tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post6432174485033288384..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Those Blurry Old Photographs - A Sepia Saturday PostNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-67760204452082775302013-10-07T18:28:32.478-04:002013-10-07T18:28:32.478-04:00Some of the colors the old photos become are defin...Some of the colors the old photos become are definitely eyesores! Thanks for visiting, Wendy.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-23477196692677250872013-10-07T18:27:30.688-04:002013-10-07T18:27:30.688-04:00If only we could pull them into focus, or alter th...If only we could pull them into focus, or alter the light, or fix the color they would be so very useful for other posts. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment, Sharon.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-52004783646005298382013-10-07T07:47:15.518-04:002013-10-07T07:47:15.518-04:00You are right Nancy - where else would we every fe...You are right Nancy - where else would we every feature our "reject" photos but Sepia Saturday? Nowhere that I can think of.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636761469099608281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-5340611825900878862013-10-07T05:56:24.479-04:002013-10-07T05:56:24.479-04:00Having a record of a process like drying lace curt...Having a record of a process like drying lace curtains on a frame is one excellent reason to keep a fuzzy photo. So interesting! <br /><br />And I have my share of color photos that degraded to pinks and yellows. Like you, I changed the photo of my childhood home to black and white -- the bad color hurt my eyes! LOLWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-47713337103811776552013-10-06T22:42:41.488-04:002013-10-06T22:42:41.488-04:00Thanks so much, Sue.Thanks so much, Sue.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-21338782939198448162013-10-06T22:42:18.196-04:002013-10-06T22:42:18.196-04:00Hi, Kristin --
Yeh, the discolored photos are bad...Hi, Kristin --<br /><br />Yeh, the discolored photos are bad and I can't get the color right, either, but if they're in focus, I can turn them into black and white or sepia photos and at least save the image.<br /><br />Do you have a date for the photo of your mother in the coat? I'm guessing 1925 or later but I don't recognize any of the girls in the photo so it's hard to date it.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-41595683127216904132013-10-06T14:50:44.022-04:002013-10-06T14:50:44.022-04:00I used to have some curtain stretchers. Where did ...I used to have some curtain stretchers. Where did they come from? I can't remember! I do know I never saw any curtains stretched on them. I was going to make a loom. I dislike the discolored photos the most because I can rarely get them to look normal. I guess my favorite is the one of your porch because of the stories you told about it. I do have several of my mother and her sister dressed in similar coats to the one on the far right of the first row of three. All in all a nice collection of not perfect but perfectly good photos.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-26546819489657802502013-10-06T13:43:52.069-04:002013-10-06T13:43:52.069-04:00A lovely collection of family photographs that all...A lovely collection of family photographs that all mean so much, even if they might not be picture perfect. I particularly enjoyed your description of your family home and the memories evoked by the porch steps - beautifully expressed. . ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-4501500304648982142013-10-06T01:39:49.048-04:002013-10-06T01:39:49.048-04:00Thanks, Postcardy. I don't think curtain stre...Thanks, Postcardy. I don't think curtain stretchers have been in common use since about the 1940s.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-72208385327677759942013-10-06T00:21:36.889-04:002013-10-06T00:21:36.889-04:00Thanks, Mike! Yes, memory can do lots of things w...Thanks, Mike! Yes, memory can do lots of things with the past, even with old photographs.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-68702151523411691352013-10-06T00:13:28.513-04:002013-10-06T00:13:28.513-04:00A Perfection Post! I think memory makes the best p...A Perfection Post! I think memory makes the best photoshop restoration. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-43751415899124738692013-10-05T20:39:52.903-04:002013-10-05T20:39:52.903-04:00I enjoyed looking at your "treasures."
...I enjoyed looking at your "treasures."<br /><br />I never heard of a curtain stretcher before.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-5126723598463132772013-10-05T20:28:51.293-04:002013-10-05T20:28:51.293-04:00Hi, Alex. I read your first sentence and wondered...Hi, Alex. I read your first sentence and wondered what you could possibly have learned from the post -- and then you told me. You could hang your broom, too, to keep the bristles from bending but who uses straw brooms these days? The girl is holding a dog but you can only see the tail. Too bad the photographer didn't step back two steps and we would have had both head of dog and the rest of the little girl on the left. Thus it goes with these old, awful photographs, huh? Thanks so much for visiting and leaving a comment.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-78436165868394514162013-10-05T18:57:19.042-04:002013-10-05T18:57:19.042-04:00I have learned so much from this post. I had neve...I have learned so much from this post. I had never before heard of curtain frames or their use. I shall now stand my straw broom on its handle. I love the photo of the children on the path. That boy's smile is so wide. And what is the girl holding in her arms? Is it chickens??? Lovely selection. Thanks so much for sharing.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-8498998120281256842013-10-05T18:47:15.567-04:002013-10-05T18:47:15.567-04:00Hi, Rosie. When it comes down to it, I think I...Hi, Rosie. When it comes down to it, I think I'm happier to have writing on photographs if it identify people, location, date, etc., than to have perfect photographs with no identification at all. In truth, I want both the identification but on the back AND the perfect photograph but that doesn't happen much with the photos I inherited. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment. Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-75246857307280799632013-10-05T18:14:39.520-04:002013-10-05T18:14:39.520-04:00Thanks, Deb. It's not that the photo's gr...Thanks, Deb. It's not that the photo's great but that it brings out such memories, huh? In that way it IS magical. (In other ways, too, of course, it seems magical.) Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-1406339517554896832013-10-05T16:39:39.610-04:002013-10-05T16:39:39.610-04:00It's a good thing some people wrote on the pic...It's a good thing some people wrote on the picture at all, later on, especially in our generation, it helps to identify some relatives!!! I wish my aunts and uncles had put something on back of their photos, even the year would have helped.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015301472659256675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-68282891672466096712013-10-05T16:04:30.864-04:002013-10-05T16:04:30.864-04:00Hi, David. I like the discolored shots, too, part...Hi, David. I like the discolored shots, too, particularly because I can help them look better! I wonder if today's inks used to print photographs are more "secure" than those earlier printing methods. I rarely have photos printed these days.... Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-17205066169879210362013-10-05T16:01:59.331-04:002013-10-05T16:01:59.331-04:00Hi, Patrica. I go back and forth about tossing so...Hi, Patrica. I go back and forth about tossing some of the photos that are a mess. If they are really, really bad and I can't recognize a soul in them, out they go, but otherwise, I struggle. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-9409331064853968642013-10-05T16:00:32.645-04:002013-10-05T16:00:32.645-04:00Hi, Dorene. Yes, it's helped me learn the sam...Hi, Dorene. Yes, it's helped me learn the same. I look at my mom's photo album and bemoan the lack of great photos. Now I know there are many more of us in the same situation.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-26899132636592210322013-10-05T15:53:51.099-04:002013-10-05T15:53:51.099-04:00Love the porch shot -- and the memories you talk a...Love the porch shot -- and the memories you talk about. Oh, the magic of photography!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-71510885337803108952013-10-05T15:51:37.765-04:002013-10-05T15:51:37.765-04:00Hi, Lorraine. My mom was awful for writing on pho...Hi, Lorraine. My mom was awful for writing on photos. Most of them she wrote on when she was in her 50s and 60s, not at the time they were new. I suppose she wanted to make sure whoever saw them after she was gone knew who everyone was. She usually wrote on the borders but I have one snapshot on which she wrote the names of the three girls on their bodies. I'd have to be a better photo editor than I am to clean up that mess. Still, now I know who the girls are, without a doubt! Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-75760846798595632462013-10-05T15:47:17.793-04:002013-10-05T15:47:17.793-04:00Yes, it IS fabulous to be able to edit color probl...Yes, it IS fabulous to be able to edit color problems so easily, Gail. I thought about showing before and after photos in this post but decided to leave it to just before photos. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-75536215138064427242013-10-05T12:08:28.610-04:002013-10-05T12:08:28.610-04:00I particularly liked the "discolored" sh...I particularly liked the "discolored" shots. We've come so far since the early days of colored photography.The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-23671642081630433002013-10-05T11:55:40.021-04:002013-10-05T11:55:40.021-04:00Enjoying all the wonder photos shared this week. ...Enjoying all the wonder photos shared this week. I have many and have tossed several, but need to do more. Not posting this week again, but reading others. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.com