digital photos Archives - Chaos to Memories

Your DVDs and CDs are at Risk!

Would you believe we have a better success rate converting 40-year-old Betamax tapes than 10 year old DVDs? Unfortunately, optical discs are one of the worst ways to store family memories.

Gathering Digital Photos and Videos - Course with Adam Pratt

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.

How should I name my digital photos?

If you follow these best practices then you will have a photo archive where every filename is unique, chronological, and self-explanatory.

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:

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.

If you’re ready to learn about the fundamentals of dates and times for digital photos and videos, and how to fix them in the most efficient way possible, read on.Are you ready to learn what metadata is, how it works, and why it matters?