From The Archive: 1960 - 1980 by James T., Michael A. and Michael P. Cairns
In our attic at PND Mansions (UK) I came across a large box containing almost all the slide images taken between 1960 and 1980. While a few were still in their original boxes most were all in a jumble having been removed out of carousels after some long ago family slide show. So, I gathered all these images together and at first tried to select only the ones that looked interesting. Quickly, I decided to take the entire collection and have them all scanned. I was tempted to purchase a slide scanner and do this myself but my practical side quickly convinced me this would be a time consuming nightmare.
After one false start, I found an online site named ScanCafe where I sent all the images (in several batches) and had them scanned. This works really well and I would recommend ScanCafe if you are looking to do something like this with a lot of images.
If you are like me and like organization I can't underestimate how long it can take to reorganize a mass of images that have been thrown together. Remember, in my case all my images were a jumble but I quickly learned the better organized these were in advance of sending the faster I was able to put them into better order when they came back.
I am very happy with the way this book turned out. I plan on doing three or four more over the next few years as patience dictates. I think I have selected the best images from this period (not including any family photos you might notice) and as a set of images that describes my first 20 yrs I think it's a pretty decent representation. And that's a pretty awesome cover.
In our attic at PND Mansions (UK) I came across a large box containing almost all the slide images taken between 1960 and 1980. While a few were still in their original boxes most were all in a jumble having been removed out of carousels after some long ago family slide show. So, I gathered all these images together and at first tried to select only the ones that looked interesting. Quickly, I decided to take the entire collection and have them all scanned. I was tempted to purchase a slide scanner and do this myself but my practical side quickly convinced me this would be a time consuming nightmare.
After one false start, I found an online site named ScanCafe where I sent all the images (in several batches) and had them scanned. This works really well and I would recommend ScanCafe if you are looking to do something like this with a lot of images.
If you are like me and like organization I can't underestimate how long it can take to reorganize a mass of images that have been thrown together. Remember, in my case all my images were a jumble but I quickly learned the better organized these were in advance of sending the faster I was able to put them into better order when they came back.
I am very happy with the way this book turned out. I plan on doing three or four more over the next few years as patience dictates. I think I have selected the best images from this period (not including any family photos you might notice) and as a set of images that describes my first 20 yrs I think it's a pretty decent representation. And that's a pretty awesome cover.
1 comment:
Well darn it. The PND recommendation is quite literally a day late. Our public radio station has a Scan Cafe "gift" in my usual donation level and I've always been tempted (not for me, I'm a terrible photographer but my now deceased father in law was in the presidential press corp so you can imagine the family archives...). Anyhow, I'll sign on next time! And PS I always love the photos along with your commentary.
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