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Posted by Eric: Wed Jul 1st, 2015 06:45

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I've recently been collating photos, that have been hidden on a hard disk for a number of years, into themed books. It started with some specific holidays (eg 2 months in Europe 2013). In the UK a company called Bonusprint are doing periodic vouchers at ridiculously low prices (100pages for £19) and we have taken advantage of several.

What it does is hone your photo assessment skills. Looking through hundreds of images and selecting the tens of images that best describe the subject, is a challenging yet rewarding exercise. Rather like the old days when you selected the best photo to hopefully win the club competition, you need to look for image quality, subject interest but also the message the photo conveys.

What you get is an enriched snapshot of an event or period in a coffee table book, much more accessible and much better than the old photo albums crammed with every print...which fell out or faded.

I was quite dismissive of the quality when they first emerged on the scene. But improvements in digital printing have come a long way. Sure you may need to preadjust some images to better suit the blocky digital print, but the result is well worth the effort.

I had considered doing an IR book, but am perhaps unfairly concerned about releasing high res specialist images to a print house, who might have unscrupulous people copying and using unusual images.

Maybe that's my paranoia. o.O

Anyway ...I commend you to 'doing something' with those archived memories.:thumbsup:

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Posted by amazing50: Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 06:25

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It's always possible to have your pix copied, however from some time spent in a film processing lab unlikely.

Too much volume and so many low quality pics that they all become a blurr.

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Posted by jk: Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 17:06

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amazing50 wrote: It's always possible to have your pix copied, however from some time spent in a film processing lab unlikely.

Too much volume and so many low quality pics that they all become a blurr.
I tend to agree but there are always horror stories that float around.

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Posted by TomOC: Fri Jul 3rd, 2015 19:39

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I agree with not worrying...kind of like worrying about a shark attack...they happen but not to me :-)

At that price, they have to make money SOMEHOW...maybe they will be selling your files to Alamy :-)

Tom

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Posted by Eric: Sat Jul 4th, 2015 12:10

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TomOC wrote:
I agree with not worrying...kind of like worrying about a shark attack...they happen but not to me :-)

At that price, they have to make money SOMEHOW...maybe they will be selling your files to Alamy :-)

Tom
Ok...IR book will be next project, you have convinced me of the integrity of the commercial world.
:lol:

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Posted by jk: Sat Jul 4th, 2015 19:44

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I look forward to seeing the IR book. ;-)

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Posted by richw: Wed Jul 8th, 2015 02:52

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If somebody steals an image that you might not have done anything with and makes a lot of money for it - you then have a chance to get some from them. So I guess money wise you are up unless you believe that you would have somehow made more from the image if they had not stolen it.

Posted by Eric: Wed Jul 8th, 2015 12:21

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richw wrote:
If somebody steals an image that you might not have done anything with and makes a lot of money for it - you then have a chance to get some from them. So I guess money wise you are up unless you believe that you would have somehow made more from the image if they had not stolen it. I like you thinking Rich.

Use them to do the marketing. :lol:

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Posted by Eric: Wed Jul 8th, 2015 16:12

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3 done and printed. Going to have a book shelf at this rate. Lol

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Posted by Judith: Wed Jul 8th, 2015 22:06

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I have similar projects on the to do list, Eric. One of these days, when I have enough time...

I think maybe you are erring on the side of paranoia over the labs lol. They will be way to busy just getting through the workload to ponder over whether individual pics are worth nicking. :-)

Posted by Eric: Fri Jul 10th, 2015 10:42

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Judith wrote:
I have similar projects on the to do list, Eric. One of these days, when I have enough time...

I think maybe you are erring on the side of paranoia over the labs lol. They will be way to busy just getting through the workload to ponder over whether individual pics are worth nicking. :-)

I think you are right, Judith! I uploaded the files on Wednesday...just got an email to say it's printed and despatched!

Full marks for service.

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