Thursday, January 19, 2012

Family History




a little while ago my nanna (my father's mother) decided that i should have the family's beautiful old camera and all the accessories that came with it. unfortunately i don't think it's still working, but it's a lovely old thing to have and to keep.






my other grandparents on my mother's side also decided they wanted to have all their old slides scanned, and my parents suggested buying a good quality scanner rather than paying someone else to do it. of course, i jumped at the opportunity and offered to scan all the slides if they would pay for the scanner since i have been wanting a really good one for a while but i couldn't justify spending a few hundred dollars on myself for something that's just a hobby. how fortunate that our needs should come together, because the scanner that we bought came with 35mm, 120mm and slide scanning frames(!!) so i'll be able to use it for all my film photography in the future. and of course i am finding great pleasure in going through all the old slides and scanning them when i have some free time.







i haven't even scanned half of the slides yet (there are a lot more than what is pictured), but here are some of my favourite photographs so far! they are mostly my grandparents and my mother and her bother as children. also, might i take this opportunity to say that particularly in the last two photos, my grandma was a babe!












25 comments:

  1. So amazing seeing all these old photos, we have a bunch of slides to in fact I still have our old projector in the attic but definitely at some point I want to make digital copies of them to xoxo

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  2. This is truly moving to see the beauty of the photos your family in generations past have taken, and the photo equipment they've gifted you!! To see two very different but similar worlds collide :) I absolutely love it! Your post has made my day and makes me want to dig into my family's photos and see through their eyes as you are doing right now!!

    LOVE!!! :)

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  3. Oh man, I love your blog so much. So amazing. Think kind of entry reminds me that I need to keep taking film photos!

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  4. This is such a great post! I wish I owned half the things you owned <3

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  5. These pictures are amazing, I loved looking at them - it's crazy thinking that these were taking so long ago. All the camera gear you got looks great as well!

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  6. Oh Jess these are gorgeous gifts you got from your grandparents. I doubt many grandparents keep things like that so to have these little treasures given to you by these very special people is amazing. I loved the slides, the colours...the blurryness, the traces of age just makes them extra special. I have a few slides that I scanned but I think the scanner wasn't as good as yours. Which did you end up getting? it looks like you will be scanning for a while though ;)

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  7. Oh this is so lovely! My Nana gave me my Papa's old cameras a couple of years ago, and my mom has been working on scanning in all of her family's old slides & my dad's family's old slides! It's so much fun getting a chance to look at old photos!

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  9. I love vintage cameras. This is actually the most incredible gift. The photos look absolutely stunning.

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  10. I loveee these photos! Amazing :)

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  11. wow! those pictures are amazing!! <3

    xo
    daisy

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  12. Lovely pics! And lovely blog too...

    (www.the-parisienne.com)
    ...maybe we can follow each others!?

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  13. These pictures are the CU-TEST!

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  14. you're blog is like my favourite thing in the world, it always brightens up my day when you post something new :) these pictures are ah-mazing! x

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  15. this pictures are amazing, I love them :)

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  16. Wow! All of these photographs are incredible.

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  17. These pictures are wonderful! I love old film and cameras to death!

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  18. These images are amazing, I love the cute drawers filled with slides too, what a lovely thing to have kept. You've inspired me to spend an afternoon pouring over the old family albums, can't wait!

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  19. OMG Henry, these are amazing zing zing photos! It's ecstasy!!! Love every single one of them, you are so talented!!!
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  20. What a lovely camera! I love old cameras and have a ton of them, but only half of it is actually working! X-) But they're still pretty sweet to look at!

    Besides, I am having a little giveaway on my blog. You can win one of two Peter Pan collars, so join if you like. I'd be happy! All you need to do is leave a comment!
    Click here:
    http://theothersisterofdeath.blogspot.com/2012/01/giveaway.html

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  21. Oh wow! That's so fortunate you get the printer! All of those pictures look so incredibly nice and cool and... nostalgic. That blue/green and white car too... all the hairstyles and clothes and just everything. It looks so awesome. I like every single photo!!

    The camera looks brilliant too, is it yours now?

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  22. The slides are wonderful, how nostalgic to look over a piece of history! <3
    http://cupcakesandtreacle.blogspot.com/

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  23. oh my goodness, I'm totally impressed with your blog! I love every single one of your posts, the pictures are just breathtaking! ♥

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