Adam Pratt, Author at Chaos to Memories

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…

Organizing Photos with Adobe Bridge with Adam Pratt

Course: Organizing Photos with Adobe Bridge

Follow industry best practices for photo organization so your photo memories can be enjoyed today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.

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Where do I start?

Our average photo organizing client has more than 250,000 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…

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Where should I store my 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…

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Convert 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 hundreds of thousands of photos every year at high resolution and incredible quality, but would you believe we don’t use…

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