05 Nov The Summary Issue
Did you miss one of our Save Your Photos month tips? Today’s blog is a handy summary of all the tips, all in one place....
Did you miss one of our Save Your Photos month tips? Today’s blog is a handy summary of all the tips, all in one place....
Just like plumbers always have leaking taps...
Here in Australia with drought conditions and a fire season that has reached catastrophic conditions many people's thoughts are turning to preserving photos and other memorabilia. We are being approached on a daily basis with requests for our white glove scanning service. But times are tough...
When was the last time you shared a photo that inspired a great conversation? I’m not talking about image content to stimulate ‘viral shares’ or ‘click bait’ I’m talking a good old catch up and a leisurely meander down memory lane. One of those conversations that...
No, I don't mean your glasses...
Lady with shopping on a Sydney suburban electric train in 1960
Photo: David Moore Source: David Moore Photography
There are a number of ways your photos are at risk: Stickies and ickies Your printed images or slides are at risk from acid, damp, light and lignin Acid found most commonly in old magnetic photo albums, from the ink in pens used to label...
If you read our last blog post we posed the photo organising equivalent of chicken or the egg to you and then suggested that your first priority was to organise your digital photos. If you have done that and are now looking at organising your printed...
We see many prints that have been damaged as they have been removed from a magnetic album. They are difficult to handle and time consuming to repair. Today we are sharing some tips for working with prints that are in a magnetic album. Archivists have...