Photo, slide & video digitizing in Ottawa
The photos and tapes you've been meaning to deal with? We'll take care of it.
We sort them with you, digitize everything here in Ottawa, and bring back your originals along with organized digital copies the whole family can enjoy on the TV, computer or phone.
- Free visit and estimate
- Every price published
- Never shipped out of Ottawa
We come to your home, or meet you at one of our stores. Rather talk it through first? Lots of people call before booking.
Cottage, summer '72
Mom, Dad & Katie
Never leaves Ottawa
Other services mail your boxes across the country. Yours stay in the city, from the day we pick them up to the day we bring them back.
Meet where you're comfortable
We can come to your home, or you can meet us at one of our store locations instead. Either way, it's two short visits.
Every price published
Our full price list is right here on the website. No order fees, no "call for a quote."
A price that won't go up
We estimate at the first visit and guarantee your total won't go over it. If the count comes in lower, you pay less.
Photo boxes don't last forever. Neither do tapes.
Most people have been meaning to do this for years. Here's why it's worth doing now.
To actually see them again
Family photos tend to sit in a closet for decades. Digital copies put them back on the TV, the computer and everyone's phone.
So the whole family can have them
One box, several brothers and sisters. Everyone gets the same complete set, and nobody has to decide who keeps the originals.
To get them organized at last
Most collections are a jumble of envelopes, albums and loose prints. We sort them into clear groups, like events or decades, so you can actually find things.
To make room before a move
Downsizing or moving to a retirement residence? Once everything is safely digital, deciding what to keep gets a lot easier.
Because tapes are fading
Video tapes lose quality as they age, and most homes no longer have a working VCR. The sooner they're copied, the better they'll look.
As a gift
Book a visit for a parent's birthday, Mother's or Father's Day, or the holidays. It's the kind of gift that gets passed around the room.
Thousands of Ottawa basements flooded this year. Where are your family photos right now?
For most families, the answer is a box in the basement or on a closet floor, which are exactly the places water reaches first. A digital copy means one bad day can't take everything.
If your photos already got wet, start here: what to do with flood-damaged photos.
How it works
Two short visits, at your home or one of our stores, with careful work in between. You don't need to sort anything first.
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1At your home or our store
We sort it together
A short visit. We help group what you have into categories, like albums, events or decades, then count it and give you an estimate. You get a signed, itemized receipt before we take anything.
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2At our Ottawa base
We do the careful work
Everything is scanned in order. Each envelope, album or slide box becomes its own named folder, and writing on the backs of photos is kept. We text you at each stage.
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3At your home or our store
We bring it all back
We return every original, give you a quick look at your files on our laptop, and hand them over on USB or as a download link.
Done properly
Named folders, not 2,000 files called "scan0001"
We keep things the way you kept them. Each envelope, album and slide box becomes its own folder, scanned in the same order, with a name you'll recognize.
If someone wrote "Aunt Marg, Christmas 1962" on the back of a photo, that writing is kept too.
- Wedding album, 1968142 photos
- Cottage at Lac Philippe, 1974–7986 photos
- Envelope: "Grandma Rose"23 photos
- Slides: trip to Expo 67140 slides
- VHS: Christmas at the farm, 19911 video
Simple, published prices
What you see is what you pay. Download links are free.
For example: 300 photos, 20 slides, 2 video tapes and a USB drive comes to $217.78, and we guarantee your total won't go over the estimate we give you.
New to this? Here's what the price covers and how to keep it down. The visit and estimate are free, with no obligation.
A gift for Mom and Dad
The gift that gets passed around the whole room
Book a visit for your parents and we'll take it from there. We handle the sorting and the scanning, and every brother and sister gets the same download link.