Pictures by Earl & Louise

These are slides my parents took between 1953 and 1981. There are over 850 slides, some in good shape, some not in good shape. On the left, you can pick a set of slides to view. DEV means 'Developed in that month.'

Here are some questions you (mostly my family) might have:

Can I print the images from the web page?

• Yes, but you may not get a good quality. I will be sending higher quality images to everyone on a CD. I would suggest you wait until then. If you just want to print them on your color printer, you could do that.

Will the scanned images print a good picture?

• Yes, in most cases, but not all. If you REALLY want a specific (1) slide printed, I might go to Epperson’s to print you a copy. If you want multiple slides, and want them printed in super high quality, Mom or I could send you the slides, and then let you take care of it. I think Nancy is going to print some pictures from the scanned images. You could wait to see how it works for her.

Why are some of the images too dark/light?

• Setting the contrast and exposure for each picture takes too much time. I make one setting and use it for all pictures in that group. From the image I send to you, you could take that into your picture-editing program and make changes. Or, if it is one or two images, I could re-scan them to correct for some problems.

Hey, how come you didn’t blow the dust off the pictures?

• Hey, I did. The dust you see is embedded in the picture. I really don’t have the necessary tools to clean the pictures better. They can be cleaned.

Are you going to send me a thumbnail page so I don’t have to go through each picture?

• I’m glad you ask. Yes, I am. On the CD, you have basically the same thing you see on the website.

Mark, some of the pictures are reversed. Weren’t you paying attention?

• Yes, I was. Like I know which way some of the pictures should be facing. If you can identify pictures that are reverse, please let me know! It is very easy for me to flip them. I think this happened a bunch with the Klein pictures.

What’s up with the picture named Image01704?

• Got me, that’s the way it is.

When do I get to see pictures that have me in it?

• It depends. If you have enough money, maybe never. Nancy and Dianne should be very concerned; I’ve been laughing the whole time. All us boys look just fine. We weren’t the victims of fashion like the girls.

Are some of the pictures out-of-focus?

• Yes, some of them are. I think I can correct it on a couple of the images, but not many. The lack of focus might just be a lack of quality of the scanned image.

Why do some of the pictures look bad?

• Well, they are lost to time and there may not be any way to restore them.

Why don’t some of the pictures have the correct date of them?

• In many case after 1960, the date the picture was taken is not on the slide. What is on the slide is the date they were developed. So that is how I identify them. If you know the correct date, please let me know. I will be happy to change the name of the folder.

Will I get any narrative about the images?

• Depends. If Mom has time. I’m trying to write down the ones that have text written on the slides. The name of that file is slidelist.txt, which can be found at http://www.mark-reynolds.com/earlandlouise/slidelist.txt.
• Dad’s description of the honeymoon slides, Ole Miss, and Summer 1953 are in the images named: alist.jpg and alist2.jpg, in the 1953honeymoon directory, although it may be out of order.

How much does this cost me?

• This service is free, as long as I get enough advertising revenues and the market stays strong. Just kidding. It’s all free. Don’t send me CDs, I have plenty.

Isn’t this taking up all the space on your website?

• Not really. I have 1GB available, and I’m currently using only 272 MB.

Just a list of folders. Can’t you make a cool website?

• I probably will once I get all the images scanned in and the CD ready. There is a finite number of slides, so I will probably make the CD look very similar to the website once I have time.

Where did Roger get that cool hat?

• I don't know, but I would like one.

Is this all the questions I can ask?

• Yes