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Old 05-01-2020, 01:35 AM
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Default Time on my hands

So with all this extra time on my hands I decided to be productive and do something nice for my girl. She’s an essential employee so she is having to go to work and I’m at home working. I decided to use this time to scan all her old photos and create a hardcover photobook and also give her a digital copy. I quickly found many pictures had faded, been creased, wrinkled, or otherwise not in good scannable condition. However because they were film, the negatives were still in their protective sleeves and in good shape. I had heard that because you can make larger photos from negatives the quality is better scanned than the standard sized prints. I quickly ordered a negative scanner and got to work. This one scans a strip at a time and isn’t quick so I work while it does. After a few days I reviewed the pictures. Many were familiar as they were part of the packs of prints. However there were some new photos in there. I originally figured the 24 print packs had missing photos because they didn’t come out and at that time you could return them and not put for them. That was mostly accurate but there were photos from spring break, clubs, dances, parties, and other times that were either rejected by the company printing, destroyed by my girl, or kept by someone else. One shot I found incredible was a guy sleeping completely naked on a bed. I can’t figure out the context as he doesn’t appear elsewhere. Was this a one night stand? Was this the first guy ever? Did she take this picture or one of her friends that was in the other regular pictures? So many questions but I don’t know how to bring it up or if I should.
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