I received the printed photo album a few days ago. It has turned out amazingly well. As good as expected. I think this is a viable way of saving space and enabling the preservation of old treasured photographs. I do not know the archival life of the photo books but they are made with “acid free” paper. It is not the books that I am counting on for the preservation. It is the digitalization of...
Continue reading...50 Years Later
Now here is a real hoot. Take a look at this picture and the “cowpokes” in the previous post. Yep, they are the same folks. Because they spent most of their play time in those western outfits, they are to this day still called “Beaver and Dude”. Beaver is “Lil’ Beaver” as in Red Ryder’s sidekick. Dude is obvious as a cowgirl. Dude is actually my wife, Gloria and Beaver is her cousin uh… Beaver...
Continue reading...Electronic Albums
I worked hard this weekend putting my plan into action on the photo processing. I had my wife Gloria give me one of her old albums as at test. There were 375 photo’s in that beast! In the previous post I mentioned a sideline business in which some people may be interested. That is developing electronic and printed book photo albums. This looks like a can do project. I was able to do great scans...
Continue reading...Got The Photo Knack?
At my age (60) I have been thinking about “sidelines” or retirement occupations. Here is another one. I spend a lot more time at the keyboard than I probably should. I am either here or in the workshop. I have even tied the computer to my workshop activities with the CNC work. I am getting a lot of inquiries and phone calls about my CNC activities. Interest is picking up. Oops, off track! Here is...
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