Ben by Daniel Shelton for April 24, 2021

I have a photo albums of pictures I took 1994-2000 or so. After that… all pictures I was lucky not to discard are in a box. ¯\(ツ)/¯

At least they take up less space.

The color photos I have from the 1970s have all faded. Meanwhile, all my family and childhood black and white photos from the 40’s-60’s are crystal clear.

B&W images show details that will fade from older color images.

One holiday my Mother and Sister-in-law, were comparing their latest rings. I noted that it’s a shame that when we have enough money to have nice rings, our hands are old.

Not to worry, you still look attractive!

You’re ignoring the positive, that you’ve aged.

I was a fanatic about physically tagging all my prints with negative frame numbers. I still have all the negatives from ten years of working Renaissance Faires. I plan on using them as models for artworks in my retirement. I have already reworked many of my old 5MP digital photos with “magic” (superresolution) software and gotten acceptable 11″ × 14″ prints. Unfortunately, a lot of art involves preservation and record-keeping. It’s the difference between an artist and a dilettante.

And now we are scanning all of those old black and white photos into digital files.

most of my B&W (more properly grey-scale, but I digress) photos from the 50s and 60s are blurry and badly composed. sigh.