Advanced Photo

George does a wonderful job taking care of me and working with sports photography.

All the ratings are true. George is communicative and pleasant to work with. He restored two photos I had framed at K&H and they did an awesome job. They were old photos for a family birthday gift that he edited and corrected and he was super helpful in the process. Would totally use him again!

OK… George is the bomb!!! Service, kindness and tremendous talent. I would give him 10 stars if I could. He went out of his way to help me, figured out my problem and then did not want to charge me because I was printing the pictures at home. NO ONE in the world does this anymore. I will be using advanced photo from now on because of how I was treated and I will be sending family and friends… karma…really great karma!

Professional and friendly passport photos done in less than 15 minutes with prices comparable to the local drugstores.

George is a master. The quality of his work and the precision of his equipment yields amazing stuff. Old pictures become new treasures. I highly recommend his work. PS: A high resolution print that I have him became a photo show quality poster. PS: He operates out of the BEST framing shop in town (and by town I mean DMV).

If you need photos for a Canadian passport (and the Canadian passport office is NOTORIOUS for rejecting photos that don’t meet specs), Advanced Photo /​KH Art & Framing is where you should come if you reside in the greater D.C. area.
George knows the drill, and gets it right. Kudos!
(And the photos even make me look less ugly than usual — many thanks.)

George has done it again! GREAT JOB with my photos! I can’t believe how he managed to bring detail and clarity out of old, faded photos. Folks can’t go wrong trusting George to do absolutely the best job possible copying precious family photos… no matter how old, or faded, etc. Thanks again, George!

Advanced photo deserves 6 star. George is awesome! and so the rest of the staff. He is friendly and such a nice man. I was there for my passport photos which was done excellently, and George treated me with brownie :), while I was waiting for the photos to be ready, so kind. Then I asked about some portfolio print and advice. He went above and beyond, and there we go, now I have the most awesome portfolio ever!
Thank you George for being so awesome and professional.

Needed a photo for an embassy. I was in and out with the two photos in 10 minutes. Quick service and at a great price.

Great little place inside a framing shop. George was super helpful when I told him I need passport pictures for my Australian passport. The specs are slightly different and he was able to do photos. Quick, friendly and easy. I highly recommend this place for passport pics. Thanks George!

I came to Advance Photo for passport pictures for my three month old. George was very professional and the pictures were of excellent quality. I will definitely come back.

I walked in for a passport photo and was directed to the area tasked for that purpose. The older gentleman (whom I assume is this «George» person you guys rave about — and didn’t seem as friendly as he had in reviews… no greeting… no smile… no nothing) shot a telekinetic glance to his young assistant who got up to fulfill my request. The assistant was quite personable. The service was fast. 10 mins, tops.
However, I was never asked to review the photo prior to printing. I opened the photo sleeve expecting a magical representation of myself. I guess dude HAD pulled some wizardry because he managed to emphasize the overweight-​and-​constipated-​High-​school-​English-​teacher side of myself that I didn’t even know existed. I’m a goddamn statistician!
Anyhow, I wish I had the chance to decline. I was in a rush, tho. Maybe I caught the shop at a bad time, though. Every other staff member seemed pretty helpful towards others.

George at Advanced Photo has completed so much work for me, such as photo enlargements, hundreds of carousel slides, and Super 8 video transfers to DVD. The work is always done on time, if not well before. George is extremely knowledgable about photography and printing, and is great to advise on the best photo-​finishing options. I give Advanced Photo my highest recommendation.

Thank you fellow Unilocalers for recommending Advanced Photo for passport pictures! While I didn’t have high hopes that my passport picture would be as great as my last one where I could still smile with my teeth showing (taken under the old passport photo submission rules), I was hopeful that it would be better than my driver’s license picture where the woman at the DMV was rude and I had a half smile with an Elvis-​type lip curl. Every time I take my license out, I look at that horrible picture and think back to the bad license picture taking experience. Needless to say, I didn’t want to have the same thoughts when I pulled my passport out for vacation. For $ 15, the staff at Advanced Photo took 3 pictures of me and were extremely friendly and patient, even apologizing that I had to wait a couple of minutes before they took my picture, which honestly was literally no more than 5 minutes. They also pointed me in the direction of a mirror and put me at ease about having my passport picture taken and assuring me they’d be able to get a good one. And they were right, I had to wait about 5 minutes for them to print the picture out, but it was well worth it and I’m very happy with the picture and the overall experience and wonderful customer service. They have parking spots behind the building, but that area was a little full, so we ended up parking across the intersection in the spacious Rite Aid parking lot and walking over. I could not be more pleased with my photos and highly recommend getting your passport pictures taken here!

I’ve contacted Advanced Photo for last minute photo printing requests and they have always provided expeditious and quality services for me. My line of work requires endless amounts of photos on a regular basis so I appreciate George’s availability. George is truly a dedicated professional to his craft and I would highly recommend him to get the job done. He is a very hard worker and will make sure your needs are met no matter the request/​preferences! I would definitely rely on Advanced Photo for all my head shots requirements and photography suggestions.
Signing off as another happy customer :)

If you’re going to have your passport for ten years, you may as well take the time to get a good passport photo. Advanced Photo did a great job, and it took less than 15 minutes.
Prior to going to Advanced Photo I had tried another place, but while the results were marginally acceptable the pics were slightly blurry. After I got the pics home from the first place I decided I wanted to try again with a different company, and we chose Advanced Photo. It was a great decision — the photographer knew exactly what he was doing and allows the customer to take several digital shots to make sure you get the shot you want for your passport. Highly Recommended.
I actually hope that I’ll have time to return to Advanced Photo for some of their other services such as restoring old family pics.

George is an absolute delight, is very professional, and does amazing work! He touched up and printed old family wedding photos that I displayed at my reception. The photographer and everyone kept commenting on how beautiful they were. I decided to go back to have many of my wedding photos printed by George after we tried shutterfly and the images were yellow. He fixed the colors and they ended up vibrant and beautiful. My mom was so impressed by all of his work she traveled with old wedding photos during a weekend visit from Arkansas. George worked overtime to ensure that my mom could get the photos back before she went home which was so thoughtful and appreciated. If you have any photo printing/​retouching needs, George is a must!

AWESOME JOB ONCE AGAIN! I went to see George again at Advanced Photo for help restoring old family photos for a photo wall project by my front door. I had a few early 1900’s family pictures that were REALLY small — like 2 inches tall — that I was hoping he could work his magic on. He did an AMAZING job.
George helped me turn some of the tiny vertical pictures into horizontal ones and helped me crop other pictures and enlarge all of them to be 8×10’s. The quality of the enlarged photos looked amazing despite some of the pictures being so teeny tiny to start with. I went with an all black and white theme so the older pictures could blend with the new ones. George also helped me restore some pictures from the 1970’s that were torn and he fixed them so they looked brand new again. With George’s help and expertise, I think the photo wall turned out great and is a focal point when new guests come to my house. I uploaded a photo to Unilocal to show the finished product.
George continues to impress me with his great work, but one thing I like most about him is how down to earth and sweet he is. He is a genuine person with very fair pricing and an amazing work ethic. I will continue to go to George forever and am already working on yet another photo wall…

George is the BEST in town! Fantastic customer service — always above and beyond on making your photos or print projects look their best. Can’t say enough about his services. As a photographer — I’ve used a lot of the local print shops in NoVa and this is by far the best.
Don’t hesitate to stop in with any of your projects!

I brought in a handful of old photos and two discs of scanned photos, and beyond knowing I somehow wanted to put something together for my mom I was clueless. George was soo patient with me and offering to show variations. because why would I want to change a once color photo to sepia? Um, because my vision is terrible anyway and that was once color?
Ultimately, I went with two versions of each photo I had retouched and sized. The photos were done in just a few days and the total price was a lot less than I expected. When I was picking up (and then spending the next hour driving Kenny crazy picking mats and frames) I mentioned that my aunt had sent over the photos and George graciously printed out a cd of photos to send back to my aunt.
The onlyyy downside is they close on the early side, 7pm on weekdays. Parking can be tight behind the building as well.