Mitch Goldstone, from ScanMyPhotos.com, returned to the Photo Detective Podcast to discuss the growth and evolution of his photo-scanning business. Having preserved over a billion pictures, the company specializes in digitizing old photographs, slides, and films, thus safeguarding personal and historical memories. Mitch shared the journey of adapting from traditional photo labs to digital scanning, fueled by shifts in technology and public events. He highlighted the emotional impact of rediscovering and sharing old photos, especially through their ScanFast service for urgent needs. The conversation also touched on the future of photo archiving, including AI and virtual reality enhancements.

• Mitch Goldstone of ScanMyPhotos.com discusses surpassing a billion scanned photos.
• Technological shifts and events like 9/11 influenced the transition from traditional photo labs to digital scanning.
• The importance of digitizing photos to preserve memories and prevent loss due to deterioration or disasters.
• Introduction of ScanFast service for same-day scanning, aiding in immediate needs like memorial services.
• The role of digital archiving in preserving family history and cultural heritage.
• The impact of AI and virtual reality in enhancing photo viewing experiences.

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Related Episodes:

Episode 50: Scan My Photos with Mitch Goldstone   

Episode 162: Preserving Your Life with Gaylord Archival

Links:

• ScanMyPhotos.com 
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• Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.
• Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.
• Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.

About My Guest:

Mitch Goldstone is co-founder and CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com which has professionally preserved one billion happy memories, family milestones, and special events for its customers since 1990. Mitch is a well-known leader in the photo imaging and tech industry who is regularly profiled by the national news media for his innovations and advocacy issues. 

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective^Òhelps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective” by The Wall Street Journal and appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others.   Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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In this episode, Maureen Taylor talks with Tammy Kirby, a Senior Lead Ambassador at Forever.com. Their conversation delves into the innovative world of Forever.com. As someone who transitioned from traditional scrapbooking to embracing the digital era, Tammy offers a unique perspective on how Forever.com is redefining how we store and preserve our digital memories. She explains its distinct features compared to other cloud storage solutions and how it ensures the longevity and safety of our digital legacies.

• Tammy Kirby’s Background and Introduction to Forever.com:
• The concept and functionality of Forever.com as more than just a digital photo organizer.
• Unique Features of Forever.com
• Introduction of Artisan software, Forever Box for physical conversions, and digital restoration services.
• Collaborative Features and App Functionality:
• Supported File Formats and Future Developments:
• Pricing and Storage Options:
• Tammy’s Favorite Feature: The ability to add rich descriptions to photos, enhancing the narrative of digital memories.

Related Episodes:

Episode 161: Creating a Digital Archive with Permanent.org 

Episode 95: How to Save Your Family Archive on Permanent.org

Links:

• Tammy Kirby, Forever.com 
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• Watch my YouTube Channel.
• Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.
• Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.
• Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.
• Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.

About My Guest:

A Personal Photo Management Coach from Connecticut, Tammy has been working for over 20 years, helping individuals and families find solutions for all their photo memory needs. She focuses on creating an organized, permanent, and secure digital home that includes not just names and dates but the stories behind the memories. Working together with her clients, from digitizing vintage photos to managing current phone photos & videos, she works step-by-step so that all important memories are preserved and shared for generations.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective^Òhelps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective” by The Wall Street Journal and appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others.   Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Certified Professional Organizer and owner of HeartWork Organizing, Darla DeMorrow. The two discuss how to organize a photo collection, and what it means to do so. They look at the work of a professional organizer, and how digital and tangible photos can be approached in organizing – as well as what Darla does professionally within the world of organizing.

Related Episodes:

Episode 179: How to Organize Photos Before Scanning with Nancy Desmond of MemoryWeb.me

Episode 164: Taking Care of Your Home Movies with Becca Bender

Links:

• HeartWork Organizing
• Sign up for my newsletter.
• Watch my YouTube Channel.
• Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.
• Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.
• Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.
• Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.

About My Guest:

Darla DeMorrow is a Certified Professional Organizer® and owner of HeartWork Organizing since 2004. Based near Philadelphia, PA, she is mom of 2, international speaker, and author of the best-selling book series SORT and Succeed, which outlines five simple steps to help you organize stuff, time, paperwork, money, and photos. The Upbeat, Organized Home Office is the third book in the series bridging the productivity gap between the home office, home life, and the company office.

Darla has been tapped for insight by such media as NPR, Forbes, HufPo Business, NBC, GMA, Realtor.com, and the Philadelphia Inquirer, among many others.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective helps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective” by The Wall Street Journal and appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Jeff Looman, a software developer who is the Vice President of Engineering at FileShadow, Inc. FileShadow is a software platform that categorizes your files based on metadata and content. It’s a secure vault for all of your files.

The two discuss how saving our images and documents, collaboration with family and friends, and preserving our digital footprint are critical components to preservation. 

Related Episodes:

Episode 134: Unlocking the Shoebox : Digitize, Identify and Organize Family Photos

Episode 95: How to Save Your Family Archive with Permanent.org

Links:

• FileShadow
• Sign up for my newsletter.
• Watch my YouTube Channel.
• Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.
• Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.
• Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.
• Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.

About My Guest:

Jeff Looman has been working in software development for over 38 years, both as an engineer, in engineering management, product management, and product placement strategies. He is currently the Vice President of Engineering at FileShadow, Inc. and has worked for a variety of large companies such as WordPerfect, Novell, Apple Computer, and Corel and small companies such as AccessData, eDepoze, and FileShadow. He has been involved in the production of numerous software packages predominantly focused on business productivity in a collaborative environment, focusing on the needs of individual entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and everything in between.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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This week, Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Tom Butler, an artist whose work may be controversial to some listeners. Tom uses unidentified cabinet cards to create art, often altering the original image to enhance them, which begs the question if he is destroying the image, or creating something even better than before.

Related Episodes:

Bonus Episode: Stitching on Pictures with Stitchography by Emma

Episode 153: Ellis Island Immigrant Photo Identified

Links:

• Tom Butler Studio
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• Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.
• Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.
• Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.
• Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.

About My Guest:

For the last twelve years artist, Tom Butler has been appropriating anonymous Victorian cabinet cards with incorporated personal symbols such as hair, masks, flowers, and geometric abstractions, painted on the surface with gouache. In the process, he attempts to reveal the imagined personalities of the sitters while in the knowledge that he is cloaking them with parts of himself. He also makes self-portraits and uses cabinet cards and found photographs to create collages, sculptures, and rubbings to express both a love of the medium and a critique of photography as a whole.

Butler was born in London, England and now lives in Portland ME, USA. He studied at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Chelsea College of Art, UAL, and the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. He exhibits internationally and his work can be found in collections such as The British Museum and Soho House.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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