As frequent visitors to PND will know, I have been posting images out of my family archive for about two years now. As it turns out, I've mixed images that were taken early on - that is, they are truly from the family archive versus some I've taken as an adult relatively recently. For most of you, I suspect that distinction has been missed but for me I've been really interested in the images my father and grandfather took between 1960 and 1980. In addition to the images I've posted on Flickr and those I've periodically posted on PND, I have now produced a Blurb book of some of the images I really thought were special. In the Blurb viewer below you can see the entire book and I hope you like it. You can even buy it although it is expensive and I really don't expect anyone to do so. I am thinking of creating a smaller (cheaper) format so let me know if you are interested.
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.
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