Digitizing &
Archiving Services

Creating images of important family keepsakes allows you to share them with loved ones and future generations. I convert obsolete media—like photo prints, slides, 8mm films, and VHS tapes—into digital files and scan or photograph other items for preservation. Unlike mail-in services, I personally visit you, discuss your project needs, and take care of everything. I clean, organize, and digitize your items, then safely re-pack or re-home them.

How it Works:

  1. I travel to your location, review your items, and we chat about the scope of your project.

  2. I send you a few project options and the corresponding pricing.

  3. You and your family select the best project option for you.

  4. I pick up the items and take them to my workshop where I clean and organize everything.

  5. I separate out items to digitize, items to donate or rehome, and items to toss, depending on your wishes.

  6. I separate old media that I don’t currently have the capacity to digitize—8mm films, VHS tapes, etc.—and pass them off to trusted local experts.

  7. I scan all photo prints and slides. I manually remove photos from albums, scan them, and either replace them in the albums or prepare them for storage.

  8. I photograph 3-dimensional items like pottery, military awards, and clothing and prepare them for storage.

  9. I review the images, and then crop and make minor color corrections where needed.

  10. I create an online library of your images on the Google Drive. Home movies are saved on a flash drive. I can also save images on a flash or external hard drive upon request.

What You Get:

  1. An online library of everything that was scanned and photographed.

  2. Personalized instructions for how to view and share the contents of your library.

  3. A flash drive or other external hard drive (if desired) of the contents of your library.

  4. Your physical items, cleaned and packaged for safe storage in a weatherproof tote.

Pricing:

Digitizing Services: $50/hour

Optional Add-ons:

  • Store all items in storage tote provided by client: Included

  • Pack all items in a waterproof plastic tote: $20 - $80 

  • Pack all items in a fireproof bag: $40 per bag

  • External hard drive and flash drive storage options: Varies ($10 - $100)