SteveR Loc: Michigan

You could scan it into digital and then copy it onto the card.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Scan baby scan.

ggab Loc: ?

It is much easier to scan the photo on a flatbed scanner.
Scan as a .tiff image and clean as necessary then convert to jpg.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Great!

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Scan it! Or use a tripod. Also lights should be at 45 degrees on either side of copy and camera-lens. Do a little Google research on "Art Copy" or "Photo Reproduction". I used to work in a museum and copied flat art all the time. It is easy once you have a set-up (figured out). Glossy photo behind glass or thick applied oil paintings can be a challenge. What sort of camera did you use in 1972? Yikes, I was only using a 126 toy!

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

That's the dope!

KarenKaptures Loc: New Jersey

I do it all the time-with my cell phone. Takes a little practice and a decent phone.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Office supply stores have scanners that can produce a nice JPEG from your photo.

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

Setting up for a photo has some critical elements for me whereas just pop out of the frame and scan is simple and quick. Big photos get scanned two or more times and then stitched together in Photoshop.

Had a funny one where a big wedding photo on the wall included the ex-wife so a couple of scans and a bit of Photoshop magic and a quick trip to the photo store and the new wife sees an acceptable old photo.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

The easiest way to copy your print is to use a desktop flatbed scanner. Most any Epson all-in-one or small-in-one (printer/scanner/copier/FAX) can do it. Canon makes some scanners as well.

You probably have a friend or coworker who can scan the print for you if you don't have a scanner or experience.

Yes, I have "photographed photos" — on a big scale. Back in the 1980s, I was an AV producer for a yearbook company. We copied thousands of photos, book covers, book pages, and artwork to slide film. We used a copy stand, a Nikon, and a 55mm Micro Nikkor macro lens. The quartz halogen 3200K lights were mounted at a 45° angle from the copy board, and spaced equidistant from the center of the copy board. They were feathered so the illumination was even all over the board. The copy stand had a rail with a camera mount on it, so we could raise and lower the camera to adjust framing. The copy stand was $1400 in 1980 dollars. The Nikon and Macro lens were around $1200 in 1980 dollars. So... that's what you do if you do it for a job. The copy stand setup works better with soft box lighting and photo-grade fluorescent lamps, which I added 25 years later. It also works great with a digital camera and macro lens.

You can do the same sort of thing cheaply if you have a camera, macro lens (or normal lens with close-up diopters) plus a tripod with a center column that allows you to mount the tripod head on the BOTTOM of it. Mount some clamp lamps with photo grade LEDs on chairs on either side of the tripod. Be sure the lamps are at 45° angles to the item to be copied, and that the entire item is illuminated evenly. Meter a gray card and use manual exposure and custom white balance.

Here's a piece of 11x14 art copied with the setup I just described. It would not fit on my scanner bed (which is 8.3 by 11.7 inches). View the Download...
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sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I agree with others here that scanning is perhaps the best option. Scanners and digital cameras have a lot in common in their technology. In fact, high quality scanners are one of the many reasons that our currency has been changed to include different security methods. They are in fact that good.

Scanning a single photo is not expensive should you not have one and I suspect that there are services near you.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

A good scanner will beat any other way of doing it.

coolhanduke Loc: Redondo Beach, CA

I used to reproduce photos all the time using that technique. Would just put the image outside without shadows and somewhat shade lighting. Used a 50mm lens or a 24120mm lens.

Recently I've just been using my iPhoneX.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Just go to any place that has a copy machine and put it in there!

DoriguzziPA

This is the way I always use EXCEPT that I place polarizer material over the lights and a polarizing filter on the camera. The BEST results ever. As I recall I believe that this is the method used for fine art copying. Have copied canvas prints with no artifacts.