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To: Tired of Taxes
Re: Developing film rolls without mailing them away.

A nearby photographer who has a darkroom can develop them for you. They'll likely be an older individual who's done weddings, portrait, and yearbook work, or freelance work for newspapers, technical documents, or corporate publications. They may have taught classes at a nearby college.

There are still freelance photographers who use film for nature and art photography and develop their own photos. If you have arts and crafts fairs near you, you may run into several of them selling their art.

You might find a photographer through a hip coffee shop that sells art through consignment. Most of the photographers will identify if their photos for sale on the walls are film or digital.

A picture frame shop likely works with local photographers and can also give you some names. Staff at large arts and crafts chains such as Michael's can help since they'll often frame larger prints from photographers.

247 posted on 09/11/2024 8:58:42 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Those are great suggestions. Thank you.

Many family photos were lost. Then, when I found a few old disposable cameras, my heart sank because the film might not even be possible to develop now. They must be 20-30 years old. One has photos from a foreign trip, but I’m not sure which one. As for the others, I have no idea what pictures they hold, if any. I also don’t know which cameras were mine. If a camera belonged to someone else, I have no idea what pictures it might contain.


248 posted on 09/11/2024 3:59:43 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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