Why I Need To Move My Photos To CD
Where are your pictures? My pictures, the ones taken before digital camera that is, are in the bottom of a cabinet that’s in my dining room. They are thousands. So many in fact, that the cabinet is stuffed and we rarely open it. Why, you ask? Because we’re afraid. Here’s why.
There’s a reason it’s got a child lock on it. It’s not to keep any children out. It’s to keep what’s in there in. It’s packed in there and impossible to find anything and every time you open the doors everything falls out. Think I’m kidding? Take a look.
There are probably 20 or more albums full of photos in there, as well as a couple of boxes of photos, a couple hundred photo processing envelopes and hundreds of loose pictures. Do you think I’m in need of photo scanning services?
It would be so nice to transfer all of those photos to cd. There are companies out there that do this for you, like ScanDigital. You ship them your photos and they do all of the work, even cropping and correcting images if you like. They then send you your photos back, along with CDs containing all of the photos. They also do video transfers, moving old VHS to DVD, if you’re in the need.
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Being lots older< I know I have more. I just wish I had the time to organize then do this.
Don’t just put them onto CDs, because CDs can get scratched or lost or deteriorate. Make sure you keep copies of the files somewhere else as well, such as an external hard disk or an online service like Google Picasa Web Albums, Flickr, or dropbox (you may need to pay a few dollars if they don’t provide enough free space).