George, I think your very right. Now I've got to scan my best slides, and my Dad's slides. And get my sister, who is collecting old family photos, to do some book making as well. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:43 AM, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all of the comments everyone. I'm glad I took the time to > scan those older slides. Unlike the print photo albums the slides > tend to get put in a box on a shelf and become out of site out of > mind. The print albums get put on the same shelf, but they are > easier to open and view when the whim strikes. > > Somewhere in the late 60's the family started taking snapshots with > prints instead of slides. Those are fading and also need to be > scanned before they disappear. A lot of them are in those plastic > album pages that were so popular back then. > > That said, once this stuff is scanned it needs to be reproduced in > printed form and distributed to the family. I fear the digital > versions are much like the slides. Out of sight, out of mind and > easily lost. Eventually, I hope that another much younger person in > the family emerges with the desire to be a custodian of these old > photos. > > gs > George Sinos > -------------------- > www.GeorgesPhotos.net > www.GeorgeSinos.com > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Apr 15, 2013, at 7:33 AM, George Sinos wrote: >> >>> Sometimes the stuff in the background of and old photo is as >>> interesting as the original subject. Just a couple of personal >>> observations. >>> >>> <http://george-sinos.squarespace.com/blog/2013/4/13/dad-and-the-philco-1959> >> >> The value of that photo, and the stories, far exceed its mere technical >> qualities. >> >> PS Yay Argus C3. >> >>> >>> gs >>> >>> >>> George Sinos >>> -------------------- >>> www.GeorgesPhotos.net >>> www.GeorgeSinos.com >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
