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AKA: The Vintage Photo Lab photo scanning Blog

Introduction to Photo Scanning – a new (old) era and a service you never knew you might want or need

If you still haven't digitised all your old photos – or even contemplated it – learn more about the task that's usually sat at the bottom of everybody's to-do list

Preserving Your Family Photos: A Generation’s Important, Urgent Task

Our service used to live on the "mañana" pile. But families are learning that maybe there isn't 'all the time in the world' and that the dreaded task might actually be an urgent one after all.

Photo Scanning 101 – our unapologetically long list all about the UK's most trusted photo scanning service

Everything you could ever want to know about Vintage Photo Lab and the UK's most trusted photo scanning service

What Should You Do with Your Family Photos and Albums After a Divorce?

Traversing the rarely-simple event of a divorce and what you can do about the beloved print photographs you and your family created together

A Guide to Handling Old Photos in a House Clearance

When a relative passes and you are called upon to help with the practical matters, old photos usually need dealing with. Learn more about what to consider with our short guide.

Photo scanning resolution: 300dpi vs 600dpi

Information about resolution and choosing 300dpi or 600dpi for you loose photos and photo albums scans

Vintage Photo Lab's Top 10 Photo Book Companies for 2024: An Independent Review

Your newly digitised analogue photos are safely preserved for posterity – now what?

You've finally digitised your old photos, hurrah! What now?...

You finally did it. You digitised decades-worth of old photos. What now?