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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…

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…

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…

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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Organizing and Sifting Physical Photos

The best way to solve a big problem is to break it down into a bunch of small problems. That’s what I tell myself when I face huge photo organizing projects. For example…

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Minimizing Electronic Waste

Our work involves lots of electronic equipment and digital devices. When electronics are broken or no longer serviceable…

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Why choose Chaos to Memories?

With 25 years of experience in technology, photography, and design, our founder Adam Pratt was made to…

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