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It's really fun to look back at pictures that are from when she was a younger woman in a life before my Father. There's not too many pictures and the ones that we have are just so old that they're almost falling apart visually. But over the years from all the family vacations and some of the stuff around the neighborhood and to see the neighbors when they were young and to see myself when I was a young boy and then teenager. It's surreal that these were our lives at one time. And I think back at the things we did and I wonder now why was I the way I was and or why were things the way they were. But they were and that was the time. I do know now moving forward I'm going to take a lot more pictures of myself because when I'm old (I was about to say my age) I wish I could see more of who I was. I have some pictures but mostly it's just of landscapes. How boring, but to actually see myself and some of the people that I'm with, to me those are the real stories.

It's really fun to look back at pictures that are from when she was a younger woman in a life before my Father. There's not too many pictures and the ones that we have are just so old that they're almost falling apart visually. But over the years from all the family vacations and some of the stuff around the neighborhood and to see the neighbors when they were young and to see myself when I was a young boy and then teenager. It's surreal that these were our lives at one time. And I think back at the things we did and I wonder now why was I the way I was and or why were things the way they were. But they were and that was the time. I do know now moving forward I'm going to take a lot more pictures of myself because when I'm old (I was about to say my age) I wish I could see more of who I was. I have some pictures but mostly it's just of landscapes. How boring, but to actually see myself and some of the people that I'm with, to me those are the real stories.

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Yup my Dad advised to get people in photos, not just landscapes. Of course that was back when photos were done on film with 12 or 24 exposures. Weeks after a vacation you'd stop by the Kodak photomart to pick up your film and only then did you discover whether you got the shot or not.

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And I always hated having people in photos. But then all you have is your memories and they fade or you get distracted and don't think about them all that much. And then 30 years later you go into to a draw that hasn't been opened in 10 and find all these treasures and you sit at your dining room table with the fire going and you just laugh and laugh and laugh about all the stupid stuff that reminds you of life back in those days. And if you could have just 10 minutes of that time back it would mean more than anything.

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I scanned most of my family negatives (~4 generations) and pictures on a hi res backlit scanner bed with negative trays. I have more to do but got burned out (a few years ago now) and need to finish the job. The most important pictures I manually retouched any flaws so I had virtually perfect images. It's amazing how you can scan and reproduce pictures from original negatives that are of much higher quality than the prints they had in the day.

I've enjoyed them a lot, seeing the way it was, the people who have passed, the lives they led, their special moments captured on film. Memory lane is fun to visit, and more important when you get old.

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I've got a few negatives. But I don't have the tech you're talking about and more than likely no way to get a hold of it. My cell phone's pretty good at capturing the pictures even the ones from old prints from the 60s. To see my mom when she was 22 years old it's such a trip. To see us as a family when we were going on neighborhood campouts, talk about memory lane.

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My now ex-gf bought the scanner for me one Christmas (after I told her what to get, lol!). It works great! I've scanned at least a couple thousand images. The details in those negatives are fascinating compared to the prints of the day. I have photo software that allows me to change exposure, contrast, brightness, etc. Filters to sharpen, blur, and other tools. It can consume some time. My mom grew up on a farm. I have a picture of her at 10 years old with her pet sheep. Really cute picture.

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What kind of scanner?