An unsettling and captivating photograph of wax figures burnt and melted after the massive 1925 fire that destroyed Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in London.
An eye-witness who lived opposite Madame Tussaud’s said in an interview that the fire was a wonderful spectacle. Strong red and golden flames leapt 50 feet from the roof of the building. The wax models could be distinctly heard sizzling.
Did you ever notice in older photos that nobody smiles?
It wasn’t because they were unhappy or grumpy, it was the process of having your photograph taken that dictated that it was not best to smile.
Older cameras required manual exposures and lots of light because there was no flash and exposures of photographs would take several minutes to hours.
Therefore the subject of the photo would have to hold the pose perfectly still for an uncomfortable amount of time, sometimes for up to 30 minutes.
Mark Twain once wrote, “A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.”
Modifying scanner settings is an easy enough task. As there are lots of types of scanners and various ways of accessing the settings so I will stick to the most generic approach.
Mind you…. you could always use a search engine to find the exact scanner settings tutorial or manual. Just type in your “make and model” and keywords “change scanner settings”
The approach below is for Windows PCs:
The Control Panel window appears.
You see a list of installed scanners in the Scanners and Cameras ..etc
The Profiles dialog box appears.
The Edit Default Profile dialog box appears.
These settings may include (depending on your scanner model) colour management for fine-tuning the way colours are scanned and resolution settings that control how detailed a scan is performed. (The higher the resolution, the crisper and cleaner your photo will be, but the more time it may take to scan.)
The Profiles & Scanners and Cameras windows will close.
Depending on your model, the item may be placed on a flat “bed” with a hinged cover or fed through a tray. Check your scanner’s manual for the specific procedure to initiate a scan (for example, pressing a Scan or Start button). After you begin the scan, your computer automatically detects it and displays a dialog box showing you the scan progress and allowing you to view and save the scanned item.
Scanning photos is relatively easy, however if you’re not sure how to set the appropriate Resolution / DPI (dots per inch) and the advantages of that read on:
Go into your scanner settings and look for “DPI” or “Resolution” and review your scanners current settings.
Setting your scanners DPI / Resolution correctly can increase your photo size dramatically.
However, remember the file size of your photo will increase and you may have difficulty emailing our uploading it if you set the DPI too high.
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