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Posted on 11/11/20 09:11:21 AM |
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tooquilos
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Family history Photo book
I undertook the mammoth task of sorting through boxes and suitcases filled with old photos, letters and documents relating to the family that I have gathered and collected, over the past 40 years or so, from various family members. I scanned what ever I could. If it was too large, photographed it. Cut everything out in Photoshop, added textures and created several photo books with everything I had. Joined Ancestry.com and was able to download a lot more information and documents which filled in some of the gaps. It took several months of research and pages of mind maps and notes but eventually it all came together. Initially, it was just a hobby but then I realised future generations wouldn't have a clue as to who everyone is and all those precious photos and information would be lost. I wanted to breathe life into all the people of the past, give them an identity and tell their story for my children, grandchildren and anyone else that follows after them. This is a sample of one of the pages. I ended up doing a video of the book also and set it to music. http://vimeo.com/477422689  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 11/11/20 11:21:48 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply  |
Re: Family history Photo book
It's wonderful Anna, what a lot of work... your choice of the typewriter font makes it work extremely well for me... |
Posted on 11/11/20 11:33:21 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5526 Reply  |
Re: Family history Photo book
I cannot begin to imagine how much work has gone into this. Not so much the movie as the research. It's marvellous. I love the typewriter typeface it's perfect for it. The only problem is that it makes me want to hold the 'real' book in my hands and read from it. The mixed page backgrounds take me back to my childhood in the post war years of shortage and rationing when things were in short supply. We made scrap books from cut out pictures, photos, pressed flowers, whatever we could find and glued them into books made from old brown wrapping paper, the thick coarse grey paper that went under the carpet to stop draughts from between the floor boards, sheets of thin card and even stiff fabric. All bound together with string or those old fashioned brass paper clips that had 'legs' that you bent outwards. What a wonderful thing to leave your children and theirs ........... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 11/11/20 11:34:21 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5526 Reply |
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I see Loyd just beat me to it while I was typing. Seems we both agree on the font. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 12/11/20 10:22:52 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2884 Reply |
Re: Family history Photo book
Thank you Loyd and David. Everyone, so far, in the family seems to be quite pleased with it. It was fascinating being able to go back in time and try and walk in their footsteps by imagining what life would have been like by studying their photos and what they wore. Looking at their handwriting. Seeing where they lived. It all forms a picture. I was intrigued learning about Workhouses. I had no idea what they were until I started researching them. They were definitely very harsh and inhumane times. One of the books that I am reading at the moment tells of Charlie Chaplin and his experiences growing up in a Workhouse. _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 12/11/20 10:22:53 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2884 Reply |
Re: Family history Photo book
double post _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 12/11/20 10:29:20 PM |
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tooquilos
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Re: Family history Photo book
David, one of the photo albums that I used looks, more or less, how you describe!  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 13/11/20 06:11:51 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Family history Photo book
Amazing work Anna, I have been doing similar things, but not as elaborate as yours. Have only done 1 book so far, a copy of an old album of Peter's fathers, of photos he took in the 30s. Leaving Denmark going to America on to Australia and then back to Denmark (to find a bride). The photos were all quite small and faded, no captions, so it took some time to get them cleaned up and finding out where they were taken. Managed to place quite a few with the help of https://smallseotools.com/reverse-image-search/ I found Yandex better than Google and Bing.  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 14/11/20 03:14:52 AM |
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tooquilos
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That is really beautiful, Vibeke. It's a wonderful keepsake. I know the size of the images you are talking about as I have hundreds of them and they are really difficult to work with. And now you have also given me an idea on what to do with some of mine. The majority of them are various sites also from around the world. Some I recognise but others - not a clue. Never thought of reverse image search! Brilliant. I've just tested it and its fantastic. It's worked out that this building is in Glenelg, South Australia! And look at the palm trees and how they have grown over the past 70 years or so. Thank you for this tip. I know what I'll be doing over the next few weeks. Out of interest, does Peter remember what type of camera his dad used? 
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Posted on 15/11/20 08:20:02 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
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Thanks Anna, So happy I could be of some help. Peter wouldn't know what camera his dad had, I don't think he had even seen the album until quite recently. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 19/11/20 2:12:57 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2996 Reply  |
Re: Family history Photo book
Congratulations Anna on the completion of your book. I am sure your descendants will love it. |