Ryan Tomazin's service is absolutely To-mazing!
While I'm not particularly nostalgic about my childhood, one of the few positive memories that remains is of the BMX bike I had as a teenager. My dad had bought it for me over 35 years ago, and it was stolen from me somewhere in the late 1980s. When I came across a chrome frame that was precisely the same as the one I owned, I decided to get the rest of the parts online if I could and rebuild it. The only problem is, while I remember the rest of the bike had blue accents and white mag wheels, I couldn't recall any other specifics of the bike that would be necessary to the rebuild, and I wanted the other parts to match the 1985 version of the bike I had. There were many color variations, and I didn't have any pictures of the bike, but what I did have was a few negatives on 110 film that I had in a protective sleeve that I hadn't looked at in ages. After inspecting the negatives, I found the only remaining picture of the bike on a 110 negative I probably took in 1986. There were parts listed for sale on ebay that may have been similar to the ones I had, and I'd need to act fast and verify that they were the ones I needed because these old school 1980s BMX bikes/parts get bought up fairly quickly. I called around for prices and time constraints, and a lot of them told me it would be a few days. I understand we're talking about 110 film here, but it's one picture. Surely someone could print it up while I waited. As it turned out, there was only one - Ryan Tomazin. Not only was he able to do it while I waited downstairs, but he touched it up as much as he could so I could get the clearest picture possible. This was no easy task given the age of the negative and how many scratches it had on it - the negatives were in the hands of a teenager with no appreciation for the delicateness of film negatives for the beginning of its life. I was lucky to have retained it at all. In the end, the money he asked for the task was more than reasonable - I even gave him a little extra given how easy all this was and how comparatively little he was asking for compared to the others. The job took a total of 5 minutes, and I had my negative back and a picture in my email inbox immediately. This was definitely the easiest, least stressful way to get the photo in a timely manner.
I can't promise you'll get your needs fulfilled "while you wait" as did I, because I had just the one photo, and if you're looking for all the reprints taken from your Bar Mitzvah and expecting a similar turnaround, that's probably an unreasonable expectation. But I can say that I believe Ryan will do the job conscientiously, and in a manner that meets or exceeds your expectations for a reasonable price that is at least competitive with other services. Thanks, Ryan, for helping bring my rebuild to reality! read more
