Is an In-Home Consultation Right for You?
Many of our clients are overwhelmed by their photos and videos. They have too many of them in too many different formats and locations to try to tackle in one sitting. It can be a lot to handle when you …
Prioritizing Your Photos For Scanning in 3 Steps
Gathering together photos, slides and negatives to figure out which ones to preserve digitally can be an exciting task filled with the rediscovery of old memories. However, this sentiment can also be overwhelming as you try to wade through decades …
Understanding the Negatives Hiding in Your Attic
Pictures negatives are images printed on transparent film strips shoot using an analog camera. They are called the negatives since the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest and the darkest areas appear lightest – the exact opposite of …
EverPresent How To: Counting Your Photos and Slides
At EverPresent, you’d think we would get tired of constantly going through and counting slides and photos to provide estimates for clients. It might seem like working our way through 10,000 photos and slides that have been stored in a …
Client Spotlight: Girls Summer Camp vol. 2 – Photos!
Two girls in front of a log cabin with matching shorts and blouses and matching wide-eyed grins. Open air bungalows and tents on the beach. Synchronized swimming lessons in vintage suits and bathing caps. These are just some of the …
Mold on video tapes and film reels
There is a range of mold that we see on all kinds of video tapes and film reels. Typically we see mold on VHS tapes, but all tapes and reels are susceptible. The biggest tell for mold is any white …
How to Continue My Archive
Clients who have recently completed a project with EverPresent have had the added benefit of having their photos and videos uploaded to a My Archive website: a private, password protected website that is a great way to share photos and …
How to Transfer Digital Photos to a Computer
You should transfer digital photos to PC and Mac computers on a regular basis. Videos, too. While DVDs and thumb drives are handy for storage, you can also back up digital photos to a computer for easy organizing. This post …
How to Measure 16mm & 8mm film reel sizes
Our pricing for old film reels depends on the amount of footage on your reels. Film footage correlates directly with how much video you will get back after the transfer to digital. Home movies come in different sizes of reels, …