LadyDigger
Bronze Member
Ok..this is not about treasure hunting or metal detecting..but still a form of treasures...regarding photos. I am going to attach some photos (like before and after) and I would really appreciate your honest opinion. My sister says I need to open my own business, offer my services. I love doing this and have always had an interest in doing this, of course from home.
I scan all of my kids school work (grades K-5 only) and anything special after that....I scan their medical papers, id's, driver's lic (dau only for now), birth certificates, everything and anything...I keep them on CD's. I have 3 kids, so they each have a copy of theirs as well as their siblings. God Forbid, something should happen to my home, be it fire or natural disaster, they will still have their memories and if anything happens to their copies, they can get a copy from their siblings or me!
But I love playing with photos, fixing up old photos, etc and I have a blast scanning negs. My neg scanner can only scan 35mm and slides, but I had alot of disc films, 110's and 126 negs, that I don't know of any scanner that can handle those. So, I made my own templates for these negs so I could scan them. However, with the disc film, since they were round, the only way I could do that, was to cut the negs out of the circle. I will post an example of one I did. So, if I scan from disc films, they will be destroyed as they have to be cut in order for me to do them. That is the sad part!! And for that, I am very sorry.
I think of all those folks from Katrina and other natural disasters, that lost all those family treasures and thought it would be nice to scan things so folks can have some memories to hold onto. Well, I never did anything, but my sister, just today, is like "Annie, you need to do this. You are so good!!" She knows how to pump me up!! LOL
So, here's a few scans of work I have done. These folks are all related to me.
I Thank You for your input.
Annmarie
The first 2 photos are of my mother and us kids. Mom had 5, but only four of us for there for the photo. My other sister came a few days later, but two had left to go back home. So, in order to get a pic of all of us, with recent pics, I added my sister on the right of the photo. The first photo is myself and 2 of my sisters and brother with Mom...the second photo is my sister. The third photo is all 5 of us and the 4th photo, I added photos of us on the wall.
Now, the next photo, are of my dau and my ex (her father) when she was 9 days old. The first one was scanned from a DISC FILM, the second I put color back into it and the third, not finished, I started removing dust and scratches.
The next set, the first one is of my father, then my mother and then I put them together. I see though, where I needed to make her horse's head not so transparent...I'll have to fix that....but even though they did not meet then, it was a few years later, I put them together, cause I could and thought it looked neat!
The next one is of my mother in law when she was a youngin...she was upset her photo was messed up..so I fixed it.
And the last of my sister's bestest buddy. Can you see what I did with Rosie's pic?
So ... I know alot of folks can do this themselves, but then again, alot can't or don't have time or patience. I am just wondering if I should take a chance in doing a little home business at home...to help others preserve their heritage? I would like to venture into making negs of their photos too..but that will come later on...
Just your honest opinion....thanks so much!
Annmarie
PS: I had to resize these down.....
I scan all of my kids school work (grades K-5 only) and anything special after that....I scan their medical papers, id's, driver's lic (dau only for now), birth certificates, everything and anything...I keep them on CD's. I have 3 kids, so they each have a copy of theirs as well as their siblings. God Forbid, something should happen to my home, be it fire or natural disaster, they will still have their memories and if anything happens to their copies, they can get a copy from their siblings or me!
But I love playing with photos, fixing up old photos, etc and I have a blast scanning negs. My neg scanner can only scan 35mm and slides, but I had alot of disc films, 110's and 126 negs, that I don't know of any scanner that can handle those. So, I made my own templates for these negs so I could scan them. However, with the disc film, since they were round, the only way I could do that, was to cut the negs out of the circle. I will post an example of one I did. So, if I scan from disc films, they will be destroyed as they have to be cut in order for me to do them. That is the sad part!! And for that, I am very sorry.
I think of all those folks from Katrina and other natural disasters, that lost all those family treasures and thought it would be nice to scan things so folks can have some memories to hold onto. Well, I never did anything, but my sister, just today, is like "Annie, you need to do this. You are so good!!" She knows how to pump me up!! LOL
So, here's a few scans of work I have done. These folks are all related to me.
I Thank You for your input.
Annmarie
The first 2 photos are of my mother and us kids. Mom had 5, but only four of us for there for the photo. My other sister came a few days later, but two had left to go back home. So, in order to get a pic of all of us, with recent pics, I added my sister on the right of the photo. The first photo is myself and 2 of my sisters and brother with Mom...the second photo is my sister. The third photo is all 5 of us and the 4th photo, I added photos of us on the wall.
Now, the next photo, are of my dau and my ex (her father) when she was 9 days old. The first one was scanned from a DISC FILM, the second I put color back into it and the third, not finished, I started removing dust and scratches.
The next set, the first one is of my father, then my mother and then I put them together. I see though, where I needed to make her horse's head not so transparent...I'll have to fix that....but even though they did not meet then, it was a few years later, I put them together, cause I could and thought it looked neat!
The next one is of my mother in law when she was a youngin...she was upset her photo was messed up..so I fixed it.
And the last of my sister's bestest buddy. Can you see what I did with Rosie's pic?
So ... I know alot of folks can do this themselves, but then again, alot can't or don't have time or patience. I am just wondering if I should take a chance in doing a little home business at home...to help others preserve their heritage? I would like to venture into making negs of their photos too..but that will come later on...
Just your honest opinion....thanks so much!
Annmarie
PS: I had to resize these down.....
