Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: Store digital photographs in several areas

Store digital photographs in several areas

CD/DVD

Hard drive

Print it---Hard copy "Whatever brand of printer you choose," he says, "use the manufacturer's own paper and their best inks, listed on their websites. Don't mix paper and ink brands."-- Prints can last for decades, if not centuries

External hard drive or some where else other than your home

Cloud

 

 

 

Resources

Image: http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&page=show_problem&problem=2949

http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin, http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4,

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html,

http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format,

http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1

http://scaneasy123.com/flip-pal%20scanner.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks#!

http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php, http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small

http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24

Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: Make Scans of Your Photos and Documents

Make Scans of Your Photos and Documents

"Digital pictures can remain as perfect a thousand years from now as they are today," Lester Lefkowitz,  author and photographer

 

 

• Have someone else do the scanning (at scaneasy123.com we will scan your photos for you, just ask us for a quote)
• "If you have the negative of a picture—and a good quality scanner—scan the negative, not the print," advises Lefkowitz. "The negative will give you a sharper result." 
• Don't correct the color, sharpness, or other attributes of the picture while scanning.
• Take a copy of the scan to edit, then archive the original scan as a TIFF (TIFF (originally standing for Tagged Image File Format) is a file format for storing images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and both amateur and professional photographers in general.)
• Even if the photo is black and white, set the scanner to color. This will result in a scan that you can decide to tint later if you wish.

Resources 

Video: youtube.com

http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin, http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4,

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html,

http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format,

http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1

http://scaneasy123.com/flip-pal%20scanner.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks#!

http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php, http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small

http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24