Note background in Photographs

Another good tip when sorting thru photos and again compliments of the
Ancestry Daily Newsletter:

Note Background Photographs
Glen Porteous
Ottawa Ontario

Did you ever look at an indoor photo taken of say your great-grandfather in
his house and note that in the background of the picture, there are other
pictures hanging on the wall or on the mantle over a fireplace? Your

CWatters...

I'm not familiar with this story but ... In the Times today there is a short
item on a photo of Sir Menzies Campbell finishing a race in 1964 with a
pained expression on his face. An enlargement implies the reason for the
pained expression was recently discovered to be a man holding a gun in the

roy...

Just a starter pistol, surely. Presumably this was a little joke on
the part of The Times?

CWatters...

If it's a joke I don't get it. It's clearly a long barrel gun like a rifle
or shotgun. Perhaps I've missed a news story? Possibly something to do with
the recent campaign to relax the gun laws to help our olympic shooters? I
tried to web-search the story but found nothing. Anyone?

Roy Stockdill

"Familiarity breeds contempt - and children."

Mark Twain

background.

grandfather was displaying family photos of his loved ones, possibly even
his parents or grandparents. I have noted this and have even been able to

Slarty...

The problem is that such a photo was more than likely a studio portrait,
and any background merely decoration.

identify one of the pictures. It gives you an idea of what the previous
generations looked like.

Di Maloney
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