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I emailed with the “Wizard” last year or earlier this year about 5000 slides my father took of WW 1 forts and battlefields in the 80s (most not on maps or acces
by TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
I emailed with the “Wizard” last year or earlier this year about 5000 slides my father took of WW 1 forts and battlefields in the 80s (most not on maps or accessible). His attention to detail is insane, even by email.
I have not pulled the trigger yet because he tripped me up when he asked if the slides are cataloged in any way. They are, but the notes are scattered and it’s going to take me a significant effort to reconstruct which slides are of which location. Ultimately I’m not sure I’ll get to it and the slides will probably remain as slides until I die.
- microship 4y agoHi! Steve here... I remember that conversation! When this question comes up these days, I think of my own daunting archives, much still not done, and realize that the original "catalog" is the tangible/emotional metadata of proximity and packaging (along with notes). I know what certain slides look like because of the familiar ancient boxes or binder sleeves where they have lived for a half century... so we attempt to capture THAT and not get hung up on actual labeling (unless there is a system already in place). In practice, this means folders for physical groups, ordering that reflects the way they were packaged, and photos of the physical media to serve as a reference. The actual filesystem has "digital contact sheets" (from Lightroom) and both RAW and JPG folders, but nestled in there are pictures of the source material to help rekindle the feeling of the familiar collection... even if just the box a carousel was in.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoCan you provide your email address so I can lookup our conversation and reply?