Digitizing for Victoria Families
Tapes, photographs, slides, negatives and home movie film, digitized by one person in a workshop in Colwood. Your originals never go in the post and never go to a processing centre.
Downtown Parking Is Not Your Problem
If you live in Fairfield, James Bay, Fernwood or anywhere else in the city, the awkward part of this is usually the logistics rather than the decision. Lifting six bins of photograph albums into a car and finding somewhere to park them is the thing that stops people getting started.
So for anything from $99 up I drive in and collect it, and the drive is not on your bill. For smaller jobs the workshop is about twenty-five minutes out along the highway, by appointment, and you can pull straight in.
One person, start to finish
Your collection is not split across a production line. I do the sorting, the transfers and the checking myself, which is why I can tell you what was actually on a tape rather than handing you a folder of numbered files.
Collected from your door
I come to you, we go through what there is on your own table, and it travels in my car rather than a courier's van. For a city address that removes the entire parking and lifting problem.
Nothing leaves the Island
The mail-away services advertise heavily and they all rely on you putting irreplaceable originals into the post. Yours stay in labelled bins in Colwood for the whole job.
How It Works
Drop-Off in Colwood
Use my online form to book a private drop-off time. This ensures I can review your items with you personally when you arrive.
Approve Estimate
Once I have your project, I don't just process it. I inspect the condition of every tape and page. If I find something that needs special attention, I’ll call you.
Enjoy and Share
You'll get a private link to everything, and a USB drive to keep if you want one. You can finally watch your memories on your phone, tablet, or TV.
What a job starts at.
Bring a collection to the Colwood workshop and a job starts at $49. If the work comes to $99 or more I will drive out and collect it myself, and the drive is not a line on your bill. Either way you get a written figure before I start anything, and looking is free.
The workshop on Metchosin Road, about twenty-five minutes from downtown Victoria. Over $99 I come to you instead.
Questions From Around Here
Do I have to drive out to Colwood?
Only for smaller jobs. At $99 or more I come to you and collect, and the drive is not billed. Under that the workshop is about twenty-five minutes from downtown and works by appointment, so you are not queuing when you get here.
Is this cheaper than the mail-away companies?
Sometimes yes and sometimes no, and I will not pretend otherwise. What is different is that your originals never go in the post, you get a written figure before anything starts, and you can phone the person actually doing the work. If price is the only thing that matters to you, a mail-away box may well be cheaper.
Start with the box you would grab in a fire.
You do not have to do everything at once. Book a time and we will start with whichever box matters most.