I may have mentioned before - one of the books I put together this
year was from my wife's family's photos. Her Dad used to be a strong
amateur, verging onto quasi-professional (after he retired from his
real job he did much pro-bono photography work for theater groups,
etc.) In later years he used Leica, Nikon, and Hassleblad gear. I got
my hands on his two slide trays of favorite family shots from
1948-52, had them professionally scanned a couple of years ago, gave
him a CD he could watch via DVD player on his TV. He didn't get it.
95 years old is too late to be learning such things. A few weeks ago
I put those pictures into a Blurb book, my wife gave it to him a week
ago. She says that he looks through it at least once a day... One
thing I noticed is that he must have gotten a new better camera for
Christmas in 1951 - the quality did a sudden upturn at that point.
I've asked him but he doesn't remember.
I am really liking the idea of one-off books like that as a way of
preserving the best of a collection of family (or personal favorite)
shots. The digits may or may not endure, but the book will get passed
along to others in the family. Like a photo album but better in many
ways. My brother scanned most of my Dad's slides - I need to get
those files and start on my own family book(s).
stan
On Dec 15, 2008, at 10:06 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
My mother is having an (ahem) advanced birthday next week, and I
went digging around for some old photos.
Well, there are thousands and thousands of photos in this house,
prints here, slides there, the negatives someplace else. Slides
from about 1992 onwards are fairly systematically filed in slide
pages in loose leaf notebooks, but there are still scads of prints
and negs, because sometimes (for some reason) I shot print film.
This reminded me that a key advantage of digital is that it is
tidy. Instead of shoeboxes and closets and drawers full of photos,
things are neatly stored on hard drives, catalogued by date in
Lightroom.
It also reminded me of a key disadvantage of digital. I pulled out
slides and negs I shot in 1965, and they're a bit dusty and faded,
but viewable with a light box and loupe, and printable. Will
anybody be able to view my DNGs in 2051?
Then there was the weird time travel of old family photos, and
shots from old family vacations and holidays and homes.
Makes me feel old. I think I'll go to bed.
Rick
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