Old Photos, New Sotware, Plus the Usual Comments

 I recently scanned several hundred old B&W (Black & White) negatives from the 1970s to the mid-1980s.  Some were out of focus or there was movement and most had dust spots, so it took a while to fix these imperfections.  Usually, in the past, when I shot a roll of film, I would go through them and choose which ones to print.  I used mostly ON1 Photo Raw, also Lightroom, and for the dust spots, Photoshop when ON1 couldn't eliminate some of those.  I was going to post some photos from the Mar Vista street fair from last Saturday but still working on them with ON1 - still learning the program.

Cathy Moriarty in the middle and Bull from Night Court walking along Ocean Front Walk at Venice Beach.  Early 1980s.

She was on a break in a movie filming and I asked her if I could take some photos of her.

Women's fitness contest at the old Venice Beach Pavilion area - early 1980s.

Framed posters outside the old KIIS house along Ocean Front Walk - early 1980s.

The above two photos were taken in either Hermosa or Manhattan Beach, late 1970s.

Part of a movie filming in Santa Monica - early 1980s

COMMENTARY

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I tried to keep this really short, but then this just came out:  

CDC Panel Recommends COVID Vaccines for Ages 6 Months and Up Amid Concerns Doctors Afraid to Recommend Shots

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Thursday also recommended everyone 6 months and older get a flu shot.

Just what people need, a shot that is all risk and no benefit, and if someone gets injured they have to pay all the medical bills (or funeral expenses) so some people can get rich, who wouldn't want that?  Once again, please do your research, just not from the CDC or news media.

Oh, and there was this also:  "The CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis gave an agency update on Thursday morning, declaring, “Vaccines work, even when they don’t,” when explaining that people who got the mpox vaccine and still got mpox had a milder infection." Amazing how they try to spin things. There is no way 2 know if a person got a milder infection than if he didn't get the vax.