A Treasure Trove of Photos - Part 2

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When I was writing my latest blog, sharing my passion for photos and photography, my mind was all over the place. Why am I so hooked on photos? Are others in my family just as 'hooked' on photos? Has my love of photos opened other avenues of interest for me? I decided that if I included everything that I wanted to say, the blog would be too long, and it would be boring. But it is hard to keep me quiet!!!!!


For me, my photos are my version of a personal journal. I never kept a diary or wrote a journal, and writing blogs were something that I started here on NOTH a number of years ago. I enjoyed reading blogs written by others, and decided to give it a try. Having my parents' photo albums, well organized and carefully mounted on black pages and protected in hard cover albums, I am willing to share copies with relatives, some who had very few photos and live on the other side of the globe. I kept trying to figure out the easiest way to share a lot of photos. A couple of years ago, I learned about software and associated website that is a great tool. It is a Photo Scan App by Photomyne. The app installs on a cell phone, and it scans multiple photos, crops them, and saves them in individuals files. It can also store the photos online, and create links to share with others. It will even colorize the vintage black and white photos that have been scanned. It has more tools than Google Chrome, and it is economical.

There is no need to remember how to hand-color photos now, but I still have samples of what I did when I was in high school. I also have our own studio wedding photo that I colored, in a glass frame displayed in our living room. Photos now can be colored with computer software, and I'm trying to learn it now. Not too good at it yet, but it certainly has occupied my time during this pandemic. A personal friend, who knows that I once could do photo restoration when I first started working on computers, invited me to join a closed group on 'the other' social media, and help with the challenges being posted on their group. People are welcome to post photos that need repairs... some damaged by a flood, some torn, some discolored by age, and many other requests. The only payments required are 'please' and 'thank you' to the artist who did the repairing. The 'artists' just do it because they enjoy doing it! I had to learn new software because my software (CorelDraw) was so old, it doesn't work on Windows 10. I'm not going to tackle PhotoShop, but there are great tools available online that can be tried before purchasing it.

I am so thankful for this challenge this year... I certainly haven't been bored!

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