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Tips for Taking Better Photos

A photo doesn’t have to be awesome to be a great memory, but everyone wants to take better photos. As a staff, we have a combined 50+ years of photography experience and these are our top tips to help you take more memorable photos.

Five Ways NOT to Organize Your Digital Photos

It’s hard to know how to organize your digital photos and you don’t want to invest lots of time and find yourself in a dead end. Here are five common strategies we suggest you avoid:

Estimating Photo Projects

Here are a few tips about estimating photo projects and their scope:

What is Metadata?

Metadata, a way to embed details inside a digital photo, allows you to search your photo archive instead of browse for your memories.

Expert Tips for Removing Photos from Adhesive Albums

Do you remember the adhesive photo albums from the 1980s that sandwich your photos between a layer of sticky cardboard and a plastic sheet? Learn best practices for removing photos from these albums

Curation of Physical and Digital Photos

For personal photo collections, Adam has curation recommendations for photos you want to keep.

What to Expect When Working with Chaos to Memories

Working with a professional photo organizer is a first-time experience for most people. Here’s a quick preview of what to expect when you’re ready to bring your project to Chaos to Memories.

Photo Backup Best Practices

Family photos are precious, but most people have a haphazard photo backup plan, or none at all. We use the 3-2-1 backup plan…

Seven Lessons for Organizing Photos

Before I launched Chaos to Memories, I scanned and organized my entire Family Photo Archive back to 1904. Here are the lessons I learned…

Why do we use USB thumb drives for project delivery?

After we scan photos and convert home movies, we deliver most client projects on USB thumb drives. We exclusively use one that provides:

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