Nostalgia, What’s Old is New Again at CES, Says ScanMyPhotos.com
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What’s old is new again at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics
Show (CES).
Technology and innovations are going to be blended with nostalgia at
CES, reports Mitch Goldstone, president and CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com.
His Irvine-based digital imaging retail and ecommerce company has been
making pictures and memories since 1990.
Mr. Goldstone is a regular attendee and past speaker at CES and other
technology and digital imaging events. He said, “the world’s largest
consumer electronics trade show, beginning on January 8th, is
poised to fuse the past, analog world with today’s all digital products.
With more than 3.5 trillion analog photographic pictures - representing
generations of families’ historical "Kodak moments," most have not been
seen in years and all are clamoring to be digitized.”
Mr. Goldstone will use the CES platform to explain how to quickly and
affordably preserve generations of treasured analog photo images. Once
digitized, photos and other analog content can then be shared and
enjoyed on many of the new, high-tech products that CES is famous for
introducing.
To coincide with CES, the National
Photo Preservation Month (NPPM) was launched by ScanMyPhotos.com to
draw awareness to and showcase the obligation of protecting those
special photo memories before they fade away.
"Using Kodak digital imaging technology, it is possible to affordably
and quickly digitize all those snapshots," explained Goldstone, founder
of NPPM.
Goldstone said "the demand to digitize pictures is mandated by the span
of time which leads many older photos to fade away or become misplaced.
The month-long NPPM campaign will also help connect entire families with
their past, as they revisit, share and create new ways to preserve and
have fun with their snapshots."
On January 1st, KPIX-TV, the CBS Eyewitness News affiliate, profiled
ScanMyPhotos.com - click on link to view: http://cbs5.com/video/?id=43921@kpix.dayport.com
Why was the National Photo Preservation Month created?
The idea was sparked from National Geographic Traveler magazines
Jan/Feb 2009 front cover headline, "Preserving Your Travel Photos" which
featured a lengthy article
by Scott S. Stuckey on how to make your travel photos truly timeless. Traveler’s
senior photo editor, Daniel Westergren explained that "the short answer
is to scan your old pictures." This advice guided ScanMyPhotos.com to
help promote making all your photo memories timeless through the
establishment of NPPM to draw attention to preserving photos.
How to get involved with National Photo Preservation Month
1) Collect all your old photos. Get your entire family and circle
of friends involved as a treasure hunt to track down those Polaroid
snapshots, shoeboxes of pictures and photos stacked away in draws and on
closet shelves.
2) Use your favorite social networking website, from MySpace,
Twitter, FaceBook, Blogger and others to ask your relatives and friends
to find those old school pictures, vacation shots, wedding and other
special occasion photo memories.
3) Share your stories. Write to local newspapers and blog about
your experience as you revisit those special photo memories. Once your
photos are digitized, tag each one with descriptive messages and
narratives. Write a story about who was in the picture and note
something special about the person, scene or event so future generations
can keep those memories alive.
4) Keep the momentum going. According to reports by
ScanMyPhotos.com customers, the average household has about 5,000 photo
snapshots. Once the pictures are pooled together, get it scanned. There
are a variety of photo scanning services available, from independent
photo imaging retail labs to high-volume, bulk scanning services like
ScanMyPhotos.com.
5) Ask the experts for help to preserve your photos. As part of
NPPM, the ScanMyPhotos.com website is extending its free Live Support
Help Desk to assist with instant answers to questions on how to preserve
and digitize your photos. Profiles recounting how people are preserving
their photos will be posted at "Tales from the World of Photo Scanning"
(blog.ScanMyPhotos.com) and gathered to share with tech, consumer and
lifestyle reporters.
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ScanMyPhotos.com - 30 Minute Photos Etc.
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Headquarters:
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Irvine, CA
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http://www.ScanMyPhotos.com
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CEO:
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Mitch Goldstone
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Employees:
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under 30
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Organization:
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Private
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Source: via Business Wire
Updated
11/15/2007
by company
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