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Photo Retouching - preliminary work

For my photo work I have chose a photo of  my father, on the far left, standing with his father and two brothers.  This is a small photo that I have on display in my sunny living room.  It is a color photo but is quite faded.  I am going to see if I can realistically brighten the colors up to bring it back to its original glory.  As my dad looks to be about 18 in the photo I am guessing it is easily 50 years old.  


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