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Preserving Sports Memories: Digitizing Game Day Photos, VHS Highlight Reels, and Team Film Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Every athlete's career lives on through photos and game tape long after the final whistle blows.  That state championship photo, the VHS tape of a walk-off home run, and the box of team pictures from decades of Little League seasons...

How to Create a Digital Time Capsule for Your Children or Grandchildren? Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

A time capsule buried in a box can rust, rot, or get lost in a move. A digital time capsule for kids never has that problem. It lives online, backed up in more than one place, ready to open whenever...

How to Digitize School Yearbooks & Photos Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Every yearbook tells a story. It captures friendships, teachers, school events, sports teams, clubs, and moments that shaped your childhood. The best way to protect those memories is to digitize old yearbooks before age, moisture, fading, or handling causes permanent...

How to Sort and Digitize a Jumbled Collection of Mixed-Media Boxes? Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Opening an old storage box can feel overwhelming. One minute you are expecting a few family photos. The next, you are staring at loose prints, photo albums, negatives, slides, VHS tapes, film reels, cassette tapes, and mystery envelopes that have...

Father’s Day Gift Guide: Turn Dad’s Old Tapes, Photos, and Film Into a Digital Keepsake Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Dad has probably given you everything. This Father's Day, give him something he can't buy for himself. His own story, preserved forever.  A Father's Day photo gift built from his old tapes, photos, and film does more than fill a...

How to Digitize Family Travel Photos & Videos Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Think your old vacation memories are safe in a shoebox or a drawer?  They probably are not. Printed photos can fade, colors can shift, and videotapes lose quality every year. The good news is that you can digitize vacation photos...