Adam Pratt, Author at Chaos to Memories

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How to Estimate the Length of Film Reels

Many home movies from the 1920s through the 1980s are on film reels on formats including Regular 8, Super 8, and 16mm. Unfortunately…

How to Ship Photos Safely

We ship and receive packages of photos, home movies, and film reels almost every day. Here’s our advice for how to ship your memories safely…

How to choose a scanning company

Scanning your family photos is an essential step to preserve your memories and stories for future…

Where do I start?

Our average photo organizing client has more than 100,000 digital photos and some of our clients have as many as…

What’s in my Digital Gathering Toolkit?

Every digital photo organizing projects starts with gathering because we can estimate the scope of the project, save time, and…

Store Physical Photos

The best way to preserve your physical photos for generations to come is to store them in…

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What Are The Risks?

In order to preserve your physical photos, it’s necessary to understand the risks that can cause decay and damage. The four main risk factors are…

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Optical Disc Risk

CDs and DVDs are popular digital media formats, but it doesn’t mean they’re safe. If you have backups on optical media, you must understand the risks…

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Convert Movie Film Reels Before It’s Too Late

We love converting home movie reels so that families can enjoy and share them again. Still photos are wonderful, but…

Best Photo Scanning Setup

At Chaos to Memories we scan tens of thousands of photos every year at high resolution and incredible quality, but would you believe we don’t use any…

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