DIY Photo Scanning vs. Hiring Experts

Many millions of photographs have been taken since the invention of photography. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of photographs you've collected in various storage mediums, such as envelopes, picture books, shoe boxes, etc., too difficult even to attempt! The effects of time on many old photographs, slides, and negatives are the most significant difficulty, even more so than the sheer amount of them. What's more, you can't expect your offspring to sort through thousands of images to identify the few hundred that are truly priceless, can you? Especially now that practically everyone owns a smartphone and snapping pictures has become as normal as brushing one's teeth and going to bed, photography has become an integral part of everyday life. There are many compelling arguments in favor of digitizing irreplaceable vintage photographs, but this raises the dilemma of whether to take on the task yourself or hire a professional.

Good Causes to Start Recording Your Memories Digitally

The primary motivation for digitization is data longevity. Color shifting, fading, scratches, and other environmental deterioration to prints, slides, and negatives are a constant problem. Digitizing them allows you to fix numerous mistakes automatically. Scanning images into a computer lets you do several things:

• Click to share digital photos with relatives and friends.

• Reduce the visual clutter in your home by getting rid of old photographs.

• Arrange pictures in novel ways that aren't doable with regular snapshots.

• Look at pictures without going through storage bins in the basement, attic, or deep recesses of a closet's upper shelves.

How to Scan Photos Digitally

Digitizing yourself is an option if you have the time and motivation to do so. You'll need an image editing program and a film scanner (for negatives or slides). The six fundamental procedures of home scanning are as follows:

• Sort your prints, slides, and negatives into categories (by event, person, etc.) to choose which ones to scan.

• Research flatbed and film scanner models before buying. Some of these cost more and perform better.

• Decide where you'll keep the photographs (e.g., on your computer, USB drives, DVDs, in the cloud).

• Modify the settings; for best results, scan photographs as JPEGs in RGB at 300dpi or 600dpi rather than 96dpi (standard resolution for online images you never want to print).

• Watch online tutorials for color repair and retouching in image correction software. Adobe Photoshop is challenging to master, yet more straightforward software may be enough.

• To save time when you need to print anything or share it with others, organize your digital files into distinct folders on your preferred storage platform and name them accordingly.

Benefits of Hiring Experts to Digitize Your Photos

Research shows the average American adult retains 3,000 old photographs! This takes 22,500 minutes, or 375 hours, to scan and restore eight photos each. A professional and efficient photo scanning service is your best alternative if you need more time, equipment, or inclination to scan hundreds or thousands of images. One by one, Photo-60 technicians fix your photographs. Rearranging photos before downloading is possible.

Film developing and Scanning are services that we provide. When you request film scanning from us, we will send you an email with a Dropbox download link so that you may access the scans from any computer. We can deliver them on a USB stick or DVD. It's cheap and easy to save memories!