Becoming Digital - My Trusty Bible

[Charley Norkus]

My in-laws gave me this Bible on my birthday in 1986. Because it was so compact... and so simple looking (I like things simple), it turned out to be my favorite.

From time to time, I would forget about it, but for the most part, it has been a ready reference for me for these 24 years. Every time I think about getting rid of it, well, I just can't do it.

My in-laws have even given me really nice replacements, but they stay on the shelf. My first photograph is a thumbnail, at 100x100 pixels. The second I reduced to 400x400.

The third is practically the same shot but at full-size as are the remaining four photos.

I tried to capture different light and different angles to bring out the creases, wrinkles, and cracks in the leather cover and the taped corners.

I throw it in every suitcase wherever I go, and it looks about as beat up as I do; maybe that's why I like it so much.

[Lee Adcock]

Very cool!

[John Lee]

Nice demonstration of image adjustment. When was the bible published? Are there an notation, annotation or records in the bible?

[Charley Norkus]

Thanks, Lee, and Dr Lee: the Bible was first published in 1973 and reprinted in 1985; it was actually given to me in 1986 (I'd origninally thought 1981). And yes, there are plenty of notations (I like to highlight and comment in the margins - so did John Adams!) and a few records - some marriages, the births of my brothers, children, and grandchildren, and the date of my mom's death. I took some pics and uploaded them to TDH - they will become one of my project entries for this course once I figure out where they fit - ephemera, etcetera, ewhatever.

[John Lee]

Great - here is a link to Charley's additional photos.