using my cellphone

I’m guessing that many of the older picture takers among us have a mountain of slides sitting their closet in a proverbial shoebox. Hopefully they’re not collecting dust.

I was introduced to digital images in the late 1990s and since then I’ve been scanning thousands of my slides and transparencies. I started by using a reasonably priced flatbed scanner since I couldn’t justify a more expensive piece of equipment. The flatbed produced quite good results but at the expense of time and patience.

About a year ago I started using a simpler method to digitize the slides. The slides aren’t scanned. Instead I photograph each of them with a cellphone. The results are quite acceptable- image resolution and sharpness – since my goal is to archive all of these “forgotten” photos.

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Here’s how I “scanned” a slew of slides in a very short while:

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Afterward the cellphone images are transferred to my desktop or laptop. From there I can work with them using my usual editing software.

I’ve digitized hundreds of slides using the cellphone and most of them are more than acceptable for archiving my huge collection of memories and events. As a bonus for my efforts wading through these slides, I was pleasantly surprised to run across people, places and things that I haven’t thought about in many years.

Please keep in mind that if the resulting images using the cellphone do not meet your quality requirements you still can scan the originals using a more traditional scanning method.

Give this technique a try to see if the results meet your requirements.

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Along the Strip

Below are some of the casinos for those of you who haven’t yet visited Las Vegas.

Many of the casinos are located on Las Vegas Boulevard which is commonly known as The Strip. Together the casinos provide an exciting, colorful light show during the evening.

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Highlights of our Visit to the Big Apple

I’ve lived in Michigan since the 1970s but I grew up in the suburbs of New York City. It’s been a number of years since I’ve been back to visit in December, but we took a three day trip last week to catch the holiday spectacles.

One way to describe the visit is to show you a few of our memorable photos.

During our short visit we stopped at a bunch more places – too many for this short article. Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the Christmas holiday in NYC.

Written by:

Arnie Lee

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