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3 Essential Things to Keep in Mind Before Choosing a Photo Scanning Service Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

No matter how much you try to preserve old photographs, they will inevitably succumb to the effects of time sooner or later. The only permanent way to ensure that your precious memories remain in good condition for future generations to...

Cost of Scanning Photos: DIY Vs. Professional. Written by: Cora Foley

While photo scanning seems like such a simple thing to do, many people don't realize the time and effort that actually goes into scanning large quantities of photographs. Obviously, you will have to spend some money on equipment, software, and...

Do You Have Memory Insurance? Why Digitizing Your Photos, Videos and Other Media Is So Important Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Quick Reasons to Digitize Your Memories: Eliminate the risk of damage to items from fire, floods, and other unforeseen disasters Insurance against losing priceless photos, videos, and film forever Protect your one of a kind keepsakes from fading and deteriorating...

How to Clean 35mm Slides – The Best Ways for Cleaning Photo Slides Written by: Cora Foley

Slides provide amazing, 1st generation images - creating the ability to produce uninhibited printed and digital copies of the original picture. HOWEVER, for the digital images to be clear, you must scan a clean slide. Nowadays, slides typically end up...

Photo Organizing: A New Niche Has Been Born Written by: Caroline Guntur

A Trillion & Counting The world takes well over a trillion digital photos per year. Process that fact for a minute. What if I told you that this number is actually growing rapidly, and yet more and more photos are...

Life Events & Why It’s Time To Digitize Written by: Cora Foley

Many people ask themselves, is it really necessary to digitize my photos and home videos now? The short answer is yes! If you took the time to capture all those special moments and held on to them all these years...