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.](http://sanjindumisic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/my-mother-mostar-early-1970-photo-dumisic.jpg)
![Istanbul mosque fountain, 1970's. Photo: Đumišić.](http://sanjindumisic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/istanbul-mosque-fountain-126mm-photo-dumisic.jpg)
![Bosnian wintertime mountaintop in the 1970's. Photo: Đumišić.](http://sanjindumisic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bosnian-wintertime-mountain-top-126mm-photo-dumisic.jpg)
![Josip Broz Tito speech in Jablanica 1979. Photo: Đumišić.](http://sanjindumisic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/josip-broz-tito-jablanica-speech-1979-photo-dumisic.jpg)
![Belgrade car drive in the 1970's. Photo: Đumišić.](http://sanjindumisic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/belgrade-car-ride-1970s-126mm-photo-dumisic.jpg)
![Grandmother and great-grandfather in a Mostar backyard, 1930's.](http://sanjindumisic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/grandmother-great-grandfather-mostar-backyard-1930s.jpg)
Recent years
![Swedish Folkrace. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.](http://sanjindumisic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swedish-folkrace-35mm-photo-sanjin-dumisic.jpg)
What do you think?