These materials have a much shorter useful life. 

There are several options for color prints or negatives that have faded. The extent of fading will determine which correction option will be used. If the print or negative has minor fading or has lost contrast due to fading, the print or negative can be digitized, the colors brightened and the contrast restored. If the print or negative has experienced extreme fading or color shift, there are several options available at B&L Photo Lab. The color print or negative can be made into a black and white, brown tone, selenium tone or split tone silver gelatin fiber archival print; it can be left as such or photo oils can be applied making it a hand-tinted photograph. See What are Photo Oils? in the FAQ section.

Another way is to add color to the photo in the computer and output an Epson Archival Color Ink Jet print. See What is Digital Colorization? in the FAQ section. No matter which manner of restoring the color is chosen, the customer will need to give a color description. This can be the colors as they were or the way you wish to see it now.

• Brown Tone: A warm red-brown tone that lends a rich look
• Selenium Tone: A cool purple-brown colored tone

B&L Photo can make Color Archival Ink Jet prints up to 24" x 36". B&L Photo makes Archival Ink Jet prints that have a projected 80-year life. B&L Photo's Archival Ink Jet prints receive the same attention as its Silver Gelatin Fiber Archival prints that are made in the darkroom. They are cropped, dodged & burned-in and corrected for color, contrast, and density so as to make the finest print.

We can, but the quality of the final print will not be as good as if we had started from the original. If at all possible, it is always best to work from the original photo. Also, any damage that was in the original and is evident in the copy will need to be corrected.