Preserving family photos is an important task. Learn how to keep these treasures safe with tips from Denise Levenick, the Family Curator.
Finding a stash of old photos can be a true genealogy jackpot, but persevering them can seem daunting. Here's how to protect them easily.
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Learn how to care for and scan old photo negatives—and why they deserve a place in your collection.
What is the best way to digitize photos? Here are the various options available; find out which one is best for your needs!
Have you been putting off your photo organization project? Here's a simple plan for getting them out of storage and into albums for your family to enjoy.
Whether you've got old photo formats from your past or you've inherited photos from previous generations, you've probably wondered how to save old photos. This downloadable 9-step tutorial will help you set your goals and get them organized.
Removing your pictures from magnetic photo albums can be a pain. Expert tips to make the process easier from Good Life Photo Solutions.
Don't leave the fate of irreplaceable keepsakes to chance. Follow these guidelines to preserve your photos for many years to come.
If they don't, there are several reasons for this. One is generational and the other is science based. Read the article and find out what to do so that your memories can be enjoyed for generations.
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Don't let your print photos languish in a box. Get them organized and preserved. Tips from Snap Shot Solutions and The Photo Organizers
Whether you've got old photo formats from your past or you've inherited photos from previous generations, you've probably wondered how to save old photos. This downloadable 9-step tutorial will help you set your goals and get them organized.
This 5445 x 3630 px stock photo is perfect for projects involving cabbage, canned, and canning.
Capture the flavor of summer fruit and vegetables by making and canning preserves, jam, sauce and more to enjoy all year long. It's easier than you think!
The #1 mistake people make trying to organize their photos is to go about the process in the wrong order! You have to follow this system to organize well!
My tips, tricks, and workflow for scanning and digitizing old family photos that I have learned after scanning more than 11,000 pictures!
Preserve family photos by scanning and saving them to digital media. Avoid the regret that comes after a disaster or other unforeseen event!
The day after Thanksgiving my family and I made the trek to visit my grandparents. They live about an hour away from our home, unfortunately we don't get to see them as often as I would like to. This particular day we ate, visited, watch some old home videos and then later in the afternoon we helped Grandma put her Christmas decorations up. As I was in the back of her closet getting Christmas decorations out I came across these: (which is why I'm telling you about what happened last Thanksgiving ;) Well, I knew I couldn't leave them there so I grabbed them along with a stack of Christmas decorations and went back downstairs. As I opened the albums my jaw dropped. One of them was filled with more recent color photos (from the 70's and 80's) and the other two were chock full of beautiful, beautiful black and white photos. Isn't she beautiful?!?! The sad part is that we have no idea who she is. There are many photos like this but also many that were written on or had writing next to them. I poured over each page in every album. Inside I was sick, I knew that these photos were crumbling because of the albums they were in. About 30 years ago in the late 70's early 80's manufacturers made what were called 'magnetic' albums. These albums were made from a thick cardstock, almost like chipboard material covered with thin strips of adhesive, very acidic adhesive. The adhesive is what was causing my family photos to fall apart. Covering these adhesive pages is a thin layer of plastic. Some of the plastic covering is made of PVC and some were made of Mylar. I don't know which plastic was on my grandparents album but either plastic is not good. The plastic keeps the acidic fumes close to the photos and therefore the photos deteriorate even faster. If you look at the edges of the adhesive papers in these photos you can see the edges of the pages are already yellowing and starting to crumble. When I saw the pages and some of the photos starting to yellow I knew I had to get them out of the albums. I asked my grandma if I could take the albums and restore them for her. Her reply made me smile, "sure, I'm so glad that you care enough about some old photos that you'll take care of them" Me, care about photos?!? My life pretty much revolves around photos. I stuffed the albums in my bag and headed home. As we drove home I poured over the photos. I grew more and more apprehensive of this huge project I had just created for myself. When I got home I put the albums in my bedroom and let them sit. I just had a hard time wrapping my head around how I was going to get so many photos into albums. I knew I couldn't scrapbook them all in traditional layouts so they sat there in my bedroom. One day I was thinking about this massive project and then it dawned on me. Pocket pages! Yes, that was my answer! I could put the photos into pocket page protectors. It would preserve them and it wouldn't take nearly as long as making traditional layouts would. Once I had a plan in my head I started gathering supplies. I knew I wanted beautiful high quality albums, so We R Memory Keepers came to mind. It's no secret that their albums are beautiful and the best quality. WRMK also has pocket page protectors and journaling cards. I also wanted to make sure there was a digital copy of these photos because most of them are one of a kind. I bought this Photo, Slide, and Negative Scanner and I must say that I was thrilled with the way that it worked. It scanned the photos directly to a memory card and all I have to do is upload those files to dropbox and then my entire family can have access to these priceless photos and it was only around $40.00. I also had one other supply gathered for this project. It's a little strange but it was a necessity. Yup, it's dental floss. Unflavored, please. Oh, and band-aids. Don't forget band-aids. Over the next couple of weeks I'll have more details about the entire process we went through to restore these old albums. (Yes, I said we. This is a project that took an army to complete.) Make sure you stop by next week for Part 2 of Restoring Old Photo Albums into Pocket Page Scrapbooks. (Update: Part Two and Part Three) Here's a list of supplies that I gathered for this project: We R Memory Keepers Albums We R Memory Keepers Photo Sleeves Photo, Slide, and Negative Scanner Waxed Dental Floss Project Life Journaling Pens We R Memory Keepers Journaling Cards Self Adhesive Photo Corners band-aids
If you have old photo albums collecting dust in the closet, take them out, dust them off, and put them to good use!
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Imagine a pantry stocked with vegetables picked at their peak, preserved in tart, herbal brines, that you can use for delicious
Whether you've got old photo formats from your past or you've inherited photos from previous generations, you've probably wondered how to save old photos. This downloadable 9-step tutorial will help you set your goals and get them organized.
Organizing Photos with Apple Photos and iCloud? Swedish Organizer Caroline Guntur puts an End to the Confusion in a Comprehensive and Clarifying Tutorial.
Dating photos can be difficult. Use these tips and resources from professional photo organizers to date your family photos.
These photo organizing mistakes have been made by myself and others. Learn how to avoid them and fix them because your photos are so valuable.
Disaster destroyed much of Shastina's family history - photos, movies, documents - and in this post, she shares with us what she would have done differently to prevent it had she known what was about to happen. From OrganizingPhotos.net
You've got photos everywhere - in boxes, on devices. You probably even inherited photos. It's all so overwhelming. Here's the no-fail way to get started on that big elephant of a collection.
Revive cherished memories by restoring old photos with Photoshop! Learn the tools and techniques to bring vintage images back to life. Click to start restoring now.
Whether you've got old photo formats from your past or you've inherited photos from previous generations, you've probably wondered how to save old photos. This downloadable 9-step tutorial will help you set your goals and get them organized.
Thinking of starting a career as a photo organizer? Want to learn how to organize your images in a better way? This interview is a must-read for you.
Time can take a toll on old photographs. From humidity to water damage, here are our tips for how to fix your damaged family photos.
If you are planning to scan your collection of old photos and negatives, here are five things you need to know in order to create a useable archive that will last for future generations.
Want a simple way to crop scanned photos, add and embed metadata, and export with captions? Try the new SnipTag app to make this as easy as ...
Take some easy steps NOW to safeguard your precious memories after you are gone.
These are way better than just leaving them on your hard drive.
I am so excited to share this post with you. Food preservation is something we can use to bring our garden harvests of summer and early fall into treats to nourish and share in the winter months. The act of canning is preparing + storing food like our ancestors did. It is a return to traditional way
Tetyana Dyachenko is a Ukrainian photo retoucher who often does restorations of vintage photos that are extremely damaged -- often seemingly beyond
Scan Photo Negatives Using a Scanner: Some high-end flatbed scanners include a transparency feature for scanning photos directly from film negatives, while for other scanners you need to purchase a separate transparency adapter to scan your negatives. However, if you have an older or le…
The time has come to scan your old family slides. Not convinced? Good Life Photo Solutions gives you 4 very important reasons why.
Whether you're new to canning or just need a refresher, these expert tips will help you prepare for small batch canning at home. We're also sharing unique flavor ideas and inspiration for ways to use your homemade jams that go beyond your morning toast.
