Finishing and presentation

Abstract

Having moved on from the happy snapshot to the more serious levels of photography required for GCSE and City & Guilds, thought must be given as to what to do with all the pictures. Doubtless in the past the vast majority of photographs have remained in the wallet provided by the process house and tucked away in a drawer somewhere. Perhaps lately they have found their way into a flip album with the odd one or two being put into small frames. The negatives have probably fallen out of the wallet and are floating around loose in the bottom of that drawer, being irrevocably damaged. It is incredible that some people even throw the negatives away as being of no further use. As mentioned before, in a few years, and it is surprising how quickly time goes by, all photographs become historic documents of interest to a far greater audience than might be thought at first. Do not assume that because they are of no further interest to you that the same goes for others.