The answer most definitely is yes, except in one instance, which I’ll talk about in a minute.
 
Albums have traditionally been the place we put our favorite prints to display our most memorable events, trips, and family and friends. Ironically, placing our prints in albums puts our favorite prints way more at risk than if we just stuck them in a dark box and never looked at them.
 
Prints and albums are exposed to all sorts of elements that cause fading, yellowing, and brittleness. The albums themselves often have toxic elements like adhesive and off gassing from cheap plastic sleeves.
 
When I get albums to scan, I often find the prints in pretty bad shape, and the condition is such that they won’t go through my batch scanner so I have to flatbed scan them. That costs more!
 
So, if you have old albums sitting around, the condition of the prints is only going to get worse. Get them scanned as soon as possible and safely preserve your favorite memories.
 
Ahh…, so that only exception I was talking about is sometimes we, or the people who created the album, made duplicate prints and stuck them in a dark box and put them away on the shelf somewhere. That’s exactly what my family did thankfully, at least in some cases. Those are the ones to scan, and if you look at them side-by-side with their album counterpart, you can see the difference and it can be quite considerable (see above).
 
Call, text or email me with any questions. P&T:  310-312-6640, I’m always happy to advise you on how best to prepare your scan order.