FotoBridge | Digitizing Photos Blog

Finally ready to dust off your 35mm slides and get them digitized? By choosing a slide scanning service to convert your collection of 35mm slides, you will be able to enjoy and share your photos digitally with all your friends and family. Birthday celebrations, holiday parties and family gatherings will be brightened by the memories of your past!

I can remember a few decades ago when VHS tapes were the standard for taking videos. Chances are your wedding day, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries and holidays are all recorded on VHS. All of our memories literally depend on the longevity of these black rectangular tapes that are highly prone to all sorts of damage. I don’t know about you but I plan on sharing these with my grandchildren - and these “tape things,” as my kids so kindly refer to them, aren’t going to make the cut.

The weather is colder and the holidays are here - you're probably huddled around a fire with some coco and your close family and friends. This is the time of the year where you can relive holidays passed with your digital photos. Or perhaps you are stressed because your in-laws are coming and the house isn’t clean enough? It is easy to get caught up in the commotion of the holidays but don’t forget to relax and enjoy time with your family - these are the moments you want to capture and be able to reflect on in the years to come.

You may not always remember every detail from 10 years ago but if you have a digital photo back up plan you will be able to rest easy. Backing up your digital photos is one of the most important things you can do to preserve these memories. Each photo is equally important because they each represent a precious moment frozen in time. Digital copies protect them from being lost due to any kind of disaster striking - whether it be a natural disaster or a computer failure. Although backing up photos on your own can be tedious, there are online services that create automatic back ups and digital copies - saving you both time and the trouble of remembering to create backups.

Whether we like it or not, natural disasters are a fact of life, from the fires that ravaged Florida over the summer to the deadly Nor'easter that struck the eastern seaboard in 2011. For many, the flooding and hurricane damage that New York sustained from "Frankenstorm" Sandy in October evoked terrifying memories of NOLA in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. If it were your home at risk, would you be ready?

Okay - you've finally decided to take the plunge and get those boxes of photos scanned by a professional photo scanning service. Whew! Now how do you get them ready? Photo scanning services like FotoBridge have great information for prepapring your photos to send off for digitizing. Once you get started you will see how easy it is and the rewards are amazing! 

Many adults of the baby boomer or older generations have boxes of photos that they rarely flip through. I don't know about you but I can't tell you how many I would find if I went through my parent's basement and attic. The photos remain inaccessible and are difficult to sort through and find what they are looking for. Next time you need a gift for your parents, I would consider digitizing the photos so they can view them on a computer - makes life so much easier!

You’re in the attic getting out holiday decorations and you notice 3 neglected, dusty boxes…WOW! You take them downstairs and start looking and getting excited about wanting to show everyone in your family these photos.