Preserving your family photographs : how to care for your family photographs - from daguerreotypes to digital imaging / Maureen A. Taylor.
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TextPublication details: Lexington, Ky. : Picture Perfect Press, c2010.Description: 206 p. : ill., port ; 26 cmISBN: - 0578048000 (alk. paper)
- 9780578048000 (alk. paper)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Maureen A. Taylor, author of Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs, provides all the information you need to care for your family photograph collection. She outlines in straightforward steps how to add value to your home collection by using the methods that conservators and photo curators use every day Youll learn how to: * Identify the types of damage already done to the photos in your collection. * Take care of all your photos going forward, so that damage is a thing of the past. * Preserve your digital images - for you and future generations. * Select a conservator to repair damaged photos and protect them from more deterioration. * Select a restoration expert to restore damaged photos using airbrushing, digital manipulation, or photographic enhancements. * Create a stunning scrapbook that will endure, using archival quality guidelines. * Properly handle cased images such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes. * Explore techniques to share your images. * Take advantage of low-cost alternatives to traditional photo preservation techniques.
Cover design by Cecilia Sortino, C Design Lab, Book design and layout by Angel Editing www.angelediting.com, Published by Picture Perfect Press www.pictureperfectpress.com
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-202) and index.
Introduction -- Stories worth saving -- The preservation facts -- Cased images -- Photographic prints -- Photographic albums -- Negatives -- Color -- The digital age -- Duplicating photos -- Professional help: conservation and restoration -- Sharing and displaying -- Safe scrapbooking.
Learn to preserve your precious family photographs so that friends and loved ones can enjoy them for years to come. Taylor outlines straightforward steps that add value to your home collection, using methods that conservators and photo curators use every day.