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Stories, nostalgia and know-how from the team at Vintage Photo Lab
The Best Photo Scanning Company in the UK 2025
Looking for a photo scanning company in the UK? Here's some reasons why many customers rate Vintage Photo Lab the most trusted digitising company in the UK in 2025.
“What Do We Do With all the Photos?” — A Case Study of Letting Go and Preserving a Family Legacy
Losing your final parent can be a profoundly emotional experience. And few have a plan for the daunting task of dealing with a house clearance.
That Seventies Slide Show & How to Recreate It
You’ve digitised your old slides — now bring back the magic of photo nights with friends.
Scanning Your Photo Albums: How to Preserve, Share, and Reprint
Keep the story intact and digitally duplicate your albums. This way you can preserve the photos in the way they were originally arranged and captioned.
Case Study: Archiving a Record Label’s Legacy
A record label needed its archive digitised for a film project. Our task? To deliver a broadcast-ready digital collection in just three weeks, preserving decades of music history.
Case Study: Transforming a Council’s Engineering Archive
Discover how we transformed a council’s 80,000-photo archive into a searchable SharePoint database — improving access, accuracy, and long-term preservation.
Time Bomb in a Shoebox? 10 Reasons to Digitise Your Old Photos & Archives NOW
Not to be dramatic or alarmist or anything but... FIRE!! FLOOD!! ARMAGEDDON!! Here’s why digitising your photos is one of the best things you can do (and why you’ll thank yourself later).
Introduction to Photo Scanning – a service you never knew you might need
If you still haven't digitised all your old photos – or even contemplated it – learn more about why you need to move the task to the top of your to-do list
Preserving Your Family Photos: A Generational Responsibility
Your family’s old photos have stories to tell, and it’s your duty to keep them alive. Learn why digitising them is one of the most urgent and important tasks for young people today
Photo Scanning 101 – Everything You Need to Know About the UK’s Best & 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?
Preserve your memories and protect your legacy. How to seek a fair outcome — even when families divide.
A Guide to Dealing With Old Photos in a House Clearance
What to do with photo archives and other sentimental family memories after a loved one passes.
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 2025: An Independent Review
You’ve digitised your analogue photos — here are the best photo book companies in 2025 to turn them into lasting keepsakes.
You've finally digitised your old photos, hurrah! What now?...
You digitised decades-worth of old photos. What now?