Gathering, sorting, and organizing photos can be an overwhelming and sometimes emotionally draining task. Our team at Gold Star Photo Solutions is here to help.
Photo organizing falls into two categories: printed photos and digital photos.
Printed Photos
For printed photo collections, we create customized management systems for each client to ensure:
- Easy access to your photographs and memorabilia.
- Proper conditions to reduce the risk of damage from sun, water, insects, and rodents.
- Appropriate packaging for originals in acid-free, archival boxes to help keep your photos from fading and deteriorating.
Our process includes:
- Working One-On-One with Each Client – to evaluate the scope of your project
- Gathering and Sorting Print Media – including photos, slides, and memorabilia – into logical categories that will make accessing items easier and more efficient in the future
- Offering Options for Storage – of original photos, slides, and memorabilia
- Labeling and Categorizing Images – to create an accessible and easy to manage filing system.
Digital Photos
For digital photo collections, we work with a five-step workflow system that includes: gathering, preserving, organizing, sharing, and maintaining.
Gathering – We search for your photos on technology like computers, hard drives, discs, memory cards, old phones, as well as through printed photos, slides, and negatives that will be digitized in the next phase. During this phase, we also deduplicate which ensures that only the photos you care about are included in your collection.- Preserving – During this phase, we scan photo, slides, and negatives; convert digital files to modern and universal file formats; and convert media if audio and video will be part of the archive.
- Organizing – In this phase, we curate your collection which means we do a chronological sort and create searchable metadate or tags that are embedded inside your digital files. We also help you identify a digital home for your collection by looking at the benefits and drawbacks to each resource including privacy, cost, and long-term resiliency.
- Sharing – Having a searchable photo collection make it easy to post photos on social media, create printed books and gifts, have a slide show of images for various events, and find and enjoy photos at moments notice.
- Maintaining – We coach clients on how to maintain and archive your collection. We offer ongoing organizing services to help you keep your collection accessible.
Once your photos, slides, and memorabilia are safely stored and organized for easy access, we offer options for creating beautiful digital photo albums or slideshows for special events like graduations or anniversaries.
For more information about creating a customized management system for your print and digital items or to schedule a free consultation with a Gold Star representative, fill out of the contact form below.