There are as many ways to print your photos as there are photos themselves, and likewise, nearly as many ways to preserve them.<\/p>\n
Ink jet and dye sublimation, as well as traditional methods of printing photos will each benefit from some form of protection from the elements.<\/p>\n
Sunlight, chemicals like the acid residue found on most papers and temperature extremes can cause pictures to fade, discolor.<\/p>\n
Coatings can be applied to the finished photo, which will put a well distributed coating of a chemical base on the surface of your photograph , which dries to a thin film to protect your photograph.<\/p>\n
The protective\u00a0 film is not thick enough to protect the photo against water damage or acid residue, but provides a degree of protection against fingerprints and ultraviolet damage.<\/p>\n
Albums also provide reasonable protection for photos \u2013 so long as they are stored in a temperature controlled, dry place..\u00a0 Albums provide great protection with acid free paper and thin film pages, but do not protect against humidity or water damage.<\/p>\n
For the ultimate in protection, consider laminating your photographs.\u00a0 Lamination protects against high light, humidity, chemicals, fingerprints (you can actually wash a laminated picture with soap and water) and nearly any other environmental factor.\u00a0 Laminating works by encasing the photo in a transparent plastic shell.\u00a0 The degree of protection provided by photo laminating can be adjusted by altering the thickness of the laminate used.<\/p>\n
The supplies necessary to protect your photographic memories with lamination are minimal.\u00a0 Usually all it takes is a pouch laminating machine, and special photo pouches.\u00a0\u00a0 Photo laminating pouches such as LoydsofIndiana.com’s PhotoPouch brand are specially sized and formulated to work with traditional photograph prints as well as inkjet, laser prints and dye sublimation prints.\u00a0 PhotoPouches will protect your professional or personal quality photographs, are easy to use and provide for your photos protection at a cost that is more than reasonable for home or business use. Laminating machines can be purchased which will coat and seal photographs up to 13 inches in width.\u00a0 The machines themselves are easy to use.<\/p>\n
The cost to laminate your photos will be about 10 cents per photo, which seems a very small price to pay for the peace of mind you get back knowing your business or home photos are protected from the elements that might damage or destroy them.\u00a0 In comparison to losing the photo of a lifetime, or losing critical photographic evidence makes that 10 cent investment seem tiny.<\/p>\n
PhotoPouch brand laminating pouches are exclusively available from Lloyd’s of Indiana (www.lloydsofindiana.com) and select distributors.\u00a0 Lloyd’s can provide for your laminating needs with machinery and photo pouch supplies, purchased from an easy to search web site which will keep track of your cumulative orders and any discounts you may have coming, to assure that not only your photos are protected, but so is your time.<\/p>\n
About the Author.<\/p>\n
Robbi Drake is the Business Operations Manager for the National Environmental and Meteorological Association. She is also a Nationally certified Firefigher I and Firefighter Evaluator.<\/p>\n
She takes great pride in her lightening and weather photography, and in getting just the perfect shot of something other people would choose to take cover from.<\/p>\n
Prior to selling any photograph for poster use, she always laminates the image for protection during shipping and after it arrives at its destination.\u00a0 She believes in the old adage, a picture is worth a thousand words, but adds, \u201c only if they are protected from the ravages of time and elements.\u201d<\/p>\n
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