Digitizing Photographs for Motor Home Use

Whether you are running a Featherlite or a Fleetwood, if you’re spending serious time on the road then you probably want to take as many of the comforts of home with you as you can. No matter how big your rig is you’ll never find room for those photo albums or boxes of photos you have stored in the closet. And even if you had room you probably shouldn’t expose your photos to the additional risks that traveling presents.

By having your photos scanned you can take a complete set of your photographs with you anywhere you go. A life time of photos can easily be stored on a DVD or two. You can accomplish this by purchasing a scanner and doing it yourself or by sending your photos to a photo scanning service. Don’t pay too much. Great photo scanning can cost as little as 5 cents per photo.

Scanning your photos puts an end to their natural aging and deterioration. Your images are permanently preserved and because they are now easy to copy, you can put complete sets of your images in different locations. This will prevent you from losing your photos to natural disaster. You’ll also be able to share complete sets of your photos with each family member.

Once your photos are scanned you can build a slideshow that you can view on your RV’s TV. If you have the skills and desire, building your own slideshow that could include adding text and music to your photos would be a great “on the road” evening project. There are lots of services that will build a slideshow for you if you prefer.

A great way to show off your scanned images is to load them into a digital picture frame. Some of the better frames come with slideshow capabilities, and can play music. The good news is that the price of digital frames is coming down, so be sure to shop wisely. Memory cards for storing your slideshows or digital photos have really come down in price. For a few bucks you can store all of your photos in the picture frame. So if you’re traveling to see family or meeting new friends on the trail, having your photos on a digital picture frame will be great.

If you have more than a few photos, scanning them yourself can end up as one of those unfinished projects. Photo scanning can be incredibly boring. So think about using one of the photo scanning services found online. You should first try to get an idea of what your needs are, and then shop carefully. Don’t pay extra to have your photos scanned at more than 300 dpi, because in the vast majority of cases it does not produce better images. Search “Photo Scanning Recommendations” by this author for more information on how to choose a photo scanning service.

Having your photographs scanned is just another feather in your cap. Not only do you have that little extra piece of home permanently with you, but you have the satisfaction of knowing that the historic record of your family’s images are permanently protected from aging, decay, and disaster. Another advantage is that you’ll be able to easily add the digital photos you are taking now to you photo collection and not have them in two different formats. Digitizing your photos makes them easy to store and reproduce. Viewing them on a TV or a digital picture frame can be fantastic. Happy Trails!

Are you considering photo scanning for your recreational vehicle or to permanently protect your family’s precious photographs from destruction and deterioration? Pete Fontaine talks more about scanning photos at his website www.nickelscan.com

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