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Well, ok, more like photo middle. :-)
All my photos from 1985 to 1999 are now artfully arranged in a big long line of envelopes IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. Phew! That took RESEARCH. It is amazing the clues you can get to date a roll of film. ("Let's see, that's Critter, so it's before October 1995, and that's the silver Saturn, but wait, it's at the new apartment...") Yes, I did get out my vet records to find out some of the dates!
Some of the ordering is circumstantial. ("This one was developed February 92, and this one was developed March 92, but as for when they were taken, well, the one developed May 92 shows the car Rob purchased in April 92, so I conclude that in early 1992 I was developing them close to when they were taken, so February probably really does come before March.") Fortunately, for most of those, it doesn't matter a whole lot. The majority of those photos are things like my beloved cat licking her toes.
I never thought I'd be grateful for the rock climbing goof that broke my 35mm point-and-shoot camera, but that is directly responsible for the dearth of photos during 1996 and 1997. All I had was the SLR, and I didn't take too many silly shots with that. That camera is the only one I've ever owned that took photos in reverse numerical order (it would wind out the whole roll upon loading, and expose it "backwards") so as soon as rolls started having picture 12 clearly AFTER picture 11, I knew they'd all be that way from that point on.
All the 35mm negatives up to 1997 are in sleeves, and the photo envelopes are labeled to correspond to the negatives. Now I have to sleeve 1998 and 99, find sleeves to fit 110 film and do those, label the back of each photo (here is where I may get lazy), and I'll be ready for albums!
Much to my horror I find I need not only 3x5 AND 4x6 AND some European size, but I have ONE roll of APS. Bought the wrong kind of insta-camera one day. They're not very good pictures anyway. I am so tempted to chuck it. 1/2 :-)
I still have to "chronologize" 2000 and 2001. I have taken an awful lot of pictures in the past two years. I keep going hiking to picturesque places! E-mail archives will probably be a good help in getting those straightened out.
What a project. I knew it would take longer than I thought, and it's taking longer even than that. Still, it feels really good to be making progress like this.
All my photos from 1985 to 1999 are now artfully arranged in a big long line of envelopes IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. Phew! That took RESEARCH. It is amazing the clues you can get to date a roll of film. ("Let's see, that's Critter, so it's before October 1995, and that's the silver Saturn, but wait, it's at the new apartment...") Yes, I did get out my vet records to find out some of the dates!
Some of the ordering is circumstantial. ("This one was developed February 92, and this one was developed March 92, but as for when they were taken, well, the one developed May 92 shows the car Rob purchased in April 92, so I conclude that in early 1992 I was developing them close to when they were taken, so February probably really does come before March.") Fortunately, for most of those, it doesn't matter a whole lot. The majority of those photos are things like my beloved cat licking her toes.
I never thought I'd be grateful for the rock climbing goof that broke my 35mm point-and-shoot camera, but that is directly responsible for the dearth of photos during 1996 and 1997. All I had was the SLR, and I didn't take too many silly shots with that. That camera is the only one I've ever owned that took photos in reverse numerical order (it would wind out the whole roll upon loading, and expose it "backwards") so as soon as rolls started having picture 12 clearly AFTER picture 11, I knew they'd all be that way from that point on.
All the 35mm negatives up to 1997 are in sleeves, and the photo envelopes are labeled to correspond to the negatives. Now I have to sleeve 1998 and 99, find sleeves to fit 110 film and do those, label the back of each photo (here is where I may get lazy), and I'll be ready for albums!
Much to my horror I find I need not only 3x5 AND 4x6 AND some European size, but I have ONE roll of APS. Bought the wrong kind of insta-camera one day. They're not very good pictures anyway. I am so tempted to chuck it. 1/2 :-)
I still have to "chronologize" 2000 and 2001. I have taken an awful lot of pictures in the past two years. I keep going hiking to picturesque places! E-mail archives will probably be a good help in getting those straightened out.
What a project. I knew it would take longer than I thought, and it's taking longer even than that. Still, it feels really good to be making progress like this.
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Next time I'm feeling sorry for myself, shall I invite myself over to organize your slides? ;-)
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