Photos on Glass

Jaguar240

We have a number of old photos on glass, some are quite faded. Can anybody tell me if its possible to transfer them to digital pics or what can I do to make them more viewable,

Thanks

sineadw

Hmm.. glass plates can be scanned for sure, but some of them are incredibly delicate, depending on their age and the process that was used to make them. I'd be inclined to suggest you bring them somewhere rather than trying it yourself. I know Fire (just off south circular road in dublin) do high end scanning. It might be expensive.. There's a woman just opened an exhibition of her wet plate collodion plates, a lot of which she's scanned, who might be able to give advice too if you email her? I'll see if i can dig up her website tomorrow (on the phone now), but if you google collodion exhibition Bray you might find her.

I'd love to see the images you get

Jaguar240

Thanks Sinead,

If I can get them transferred, I'll post the good one. Some are very dull, but one or two are reasonable. I would think that they are from Cork City.
Noel

Jaguar240

Thats should read good ones

Heebie

I've scanned a lot of glass negatives in the past. They can be a bit tricky, but they can give you really amazing results.
I've never dealt with positives on glass. It will be interesting to see the results.

Jaguar240

Maybe there are also negatives. I dont know as I didnt see anything lke these before

Jaguar240

Hi Heebi

Can you advise on how I can go about scanning the glass pictures if they are negatives. I would love to see what they look like.

Jaguar240

Hi Folks
Can anybody advise how I can transfer pictures or negatives to digital pictures.

Thanks