Negative scanner & Old Film Rolls

April 29, 2016January 7, 2018

I received a negative scanner recently as a present and dug into some film rolls, some old and some recent. It was the missing piece to continue working with film photography. I have analog cameras, and the film rolls are affordable priced, the development of film is affordable too. But photo development was the tricky bit and I used DIY methods of getting an idea of a film frame, to see if it was worth sending for a big print of it. A negative scanner makes this selection much easier, and there’s seemingly endless film rolls to go through, to archive and maybe find some special photos. A film roll must be developed, a negative scanner is never a substitute for that, unless for blog posts or some smaller digital prints. Here’s a mix of some 35mm and 126mm photos. The vintage ones are taken by my parents.

Film rolls are great; you finish the film roll, time passes. Later you’re happy about discovering the rolls. Magic unfolds.

Glimpses of the past

My mother, early 1970's in Mostar. Photo: Đumišić. — My mother, early 1970’s at a wedding.

Istanbul mosque fountain, 1970's. Photo: Đumišić. — My father.

Bosnian wintertime mountaintop in the 1970's. Photo: Đumišić. — Friend of my father, on a Bosnian wintertime mountaintop.

Josip Broz Tito speech in Jablanica 1979. Photo: Đumišić. — Josip Broz Tito speech in Jablanica 1979.

Belgrade car drive in the 1970's. Photo: Đumišić. — Car ride in mid 1970’s Belgrade.

Grandmother and great-grandfather in a Mostar backyard, 1930's. — My grandmother and great-grandfather in a Mostar backyard, mid 1930’s.

Recent years

Swedish Folkrace. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić. — While driving around in the forest I discovered the Swedish folkrace and checked it out.

Lisa Sinclair in Fjärås. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić. Baby Florens eating. Photo: Photo: Sanjin Đumišić. Lisa Sinclair sewing on a vintage Husqvarna. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.