Photos & Video: Scanning, Printing, Conversion recommendations

• A nice CNET article on scanning and organizing your photos is HERE

• An excellent 3-minute CNET video on options for converting your VHS tapes to DVD is HERE

• Some sources for digital conversion of your photos, slides, negatives, audio and video tapes (no recommendations though, so check them out thoroughly before giving them your valuable materials!)

  • Cincinnati, OH locations are HERE and HERE

  • Marietta PA location is HERE

  • Gilbert, AZ location is HERE

• Professional scanning possibilities

  • Dean Sh. thinks this group is mighty good

  • Another good place for slide scanning according to Dean Sh. (more expensive but all work done in USA)

• For those in the Cincinnati area, Dean Sh. says Robin Imaging is good for large format scanning (a high-quality, more expensive option)
• One other group with REALLY local ties to east Cincinnati is Photos Finished https://www.photosfinished.com/services/  No first-hand experiences yet, but they sound promising!
• Mpix.com (better quality?) and shutterfly.com (solid quality) offer photo print options
• Here are some thoughts on photo digitizing from Kim Komando
• Tribute.co – a nice video montage (free during COVID-19)
• Working with your own home movies? Check out what the Center for Home Movies has to share!
• Legacybox – digitizing your photos, films, …

Poetry: PICTURES by Marianne Davis (listed here with author agreement – thanks Marianne!)