Depending on the level of damage, photo repairs can sometimes be completed in as little as a few minutes. For severe damage, a repair can require a few hours of intense work. Fortunately, that level of damage is pretty rare, and most repairs can be completed within an hour. Here are some examples of various degrees of damage starting with a pretty damaged photo.

In the above picture you will notice that some areas of the picture are missing and had to be totally re-created. Parts of the barn, the man's left arm, belt and pants all had to be re-created. After those repairs were made, I cropped the image to give it nice sharp edges. It is very easy to re-apply a sepia finish resulting in that "old picture" look, but this photo needed to be black and white. This repair took about 2 hours.

To correct this photo the image was cropped and cracks removed and some of the dress had to be re-created. Then the image was enhanced with color correction to make it more vivid. Total work time was approximately one hour.

This picture was torn in half and unevenly taped back together. I had to gently remove the tape, re-align it, scan it, and then remove the ripped edges. I also cropped this photo to facilitate a true 8"x10" format. This repair took about one hour.

This photo was easily corrected by removing cracks, cropping, and image enhancement. This repair was completed in about 30 minutes.