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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Mon Feb 4, 2013, 07:56 AM Feb 2013

In labor of love, volunteers digitally mend personal photos battered by Superstorm

In this Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 photo, Tom Ashe, associate chair of the MPS Digital Photography Department, surveys the damaged photos of Florence Catania, of Deer Park, N.Y., accepted for restoration by Operation Photo Rescue-Hurricane Sandy, at New York's School of Visual Arts. Of all the pictures of Superstorm Sandy's destruction, some of the most lingering are the warped, stained ones that sat on the walls and shelves of flooded homes. The Sandy project promises to be one of Operation Photo Rescue's most expert and ambitious efforts yet. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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In labor of love, volunteers digitally mend personal photos battered by Superstorm (Original Post) The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP

I went through all my old family photos and digitized them. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #1

Might not be a bad idea to utilize photo bucket or something similar as well The Straight Story Feb 2013 #2

The last thing in the world I would do is give google access to anything. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #3

I too have worked on doing this Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #4

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. I went through all my old family photos and digitized them.

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Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:10 AM

Feb 2013

going to do the same for my brother's collection since he has some my mother gave him that I don't have.
I have 4 different backup copies of them all. DVD, flash drive, memory cards and external drive, plus the set on my main computer.

The Straight Story

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2. Might not be a bad idea to utilize photo bucket or something similar as well

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:17 AM

Feb 2013

Or even gmail/etc to mail them to yourself and create a folder there for them.

You can make albums private on photo bucket and they do regular backups and you can access them from anywhere.

hobbit709

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3. The last thing in the world I would do is give google access to anything.

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Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:23 AM

Feb 2013

My brother has backups of mine too.

Sherman A1

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4. I too have worked on doing this

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:50 AM

Feb 2013

do a bit at a time. My Mom gave me a whole plastic tote of them years ago and this is not a fast process, but events like this give one reason to get moving on it. I too have backed up in several layers and media types. Put a few on FB and Flicker for the family to access and will do more as I get them done.

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