Category / Organizing / Scanning
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How to organize photos for scanning
Lots of people want to scan their family photos so they’re preserved, accessible, and easy to share. But if you scan photos without organizing them first then you’re just converting your chaos and you still won’t be able to find and share your memories.
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Four Goals for Organizing Photos
You need a plan for success and clear goals to keep you motivated. Our goals for photo organizing projects…
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Ten Common Photo Organizing Mistakes
Every year we organize millions of family photos in the Chaos to Memories studio. It’s a project that many people start, but few finish without help from a professional. If you’re serious about organizing your photos, then learn from these ten common photo organizing mistakes we see people make with their family archive projects.
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Cheapest vs Best
From time to time, people contact us looking for the cheapest way to scan their family photos and convert their home movies. We’re not the cheapest option, but we’re proud to to offer quality work with genuine care.
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Course: Gathering Digital Photos and Videos
Our average client has over 250,000 digital photos and videos, so we’ve developed a digital gathering workflow that’s efficient and thorough.
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How can a professional photo organizer help you?
Working with a professional photo organizer is a new experience for most folks. Here are ten ways we can help you.
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Photo Organizing Trends for 2025
As we near the end of 2024, I’m looking back at the work we’ve done this year and planning ahead for 2025. Seven photo organizing trends emerge that feel different and worth sharing.
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Saving Space with Archival Storage
Many of our clients ask us if they should keep their original photos after we scan them. We suggest keeping them, and here’s why…
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Course: Estimating Photo Organizing Projects
The hardest part of organizing family photos is understanding the scope of the project. What formats do you have? How many photos and home movies are there? How do you estimate the cost of a project?
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What’s the best way to store photos?
When you store physical photos, the three greatest risks are light, heat, and humidity. We recommend choosing archival storage with these attributes:
