I came across a folder of images from when I was on staff at Georgia Tech. Just take a look at some of these memories. Can you find pictures on your computer from years ago?

In the past 20 years, technology has improved. Here is a scan I did 18 years ago:

Then today using the latest Adobe PhotoShop software I was able to get this with just minor editing:

The Raw Camera Filter has some cool features.

The best feature for scans is the Dehaze slider.

When you slide it to the right, you get less haze, which comes from a backlight that scans the film transparency.

The other feature is all the tools at the top of the Camera Raw. I use the Detail tool [two triangles] to adjust for noise and sharpening.

By the way, the Develop Module of Lightroom is the same as the Camera RAW filter of PhotoShop.

Hope this tip helps you if you have old transparency photos that you scanned and look washed out.

Here some photos I fixed just today

In 1996 I photographed Dr. Sam Shelton, the guy who designed the Olympic Torch.

Then in 2002, Dr. Sam Shelton designed the Winter Olympic Torch. These are some of the photos from then that were used to promote Georgia Tech’s involvement in the Olympics.

While the cameras are better today, with enough light, the past cameras also did a great job.

I have been going through old photos from 17 years ago during my last staff job before going full-time freelance in 2002.

I worked at Georgia Tech as their only staff photographer, which I have done since 1993. I took lots of photos of Buzz, the mascot during those years.

Tech Square was just being built.

I was always in the research labs capturing the latest technology.

Sometimes those researchers were working on the coast of Georgia.

Georgia Tech beat The Citadel back then. This year they lost to them.

I was often capturing lasers and the researchers working on projects.

Be sure you store your images on hard drives. I recommend using SSD and having your pictures in 3 places.