Scrapbookers
This page is more about two other interests that overlap with photography: scrapbooking & family history. I am opening this up as a service to people who are also interested in scrapbooking or their family history. If you are interested, please write to explaining what you would like to do.
I have a specialist scanner: it scans not only paper like normal, but also photo negatives and slides. Colour negatives can be fun due to the different shades of orange used for the 'mask'. In addition to 35mm film, I have also scanned 126, 620 (Box Brownie) and 120/645: I've not tried any 110 sub-minuture film yet.
Having gotten a basic scan, I then straighten … it's amazing how bad a ¼° slope looks. I might crop the image to centre on the subject, then use an automatic tonal range adjustment that always improves the result. I never convert a discoloured print to true black.
What I think is a nice touch is to then create a limited family-tree from the photo subject down to the scrapbook subject. In the example here, it is from my great-grandparents down to my daughter and her husband-to-be: this is for a pre-wedding album. Notice that the software I use for the family-tree allows me to show dates and place of the weddings.
I always print on to genuine twelve-inch square American card-stock or 13-inch wide high-gloss 260gsm photo inkjet paper. I have the 13-inch wide paper as 19-inch long-side sheet or roll, which can print an image up to 44 inches long. The 13-inch wide paper can then either be trimmed to 12-inch square, or 12-inch by 13½-inch for direct album mounting. I never use A3 paper for 12-inch work as it is just over ¼-inch too short.
Another trick is to overlay the photo with an 80% white filter: this makes for a backgound that can be worked on.