develop all my film

i have rolls of film from 1992. disposable cameras of unknown origin. i’ve never been good about getting things developed, but i really aught to get better.

I had forgotten ALL ABOUT the fact that this goal was on my 101 in 1001 list, but I did get all my old rolls of film developed a couple of weeks ago, and my wife and I are enjoying looking at them and remembering things from over 5 years ago. Back when I was thinner, and some of my friends had a full head of hair. It’s totally worth it, although film development prices have increased since the advent of digital cameras: now I just have to buy a new photo album to put them in!

as an incentive to paying off my credit card, i’ve decided that i will only allow myself to develop my film after it’s paid off in full. this could take a while. but, after my card is paid off, i will be saving enough money to be able to get ALL of them developed at the same time.

I just can’t find the time to go and get it all developed!!

I picked up all that developed film today, and I can’t believe how many of these memories I had completely forgotten! As mentioned before, I had it all developed directly to CD, so now I just need to organize my photos and work on my scrapbooks. Of course, as I organize my photos, I will also declutter that area of my life, too.

JUST DO IT! (as finances allow….)

I dropped ALL 27 rolls of film off at Wal-Mart today to have them developed directly to CD without getting prints (it is definitely cheaper, and who knows which pictures I am actually going to want to prints of?!). They will be done soon for pick-up, and I can’t wait to see what’s actually on there!!!!!

When I get them, I will take another step on my goal to be more organized and get them on my computer, label them, and sort them into files in chronological order. Then I can decide which to get prints of and organize my photos (the new ones and the ones I already have prints of). Finally, I will work on my scrapbooks.

This is going to take a while… I have rolls that may date as far back as 1985. I know they are not suppossed to turn out, be we had a roll come back in pretty good condition from 1987. So, it’s worth a shot.
There are over 30 rolls, some in 110 format (who develops those anymore?) and most in 35mm.
I’ve got to devise a plan.

Received a roll of Kodachrome 200 back from Dwayne’s Photo, and they were unable to process it because the film was “too damaged.” Looks like there are problems with my Olympus XA (or more likely with my initial inept usage of it). Oh well. I also lost a roll of black and white that I wanted to process. So in effect I’m done with this goal until I finish off the roll in my Yashica T4.

Developed 4 rolls last week. This system seems to work great. Send film in postage paid envelope. A couple of days later, you receive your film as well as scanned copies on-line for sharing with friends. Fabulous!

Friends have made me paranoid about where to bring my film. I doubt anyone around here would really just destroy it though. Hrm. Maybe I’ll decide on a schedule. I have a LOT of old film to get developed.