Author Archives: mrscan

Like new year’s, Valentine’s Day has a way of making us pause and look back. Photo albums often come down from shelves. Shoeboxes full of prints get opened, so you can remember how far you and your partner have come.  However, for many families, those precious photographs are quietly fading, warping, or gathering dust. And […]

Most families have them: those old VHS tapes in a shoe box under the stairs. Camcorder tapes in a drawer that hasn’t been opened for years. MiniDV cassettes labelled in biro with dates that feel like another lifetime. They store footage of birthdays, weddings, first steps, holidays and people who have long passed away. The […]

Turning old photos to digital is one of the best ways to protect your family memories. However, you might not be sure how to prepare your prints, negatives or albums before sending them to a professional scanning studio. Preparing well helps keep your collection safe and also makes the digitising process smoother, especially when you […]

At Christmas, there’s one present that never fails to make an impact: nostalgia. And few things spark more powerful memories than old family films. Imagine sitting down this Christmas to watch old films from your family’s past, only on a modern screen.  If you’ve got a box of Super 8 reels gathering dust in the […]

Do your old photos always come out at Christmas?  Nowadays, it’s one of the few times when we tend to gather around such albums and remember the moments that shaped us. But as the years go by, those precious photos, whether tucked away in boxes or albums, are at serious risk of being lost forever. […]