For those of you who might be interested (Hi! and Hi!), I’ve started a new blog at Images Past where I will be posting from my huge collection of old family photos.
I’m trying to practice what I preach about labelling and cataloguing a collection of precious family pictures so that they survive for future generations. There should be a few interesting stories along the way. I will also be looking into archival storage for my photos – acid free boxes will be purchased and newspaper clippings banished to their own folders (the ink damages pictures). I’m also learning about optimal scanning for minimal damage.
Please drop by and meet Jackie Jackdaw and see if you can translate a Polish signature for me.
Thanks
Jo
I’ve added your new blog to my RSS feeds. Look forward to seeing and reaading about your family snaps.
You won’t regret it! It is a job that I keep on putting on my to do list but is STILL undone…
Jo, Who be interested to know how you intend to archive your family pics, I think I intend to go digital with mine. Mark
Hi Mark
I reckon I need to scan the pics on a high resolution and save as a TIF or Bitmap to a good quality disc then adjust the TIF to a reasonable JPEG size which I can use for whatever I want to in future. The original TIF/Bitmap should be available in future, if CD’s don’t break down in 10 years, which some folk think they may – but I will put the original pics in old-fashioned archive-quality storage just in case, and hope for the best. Practical Archivist has useful info about preserving old photos. Jo