Old Griffey Jr. Pictures Found
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In 1987 I was visiting my family in Salem Oregon. There was this hot new player named Ken Griffey Jr. playing for the Bellingham Mariners in town to play the Salem Angels of the NWL. My Dad and I went out to Chemeketa Community College that night with my Moms point and shoot 35mm camera in tow. People thought I was nuts getting right up to the edge of the dugout and taking pictures of a very young looking Griffey. He didn't do well that night, I think he struck out twice and went 0-4. I remember my Dad saying on the drive home he was a hotdog. After many years and moves I forgot about the pictures and thought they were still at my Dad's house. Two weeks ago he brought up a box of some of my things and inside was a blue Kodak picture holder. Below is what I found. They're not the greatest pictures and the focus could have been better but this really made my day when my Dad brought these.
I still have all the negatives too.
I still have all the negatives too.
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<< <i>I would get them signed. >>
No question - I bet KGJ would laugh and really enjoy signing them
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Thanks for sharing!
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thanks very much for sharing them.
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<< <i>I can make copies but I guess I should find out if the negatives are OK. There are more pictures but they are dark with a few that may be useable. Can someone give me advice on how to do this? Should I make 25 copies of each, I don't know. My e-mail is accessable right? I'm new to the boards this week so guidance would be helpful. Doug >>
You HAVE to scan the negs....If you scan from the photo you'll be doing what the printing world calls, Duping. You always want to go from the original neg or digital image. I would go to a professional printing lab and pay them to scan them and that way you'll know they clean the negs and you'll get good high resolution photos.
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You HAVE to scan the negs....If you scan from the photo you'll be doing what the printing world calls, Duping. You always want to go from the original neg or digital image. I would go to a professional printing lab and pay them to scan them and that way you'll know they clean the negs and you'll get good high resolution photos.
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Dont do it at a place like RitzCamera, or some generic chain. I would suggest a specialty photo shop. Will definitely be more expensive, but will do a nicer job making sure the scans are accurately colored. Plus, you want them scanned a as high DPI as you can. Chains, typically only scan good enough for generic prints.
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That's awesome that you caught those shots
<< <i>delete them from here and at least put a watermark over them before you post again.. >>
To late.
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Maybe watermark it something like © 2009 John Doe
<< <i>I can make copies but I guess I should find out if the negatives are OK. There are more pictures but they are dark with a few that may be useable. Can someone give me advice on how to do this? Should I make 25 copies of each, I don't know. My e-mail is accessable right? I'm new to the boards this week so guidance would be helpful. Doug >>
Scan the negs at a good photo house. Find a reputable one near you, most likely not a chain. Find a place where you can sit down and spend some time with a real technician that takes an interest in what you have and want.
They will supply you with digital files of the scans and however many prints you need. They can even crop and touch them up for you, for a fee of course.
You can copyright the entire package of images at once I believe, by naming it as a collection or something like that. You'll have to check www.copyright.gov. I think that Getty or Corbis also have a copyright primer on their website.
I got into this a few years back and have an inventory of about 300 vintage and modern sports images. Some are images from negs shot for cards or outtakes, others action shots. I bought a neg and slide scanner and learned some of the finer points of Photoshop, but had to put it all aside when my real job took me away from home for long periods of time.
Good luck. Those shots have some potential if put in the right hands for editing.