[Leica] Passing Images to the Next Generation

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

Rod, if you haven't read our saloon keeper's comments on storing and
preserving digital images  you should:

http://leica-users.org/NYLUG-2011.pdf

I applaud with your practice of making prints and passing them around. I
wish I could be more diligent at doing that.  Maybe next year.....

--Bob

==On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Rod Smith <bigdlakeside at 
yahoo.com>wrote:

> Bob:
> Thanks for the comment.
> You are correct - preserving photos for future generations is a wise
> thing. In fact, this is what I am doing.
> Since the 1950's, my Dad, then I, have taken family photos (mostly
> slides). Now that I am 57 (or 58) I am seeing that siblings, their kids,
> and their kids will not be able to get their hands on all the original
> slides. So I am scanning, and making prints and albums to share.
> >From my wedding photography work, I have grown to enjoy the "coffee
> table" books. And that is what I am making for family members.
> Thus far I have scanned over 1200 slides (and will undertake negatives
> next). I am giving DVD's to family, and passing out the albums and prints.
> I am trying to take precautions to do this with high quality products that
> are a little better form an archival point of view.
> The element I lack is getting family members to add names, dates, and
> comments.
> You see all the abandoned photos at flea markets and I wonder, who is this
> person, what is their story, and how (why) did no one care enough to share
> this history.
> Maybe my efforts will let some of the progeny of my family know a little
> more about their past than I do my own.
> Every time I can mention it, I say to others - make prints, high quality
> ones, and preserve them for the future.
> Rod
>
>