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Chaos to Memories

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Chaos to Memories

Professional Photo Organizer • Photo Scanning • Video/Audio/Film Conversion • Digital Org • And More

12/10/2025

Today we celebrated the retirement of our Studio Manager, Margaret Henry. She has led us with care, passion, and humor. You set a high bar !

12/08/2025

As professional photo organizers, we need to collaborate with our clients in ways that are professional, intuitive, and secure. In my new course "SmugMug for Photo Organizers" you’ll discover a dozen ways to use the SmugMug photo sharing platform to deliver memorable photo projects and a great client experience.

What will I learn?
• Get client feedback and approval
• Share and gather photos
• Ensure privacy and confidentiality
• Deliver a professional experience
• Run a more profitable business

If you’re tired of using many different apps, services, and clouds, then you’re going to love how SmugMug can make your life easier.

Who’s this course for?

This course is for professional photo organizers and digital archivists who need to:
• Share and showcase photos
• Get feedback and approval from clients
• Access and share their own photo archives on the go
• Deliver a professional and intuitive client experience

12/01/2025

The Chaos to Memories Blog is a hotbed of information, tips, and advice. Learn from Adam Pratt and our team of experts how to digitize your memories, industry best practices, where to start on your personal projects, how to store your photos, and so much more!

Check out Adam's blog here:
https://chaostomemories.com/blog/

11/25/2025

We're offering our best sales ever on our expert online courses! Use code THANKS25 and save 25% off ALL our courses through December 1, 2025.

Additionally, we're offering 40% off our Complete Collection and 50% off our Photo Organizing Essentials course (with purchase of any other course).

Our students rave about our online courses and this is the best sale we've ever offered. Sign up today and save 25%!

11/21/2025

Eight years ago today I launched Chaos to Memories! What started as a project turned into a passion and become my profession. I’m so grateful for my staff who does amazing work and our clients who trust us with their memories!

11/15/2025

At Chaos to Memories we specialize in restoring old family photographs using museum-grade scanning and archiving techniques. Check out this stunning example!

11/03/2025

I had a great week at Adobe MAX 2025 filled with learning and inspiration! I look forward to this event all year and love connecting with creative friends from around the world.

10/29/2025

Scanning Comparison: Photo Prints

I’ve been scanning photos for more than 30 years, and photo prints are the most common photo format we scan. There are so many different ways to scan a photo, so I decided to scan the same photo with several different devices including consumer-grade scanners, pro-level equipment, and mobile apps.

I scanned each image with the bundled software for the device. I captured each scan at 600 PPI (pixels per inch) when I could control that setting, and I timed the scanning process from start to finish for each device.

Check out the results here and read more of my thoughts in my new blog post using the link in our bio!

10/28/2025

I’m excited to be for a week of inspiration!

10/27/2025

NEW Blog Post: Common Mistake: Writing on Photos

Many people write handwritten notes on the backs of old photos so they can remember important details such as names, places, and dates. Recording these clues is important, but writing on the back of photos is a common mistake to avoid.

If you write on back of resin-based prints with a standard pen or pencil, it can cause indentions on the front of the print as shown on slide 2.

If you write with pen or marker on the back of a print and then stack it on top of another photo, the ink can transfer to the next photo in the stack, as seen on slide 3.

As you can see from these examples, we recommend never writing on photos with any pen or marker. Instead, we recommend writing with a pencil on a paper envelope or divider card and using that as a label for the photo.

Read more of Adam's Blog at the link in our bio!

10/24/2025

Is your computer full of digital photos with filenames like IMG_0579.jpg? Stop the insanity! If you follow the best practices below then you will have a family photo archive where every filename is:

• Unique
• Chronologically sorted
• Self-explanatory to you and others

This makes it easier to find, enjoy, and share your photos. Let’s look at an example:

2017-12-25_Christmas_001.jpg

• Date
The date should always be the primary organization method and the first part of the filename. Use the full year, then month, then day of the month. This is an ISO standard for recording dates and ensures that your photo sort chronologically.
• Subject
The next part of the filename should be the subject (event, place, people) of the photo. When you combine the date and subject like this you get a useful, self-explanatory filename. People will have an idea what’s in this photo before they even open it.
• Sequence Number
Lastly, you need to add a sequence number to the end so every filename is unique.

10/22/2025

We love to convert movie film reels so that families can enjoy and share them again. Still photos are wonderful, but there’s something extra special about seeing moving pictures of loved ones that are grown, moved, or passed away.

But sometimes, sadly, it’s just too late. If your film is brittle, cracking, or crumbles on contact then it might be too late to preserve it. An easy test you can try at home is to curl the film in the opposite direction of the reel it’s on. If you can make an S shape with the film it can probably be digitized, but if it cracks when you bend it then it’s probably too late.

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122 N Hale Street
Wheaton, IL
60187

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

(630) 665-1432

Website

http://chaostomemories.com/

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