5 Reasons to Scan Your Photos

These days, many people believe that everything about photography is digitised. But we tend to forget about those photos that were taken with a regular camera or those taken before the rise of digital photography. For those people that have prints of photos that they want to protect and preserve, it’s worth considering getting your photos professionally scanned, and here’s 5 reasons why we think you should:

ONE: Send & Share Them
Sharing your happiest memories with others is a wonderful way to stay connected, even from across the globe. When you scan your photos onto a disc, you can easily send them to your friends and family around the world. You can choose to send them by disc or via email, because once you’ve scanned your photographs, there are no limits on how you share your memories with others, you can send as few or as many as you like!

TWO: Protect & Preserve Them
Over the years, the technology involved in developing negatives into prints has changed dramatically. Photos hold their colour and contrast better than ever, but in time, they too will fade just like older photographs. If you want to prevent losing your precious memories, then scanning your photos will protect and preserve them forever. Preserve the past for future generations by scanning your photographs.

THREE: Surprise Them
There’s nothing like surprising a loved one with a book of memories. These days, you can easily and inexpensively create a photo-book online using digitised photos that are then professionally printed in a presentation book. Scan all your photos onto a disc, create the book, have it professionally printed and you’ve got a really unique gift to surprise them on that special occasion.

FOUR: Upload Them
Genealogy has never been as popular as it is today. People all over the world are spending a great deal of time researching their family history and creating online family trees. If you’re interested in the past, then imagine the impact of using period photos as part of your family tree website. Create a visual family tree using your photos by scanning them and uploading them onto your website, allowing family members all over the world to view your very special family tree.

FIVE: Remember Them
It’s a sad reminder of our mortality when someone we love passes away. However, if you want to remember someone special, there’s no more fitting tribute than to include some favourite photos of the departed at the funeral or wake. Choose a selection of the best photographs, get them professionally scanned and then have them reprinted in various sizes. Often, family members will wish to retain a special keepsake of their loved one and once you’ve scanned the photos, you can help with the grieving process by easily providing them with copies of those photographs.

Get your precious memories digitised to preserve and share them, with scanning from as little 10p per photo and snappy turnaround times, make 1Scan your first stop.