Recolouring black and white photos

[ChrisHeathcote]

As the photography expert in the family (i.e. The one with a camera that has interchangeable lens), I was asked to recommend by my brother in law to recommend a programme to recolour some old black and white photos for a book that he is writing. As I have little to no experience in this field I thought I'd ask the question. My PP is limited to LR and basic Photoshop (cloning, basic layers etc).

What he is looking for is something inexpensive or free so that rules out PS. All advice gratefully received

 

[juggler]

This came up the other day, too. It's a highly skilled job. Either pay a retoucher who specialises in it - I'm guessing £25 / image - or try http://demos.algorithmia.com/colorize-photos/