Weber State Basketball Giveaway!

As proud sponsors of Weber State athletics, we are excited to announce that we will be giving away a basketball signed by coach Randy Rahe on February 7th!  Randy coached Damien Lillard, who was drafted to the Portland Trailblazers NBA team, and earned the title of "Rookie of the Year" in 2012.  Rahe has been an integral piece of their basketball success, and his potential as a coach is limitless. We have had the opportunity to scan...

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Talking About Memories This Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to sit around with loved ones and talk about those things which we are grateful for and that have made us the people we are today.  To make the most of your time and conversation, consider these talking points to bring out the most laughs, memories, and maybe even tears this holiday. -What was your favorite vacation and why? -Do you have a favorite picture from your past?  Describe it and what was going on that day. -What moment in your life most impacted you? -Why are you grateful for each person in the...

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Thursday Thought: Memories Last Forever

The following is a personal experience of a Larsen Digital Team Member: My grandmother, in her 70's, has had steadily declining health for the past 10 years.  Recently, she underwent heart surgery, and many were worried that she would not come out of it alive.  I had the opportunity to take her old photos, and and convert them to digital.  Afterwards, I created a slideshow for her with inspirational and uplifting music to help...

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Larsen Digital Specials

Converting your memories to digital can be stressful and expensive, but make no mistake- it will be a decision you cherish forever.  Not only will you be able to enjoy the pastimes of your life more easily, but so will generations to come.  Digitized Photos and Film offer you the opportunity to view those moments whenever, wherever you are.  Even from your tablet or smartphone!  You can also take advantage of the Cloud,...

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Copying Image and Video Files From Disc to Computer

Getting files from a disc to your computer is easy! Step 1 First, you want to put the disc in your computer. Once your computer has loaded the disc you should see a pop up asking what you want to do with the disc. Scroll down to "Open Folder View Files". This will allow you to see all the data files on your disc. Step 2 You will want to select all the files on your disc. To do this, click once on the first file while holding down the SHIFT key and then click on the last file while still holding the shift key. Now all your files...

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Remember When: There Were TV Commercials Selling VHS Tapes?

I'm sure this commercials brings back many memories of buying VHS Tapes for our precious camcorders, and the pride we felt as we shot each tape filled with our loved one's most endearing moments.  While Video Tapes are no longer a used method to capture our life's current events, the joy we have in our old tapes still remain.  Unfortunately, your time with the footage on your VHS tapes is limited, as they are deteriorating every single day. Video tapes are made up of magnetic strips to communicate the captured video and sound to your...

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Horrors of Holding Memories on Film - Part 1: Got Kids?

The hard thing about any physical item?  It can be ruined in a flash!  Holding your memories on film is no different.  Today, we will discuss a scary occurrence that can happen to your priceless past if kept in photo and video form.  The following is a true story. Got Kids? I was going through my mom's old photos and found some really cool pictures of my grandparents.  I had set two photos aside in a pile of "most...

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Name That Costume!

What was this little girl for Halloween? Photo taken circa 1981 Larsen Digital specializes in taking the moments you've captured on film, and preserving it in a format that will last lifetimes to come!  Whether it's photos from a Christmas morning, or move film from your child's birthday, all your life's greatest moments deserve the best.   Not only does Larsen Digital use the best equipment for the job, but they keep all work...

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King of Queens Clip - What do your pictures say about you?

Larsen Digital takes your precious film memories and converts them to digital to make it easy on you!  Not only is it easier to look through your photos, but it is also more convenient to share with your friends and family once they are digitized.  Larsen Digital offers digital photo restoration services to meet your needs, and give free quotes to help you make the best decision for your past.  Keeping all your film and photos in the USA and in a fire proof room, your memories are sure to be treated like royalty - the way they...

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Unsolved Family Mysteries

Every family has them.  Those debates on what really happened to set up an infamous photo.  Whether they are funny, sad, or happy moments, everyone has their own side of the story.  Watch this video and relate to the pain and agony this family feels as they try to discover what really happened. Larsen Digital strives to preserve your memories with a personal and unique touch.  With the best equipment on the market to convert your old film to digital, Larsen Digital truly has the capability and the talent to bring the life...

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Monday Makeover: Halloween Edition

All your precious memories deserve the royal treatment when it comes to bringing them back to life. Whether they are from a holiday, a birthday, or a treasured vacation, each piece of your film will stand out with our color correction services. Our editing process occurs after your film has been scanned and converted to digital on our high quality equipment by trained PhotoShop experts.  While some images and files may require a...

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Hiding Halloween Memories

We document the most important and special events with your cameras.  Whether it is a birthday, a holiday, a wedding, or a much needed family vacation, the moments that we want to cherish the most are the ones that we choose to capture with our film.  In earlier years, it used to be that film for cameras was so expensive to purchase and then to develop, that people could only afford to spend their frames wisely on momentous occasions. Why...

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Weber State Tailgating Party Winner!

As proud sponsors of Weber State Athletics, we have had so much fun contributing to the tailgating parties prior to each home football game.  At these parties, we have loved meeting those in the community that are in need of our services.  Every game, we have a drawing where the winners can win a Coach Jody Sears signed football, gift certificates to Larsen Digital, or 6 tickets to the next home game. The winner of 6 tickets to the next home football game against Montana State on October 19th  is... KEN COLLINS! Congratulations...

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Proudly Announcing New Super8 Audio Transfers!

We are so excited to announce to new service to our line of excellent and superior conversion services.  We have been one of the top providers for Super8 Movie Film, and are now expanding that to transferring Super8 Audio as well! Our visual memories are so important to us, and speak volumes of our past, but when you can add voices and sounds to the imagery, it just boosts the sentimentality of that moment in time to another level.  Often...

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My Film is Digital- Can I REALLY Just Throw it Away?!

It is such a fulfilling feeling knowing that all your old film has been converted to digital, preserving it for lifetimes to come, but then come the hard part.  What do you do with your old film once it has been digitized?  Well, many people say, and we have said it before- you CAN throw it away.  Just because you CAN place all your memories in the trash, does that mean your SHOULD?   Technically, once your photos, videos,...

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How to Organize Your Digitized Film!

You have completed the task of sending all your precious photos, negatives, and other film types to be converted to digital.  You decided not to organize your film before they were digitized, and you elected not to organize your images through our IOS post scanning.  Now all you are left with is jumbled up files. It is so nice having organized files and images to easily be able to call back to.  If you have a good organizational...

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Have Fun With Your Digital Images!

At Larsen Digital, we are all about helping you preserve your memories and to make them better!  That is why we are researching the best iOS photo apps, personally using them, and reviewing them for your reference.  From apps that focus on core editing functions, to programs that aim to let you get creative with your images, we are rating them all! The apps we have rated so far: Color Splash 8mm Vintage Camera iCorrect Splice PhotoSync Handy...

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Tips on Preparing Your Slides for Film Conversion

It can be an overwhelming task getting your film ready to send in to Larsen Digital for conversion.  Where do you start?  How do you organize it?  Well we are here to help put your mind at ease.  Preparing your slides for digitization is EASY!  Check out these tips to organize your slides and send them in. If you don't know what order you want your slides scanned in- just send them in anyway!  You will want...

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Tuesday Tip: Traveler's Guide to Photographing Your Trip

The most common photos we digitize are those from our customers' travels. Here are some tips fromPhotographyTips.com on how to prepare and make the most out of your vacation pictures! Take plenty of pictures. You don't want to return home and try to describe a wonderful scene that you could have photographed if you had planned to shoot generously. If you are planning to share your adventures while you're on the road, send your most representative pictures to friends and family by email or upload them to a photo-sharing website....

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Digital Photo Restoration

We've all had them.  Photos that have been written on.  Maybe mustaches drawn on faces.  Extreme fading due to unfavorable storing circumstances.  Whatever the damage may be, Larsen Digital Services offers Digital Photo Restoration services to help repair and preserve your favorite photos.  What you thought was a lost cause is now a great opportunity to give your memories a face lift! Here in this example, we have...

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Beginners Guide to Color Correction Using Curves

Have you ever looked at a photo and though, "That looks a little blue...?"  Thankfully with digital photo editing, when your digital photo colors are not balanced you can quickly and easily fix it! For this tutorial we are using Pixlr, which is a free photo editing software. Step 1: If you have old film that has been scanned and converted to digital you are probably wondering why the color doesn't seem balanced.  There are two...

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What Was Your Favorite Childhood Summer Activity?

Doesn't summer just make you want to get up and do something?  It is the season of being outside and active- especially if you live in areas where summer is the only time it's warm! Take a moment and think back to when you were a young child, and try and remember the activities you used to participate in, and the people you used to associate with.  Did you enjoy playing a sport such as baseball?  Were you gone every weekend fishing...

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Thursday Thought: Family

There is never a better time to show how much your family means to you than right now!  Make sure you preserve all the memories that you've shared with your loved ones whether they are letters you have written, photos you have taken, or crafts you have made.  Those mere moments last a short while, but preserving them will help them stay alive for generations to come. Keeping your memories locked up in a film format shortens the life...

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JPEG Vs TIFF - What Format You Should Scan Your Film As

Did you know that when scanning your negatives, slides and photos that you have a choice what output it comes out in?  There are many file format types to scan your film at, so it's important to know the difference.  The most common file outputs for digitizing your old film at are JPEG and TIFF. JPEG and TIFF file formats are both considered to be standard file formats that can be read in Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems. TIFF files are very large in file size when compared to JPEGs and are commonly used in professional print...

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Never Thought of Using Ebay This Way...

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Caption this Old Photo!

Happy Monday to You!  We are looking for a caption to this photo.  And.... GO! Have you ever gotten together with your family and looked at old photos and videos?  I'm st ure you have.  Have you looked at certain memories and pondered, "Now what were you thinking here?"  "What was going on in your head?"  I know in my family we have! It is so fun to try and guess what was happening in photos.  Sometimes...

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There's A Story To Every Photo

This photo was taken around 1995-96.  I know what you are thinking.  Awesome jumper, right?  I could go on and on about the styles from the past I get to see working in this field.  I love it. Anyway, I was eight years old in this picture on a camping trip.  While growing up my family, along with several others, would get together every year and go camping for a week.  So many photos and memories from those summers...

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Throw a "Memory Lane" Party With Your Converted Film!

Download the invitation HERE! Don't have your old film converted to digital yet?  Larsen Digital Services is the most experienced film conversion company in the industry.  With nearly 18 years to back us up, we know what it takes to truly make your memories last lifetimes to come.  Whether you have movie film, photos, or even scrapbook pages and jaz drives- let us help you preserve your legacy by converting your film to ...

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Independence Day Super Sale

To order your movie film, visit our order form.  To learn more about our professional grade equipment and our awesome practices, check out our Movie Film information pag...

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Leaving A Legacy of Imagery

Death is a part of life.  It can bring Sadness.  Tragedy. "For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever." -Laura Swenson We have the opportunity to help thousand of individuals around the world preserve their memories, aiding a legacy of imagery to live on for those who will miss them dearly one day.  Recently we were able to convert numerous videos and photos for one of our customers, who would send in a little bit at a time, working on her project in pieces.  We came to learn that this patron...

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Vintage Harlem Globetrotters 8mm Film

After watching the 2013 NBA Basketball Draft we caught the fever of looking up past and WAY past basketball games.  Check out this 8mm movie film shot of the Harlem Globetrotters most likely in the 1950's. Larsen Digital Services can preserve all your sport memories and the other timeless events of your life by converting them to a digital format.  When you have your film and audio digitized, you have all the freedom you want to post it on your favorite social outlets, share them with your friends and family, and much more...

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What is The Cloud?

Larsen Digital Services can take your physical film and audio memories and convert it to digital, but we go one step further where we can upload your very images and videos to The Cloud through your Google Drive account.  Check out our Cloud Services and preserve your precious film toda...

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Larsen Digital helps you hold on to those memories by converting all your old film to digital.  Whether it's movie film, slides, video tapes, negatives, photos, audio tapes, vinyl records, or any other film format, we can preserve them to last lifetimes to com...

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Five Reasons to Include Photos in a Memoir or Personal History Book

Everyone has a story to tell! And if you have been thinking about writing or recording your life stories, here are some reasons why adding pictures is a must. 1. Let ‘em out! You’ve diligently collected and digitized your boxes of photos, home movies, and other memorabilia. Good for you! Now what? Are they in a format that can be easily used and enjoyed, or will they remain buried on a hard drive somewhere, forgotten and alone? Incorporating...

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