Why Choose Portraits by Hart?
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Family-run since 1958 – now fully focused on memory preservation
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All digitization carried out personally in-house in Stourbridge
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No third parties – hand your items directly to the expert
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Secure, high-quality conversions (JPEG for photos, MP4 for video, MP3 for audio)
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Pickup/delivery available for local customers
Archive & Digitize Your Family Memories – Portraits by Hart
Safeguard Your Family's Story for Generations
After 68+ years as a trusted family business in Lye, Stourbridge, we've fully dedicated ourselves to preserving and digitizing irreplaceable memories. From old photo albums and slides to video tapes, cine films, and audio recordings, we convert them to modern digital formats so you can relive, share, and protect them forever.
In a digital world where analogue media fades or becomes unplayable, digitization is the best way to future-proof your collection—easy viewing on any device, backups, and sharing with family worldwide.
Every project is handled personally in-house—no third parties, no risk to your treasures.
What We Digitize
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Photographs & albums → JPEG on USB (link: /photograph-album-scanning-copying)
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Slides & negatives → JPEG/TIFF on USB/DVD (link: /slides-copied-to-dvd)
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Video tapes → MP4 on USB/DVD (link: /vhs-video-dvd-transfer)
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Cine film → MP4 on USB/DVD (link: /cine-film-to-dvd-transfer)
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Audio tapes → MP3 on USB/CD (link: /audio-tape-digital-conversion)
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Plus restoration for damaged items (link: /photograph-restoration)
Why Digitize Now?
Analogue formats degrade daily—magnetic tapes fade, slides scratch, CDs/DVDs become unreadable. Don't wait until your memories are lost forever. Digitizing now preserves them safely, allows easy backups, and lets you share with loved ones today.
Photo albums with family snapshots.
Our Simple Process
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Bring or arrange pickup of your collection.
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We inspect and discuss your needs.
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Convert to digital formats in-house.
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Return originals + digital files (USB/DVD).
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Enjoy & share forever
Equipment for converting analogue audio to digital.
If you would like more information please get in touch and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
We now offer a pickup & delivery service for local customers. Please contact us for details.
All photographic & video to digital transfer services we provide are carried out in house by ourselves. We will never pass your treasured negatives, transparencies, video tapes & cine films on to a third party.
Many businesses & High Street chains offering these services do not carry out the work themselves, they forward it on to a third party. We carry out all of the work ourselves. When you hand your items over to us you are very often handing them to the person who will actually carry out carry out the work.