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How to Estimate the Length of Film Reels

Many home movies from the 1920s through the 1980s are on film reels on formats including Regular 8, Super 8, and 16mm. Unfortunately…

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…

Where do I start?

Our average photo organizing client has more than 100,000 digital photos and some of our clients have as many as…

Store Physical Photos

The best way to preserve your physical photos for generations to come is to store them in…

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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 understand the risks…

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Convert Movie 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…

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…

35mm film negatives with sequence numbers

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…

Scanning Unusual Photo Formats

Our clients bring us familiar photo formats including prints, slides, and negatives, but they also bring us unusual formats and ask us if we…

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…

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