Scan Photos to Digital

Scan photos to digital and share the whole family history

Every family has them: shoeboxes of loose prints, albums with the plastic pages going yellow, the framed wedding photo on Nan's hallway wall. They are the only copies, and they usually live in one house. When you scan photos to digital with Tapes To Digital, those prints become digital photos that every child, grandchild and cousin can keep on their own phone.

Each print becomes its own digital photo, ready to view on the TV, share in the family group chat, print again or use in a slideshow for a birthday, a wedding or a farewell. Your original photos come back to you with every order.

Why scan your photos now

Printed photos age. Colours fade and shift, old album pages yellow and stick to the prints, and a single leaking roof or burst pipe can take a whole collection. Photos from the 1970s and 80s are often the most faded of all.

A digital copy is safe from all of that. It can be backed up in more than one place, it never fades, and it means the family history isn't sitting in one box that only one person can open.

What we scan

• Standard prints of all sizes, from wallet photos to enlargements
• Large format prints
• Polaroid pictures
• Fragile and vintage photos, handled with care
• Photos in albums or frames — ask us about your collection

Got faded or damaged photos you'd love to bring back? Ask about our photo editing service.

What you get back

• Every photo as a separate digital file, ready to view, share and print
• Your photos on USB, as a cloud download, on an external hard drive or on DVD
• Cloud storage from $9 for 3 months, so family in other cities can download their own copies
• Your original photos returned, every order

Photo scanning prices

Photo scanning is priced per photo. The current prices are on our pricing page, or send us a quick WhatsApp with roughly how many photos you have and we'll come back with an exact quote. We'll match any competitor's price for the same service.

How long it takes

Need the photos for a particular date, such as a milestone birthday, an anniversary or a funeral? Tell us when you book and we'll let you know what we can do. We'll confirm the timing for your collection when you book.

Drop off or post your photos

Bring your photos to one of our 12 by-appointment drop-off points: Killara, Beverly Hills, Parramatta and Macquarie Park in Sydney; Fairy Meadow in Wollongong; Crestmead in Logan, south of Brisbane; Greenvale and Point Cook in Melbourne; Victoria Park in Perth; Watson in Canberra; and Kurralta Park and Virginia in Adelaide. Not near one? Post them in from anywhere in Australia at the same price. Find your nearest drop-off.

Photos, slides, negatives and tapes together

Photo collections rarely come on their own. If there are slides, negatives or old video tapes in the same cupboard, send them together. We also convert slides to digital, convert negatives to digital and convert VHS to digital.

Questions first? Call us on +61 485 031 678 or message us on WhatsApp. More than 10,000 families have trusted us with over 1 million memories.