Time Capsule - can't get my back-ups off of either of my

I would greatly appreciate help in getting to my back-ups on my 3TB time capsule and then my 1TB older TC.  I need to restore some pictures that were backed up in 2013.  I have read that the Yosemite OS has really done a number on accessing older back ups.  If there is a less technical way to recover those back ups than what I read that was authored just after the new OS came out I would greatly appreciate it!

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