Adam Pratt, Author at Chaos to Memories

a drop of water - one of the four main risks to physical photos, videos, film reels

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…

optical disc broken CD-R means lost digital photos

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…

decayed film reel that cannot be digitized - covert movie reels

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…

Square Photo Books

Most photo books are rectangular, but with decades of experience in photography and design, the photo books we design for our clients are always…

35mm film negatives with sequence numbers

Negatives in the wrong order?

Most film cameras load and shoot film in order from frame 1 to frame 24 or 36. That means each frame was exposed and…

Scanning Unusual Photo Formats

Our clients bring us familiar photo formats including prints, slides, and negatives, but they also bring us unusual formats and ask us if we…

Obsolete digital storage formats including Syquest, floppy disk, Jaz drive, and Zip drive - old storage formats

Old Storage Formats Make Bad Backups

We’re working on a digital photo organizing project that involves lots of old digital media formats. Most of these formats are only 20-25 years old, but technology changes fast…

Estimating Photo Slides

One of the most common questions we get is about the cost of photo scanning projects. We could spend many hours counting photos to get an exact number, but instead…

Estimating Printed Photos

Last week we had a new client drop off a small batch of photos she needed scanned for a memorial slideshow. To provide a quick estimate…

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