Category
Old photos
Scanning, restoring and labelling the pictures from before phones.
10 posts
Posts
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Who is the woman in the hat?
A reader’s search for a stranger in her grandmother’s photos.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: candid
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- Reading time: 3 min read
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The wedding album nobody opens
Bringing a heavy old album back into family life.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: holidays
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read
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Scanning resolution, explained simply
How big a scan you need for the size you want to print.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: backups
- Published:
- Reading time: 5 min read
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Write on the back before it’s too late
Names, dates and places: the captions only one person still knows.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: candid
- Published:
- Reading time: 5 min read
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Old and new on the same page
Mixing a grandparent’s childhood photos with today’s.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: autumn
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read
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Slides, negatives and the box in the loft
What each format needs and where to start.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: gifts
- Published:
- Reading time: 6 min read
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Fixing faded colour without overdoing it
Gentle restoration that keeps a print looking its age.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: covers
- Published:
- Reading time: 4 min read
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Scanning a shoebox of prints in one weekend
A realistic plan, the gear you need and what to skip.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: gloss
- Published:
- Reading time: 6 min read
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Handling old photos safely
Gloves, sleeves and the storage mistakes that ruin prints.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: paper
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read