Photo scanning & archiving service

What’s the one thing people always say they’ll save if their house is on fire? It’s photo albums. But if disaster strikes, there’s often not time to grab these precious memories. That’s where Camera House’s photo scanning and archiving service can help you to protect your photos, slides and negatives.

Our photo scanning service can convert your physical photo collection into digital images that you can easily access and share, as well as advising you on ways to ensure your photos are safely backed up. We can scan your images to preserve all their colour and detail, as well as providing editing and enhancement services upon request. We’ll also help with strategies to organise your photos so you can access the right photos, when you need them. (Hello, photo slideshows for milestone birthdays and anniversaries, now easier than ever.) Get those photos out of albums and shoeboxes and into the modern age so you can keep enjoying them well into the future.

Getting your photos scanned to digital doesn’t need to be hard. We’re here to make it easy. Here’s the usual process:

1. Bring your photos, slides and negatives into your nearest Camera House store for an assessment and quote. Photos will need to be removed from albums or frames, supplied to Camera House in acid-free envelopes or sleeves. We recommend gently cleaning photos to remove dust or debris. You can also provide us with information like names, dates and locations, to be used for cataloguing and future search requirements.
2. The Camera House team will assess your photos and talk to you about the services you need, for example any additional editing (like colour enhancements) or any information for file structure creation.
3. We’ll give you a quote based on the volume of photos, slides and negatives, and a timeline for how long the project will take.
4. The Camera House team will scan and digitise your original photos, slides and negatives We can also organise the photos based on any supplied information.
5. Once it’s done, we save your scanned photos, slides and/or negatives as high-resolution digital files. You can use these to order new prints, or share electronically with friends and family. Your original prints, slides and negatives will be returned to you in their original state.

Too easy, right?