Professional Digitisation
High-quality digital capture for preservation, access, sharing and reproduction.
Careful Handling
Photographs and albums are assessed and handled with the needs of the collection in mind.
Flexible Output
JPEG, TIFF and PDF files can be supplied at resolutions appropriate to your project.
WHITE GLOVE ARCHIVE HANDLING
Digitise your photographs without repeatedly handling the originals
Digitising original photographs and photograph albums allows you to view, archive and share your collection without unnecessary handling of the originals.
Our archive department and specialist technicians take care when positioning photographs and albums on the scanning equipment, particularly where material is fragile or requires additional attention.
- High-quality colour, greyscale and black & white scanning
- Optical resolutions up to 1200dpi where appropriate
- Dust, scratch and defect reduction options
- Colour management and image correction
- Batch scanning for suitable loose photographs
- Individual handling for albums and delicate material
CHOOSE THE RIGHT OUTPUT
Scanning for consumer, publication and archival use
We can tailor the scanning resolution, file format and processing to suit how your photographs will be used.
Consumer
JPEG 300dpiCompressed files designed for everyday viewing, family collections and sharing across devices. Batch scanning and image correction available.
Publication
TIFF 300 / 600dpiUncompressed files suitable for publication, reproduction and projects where higher image quality is required.
Archival
TIFF up to 1200dpiHigh-resolution uncompressed files for archival projects and clients requiring detailed preservation masters and specialist processing.
PHOTOGRAPH SCANNING PRICES
Photograph & album scanning price guide
Minimum order £12.50 plus VAT. Prices shown are per photograph or album page as applicable.
Bulk Photo Scanning — JPEG & TIFF at 600dpi
Photographs must be loose, non-mounted and suitable for bulk scanning. This service is not suitable where the original sequence must be retained.
| Size | Service | Format | DPI | 1+ | 10+ | 25+ | 50+ | 100+ | 250+ | 500+ | 1000+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to A4 | Bulk photo scan | JPEG | 600 | £1.50 | £1.25 | £1.00 | £0.50 | £0.45 | £0.40 | £0.35 | £0.30 |
| Up to A4 | Bulk photo scan | TIFF | 600 | £3.00 | £1.75 | £1.50 | £1.25 | £1.00 | £0.50 | £0.45 | £0.40 |
Specific indexing of photograph packs and albums starts at £0.25 per folder.
Flatbed Photo Scanning — JPEG & TIFF at 600dpi
Flatbed scanning is used where photographs need to be kept in order or require individual specialist handling.
| Size | Service | Format | DPI | 1+ | 10+ | 25+ | 50+ | 100+ | 250+ | 500+ | 1000+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to A4 | Flatbed photo scan | JPEG | 600 | £10.00 | £7.00 | £3.50 | £1.75 | £1.50 | £1.25 | £1.00 | £0.75 |
| Up to A4 | Flatbed photo scan | TIFF | 600 | £12.00 | £6.00 | £4.00 | £2.00 | £1.75 | £1.50 | £1.25 | £1.00 |
Extracting Photographs from Albums
| Size | Service | Format | DPI | 1+ | 10+ | 25+ | 50+ | 100+ | 250+ | 500+ | 1000+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to A4 | Photo extraction | JPEG | 600 | £3.00 | £1.75 | £1.50 | £1.25 | £1.00 | £0.50 | £0.45 | £0.40 |
Photograph Album Scanning
| Size | Service | Format | DPI | 1+ | 10+ | 25+ | 50+ | 100+ | 250+ | 500+ | 1000+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to A2 | Album page scan | JPEG/PDF | 300 | £4.00 | £2.00 | £1.50 | £1.25 | £1.00 | £0.75 | £0.55 | £0.55 |
| Up to A2 | Album page scan | TIFF | 300 | £6.00 | £4.00 | £2.00 | £1.75 | £1.50 | £1.25 | £1.00 | £1.00 |
Album pages are scanned as high-quality images. Each image can be cropped and processed before being supplied as a PDF album.
All prices exclude VAT at 20%. Please contact us for large collections, specialist indexing and projects requiring bespoke handling.
QUALITY & PROCESSING
Professional image quality and quality assurance
Colour & Image Quality
High-quality colour, greyscale and black & white capture, with colour management and correction appropriate to the project.
Image Processing
Dust, scratch and defect reduction options are available, together with cropping and other project-specific image processing.
OCR & Searchable PDFs
Where appropriate, searchable PDF files with OCR can be produced to support document text search and indexing.
EXPLORE MORE SERVICES
Digitisation for the whole collection
Photograph Albums
Specialist scanning of albums and bound photographic collections.
Old Scrapbooks
Digitisation of family scrapbooks, mounted photographs and mixed photographic collections.
Vintage Photographs
Careful digitisation of historic and vintage photographic material.
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Talk to us about your photograph collection
Whether you have a few family photographs or thousands of archive images, we can help you choose the right scanning and output options.
