After looking at all of the intricate lace on the back of your dress, it occurred to me that I know someone who specializes in image restoration.
His name is
Denny Weigand
He's also the guy teaching a Lightroom class in Walnut Creek in May.
I don't know what he charges, but he shows before and after images in his web site.
Take a look and see what you think.
For the rest of you checking into this thread, and unaware of the specifics...
The wedding photographer marked the proofs with indelible ink, and gave them to Carrie.
Then the photographer disappeared.
So it's not as if Carrie didn't
want to pay the photographer, it's that she can't find them.