Serving Baytown & the Greater Houston Area in Person
Services
Services range from restoring & printing 1 photo to
organizing & scanning a collection of 10,000+ photos & keepsakes
Complete your project in phases over time or
Complete all your photo goals at one time.
To This...
Go From This...
Computer Files
Online Photo Gallery
Organized Photo Boxes
Customized to Your Preferences
Services Include:
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Organizing printed & digital photos, slides, videos, film & keepsakes
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Digitizing photos, keepsakes & videos into digital formats
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Adding dates, photo notes & key words for searching photos
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Restoring w/color enhancement, damage corrections or image alterations
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Providing backup systems
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Researching family history for dates & creating family trees
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Educating/Instructing photo management on smartphone, PC or Mac
1. Organizing
Organizing is one of the most challenging & time consuming aspects of the process.
Planning Discussion Includes...
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Where are your photos? (phones, computers, albums, boxes, etc.)
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What computer systems currently in use, if any?
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What's your plan for digital photos? (storing, sharing, creating, etc.)
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Sorting preference (chronological or by event/subject)?
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What to keep or discard?
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How to determine dates of photos?
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How to address duplicates & most important...
How to accomplish this in the quickest, most efficient way possible?
2. Digitizing Photos & Keepsakes
All photos, documents, keepsakes, etc. are scanned using color enhancement technology.
Faded or discolored photos can be brought back to life!
Photos scanned at 600 dpi to .TIF or .JPG files
(Great for archiving, enlarging & cropping)
Every photo individually reviewed for Quality
Loose Photos
Must be free of debris on front & back
Affixed Photos to an Album Page (glued or stuck)
Send entire page or album
Color Enhancement EXAMPLES...
(Click Arrows (< >) to scroll photos)
3. Adding
Adding dates, notes from back of photos & key words (names of person, event item, etc.) for easy searching of photos
4. Restoring/Altering
Restoring or Altering photos
Restoring/Altering EXAMPLES...
(Click Arrows (< >) to scroll photos)
5. Providing Backup
For true protection of loss of photos, at least 3 backup systems should be implemented
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Originals are stored in Acid-Free & Lignin-Free or polypropylene/polyethylene products.
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Cloud Based solutions start with any existing software currently in use or recommendations are provided.
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External Portable Storage devices depend on size of collection which can range from thumb/flash drive to external portable drives or DVD's if needed.
6. Researching
A timeline of family events assists with organizing & dating photos.
Various websites are used to research family members to obtain dates needed for the project to include Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, etc. Other photos, clothes, hair do's, etc. are also used to help support a photo date.
7. Educating/Instructing
Photo management instruction provided on your smart phone, PC or Mac.
Start Investing in Your Family Legacy Today!