The photographs I've used as backgrounds in some of my pictures were taken by me personally, and they have been transferred from the original negatives or slides (although some of them were taken more recently with digital cameras.) The very earliest ones were taken with a borrowed Olympus 35mm camera, but I soon got the bug and bought myself an old Pentax camera at a pawn shop. Some of the pictures were taken forty years ago, and there is sometimes damage to the negatives, such as scratches and chemical stains. The color negatives tend to be faded as well. Or course there is also the problem of dirt and dust. I fix everything up in the computer before I do anything else with them, and the unintended consequence of this is that I've ended up learning a lot about using Photoshop for actual photo retouching. In a few cases I've also "painted out" some human beings who happened to be lurking in the shots. I wonder if this newfound skill might be useful for anything besides making more furry art. Maybe making more furry art is enough. I've certainly been having a good time making these images, and I hope ya all like 'em, too.