Scanning.....scanning....scanning....

"Every man's memory is his private literature." - Aldous Huxley

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"Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us." ~Oscar Wilde

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Well, a month or so ago I started scanning my 35mm prints as well as other formats. I am about 3/4's the way through my second of ten albums and have come up with a few thoughts on the subject of scanning old photos.

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Positives

-Names, dates and locations written on the back of prints.

-Memories, each picture is like opening a present. Never knowing what to expect.

-Google's Picasa

-Chronological order (actually order in general for me personally)

-Other people who can fill in missing bits of information.

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Negatives

-The quality of instamatic camera prints. (Though they jog one's memory just fine.)

-Scanners that only allow you to generate one output file per scanning.

-Pictures grouped in photo albums from different periods of time.

-Prints that get stuck in photo albums.

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Mather AFB 1984 (T-37 flight)

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LSU 1985

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Colorado 1986 (On the way to California)

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Last thoughts - getting the photo's is scanned is great and I hope I have the discipline to get them scanned in a timely manner but that is really on the completion of "phase 1". After getting the prints scanned, sorted, and organized I want to start capturing more information for some of the images. The stories behind the photos.

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Grace & Peace