Scanning Photos 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.

Aside from making your photos portable, photo scanning stops them from everyday deterioration and aging. Making several complete copies of your images and storing them in different places insures that they are never lost or destroyed by natural causes. And scanning makes it easy to share complete copies with each family member.

Looking for something to do on those evenings "on the road"? Scanning our photos makes it possible to build a slideshow that you can watch on TV. Software like Pro Show Gold by Photodex makes it easy to add text to your images, and add your favorite music. If you don't feel that talented, there are many services that will create a slideshow for you to meet your needs.

You might consider displaying your photos on a digital picture frame. Recently digital frames have come down a lot in price. There are some rather nice picture frames for $100 or so that will allow you to display your photos as a slideshow, and even play music. And memory cards are so inexpensive that you can store your entire photo collection on them for a few dollars. If you are traveling to visit family or going to meet new friends having your photos on a digital picture frame will be a treat.

You don't need another half done project lying around the house, so strongly consider using one of the professional photo scanning services you can find online to scan your photos. Scanning more than a few photos can bore you to tears. "Photo Scanning Tips" by this author may be helpful if you need to know more about scanning resolutions and additional services offered by photo scanners. Shop wisely, and don't pay too much. You can find excellent photo scanning for as little as a nickel per photo.

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!