Storing the Negatives after Development

Video Transcript

" My name is Jeff and I want to talk to you a little bit about what you do with your negatives after you have processed them. A really good product is print file. You can put your negatives in these print files; store them in there. They are archivally safe, you can make your contact sheet in the preserver and store that contact sheet in there as well, so that you have the negatives and the contact sheet on one page and then you can store these in a loose leaf notebook; preferably archivally safe; a really good way to store your negatives. Once you’ve got your negatives in these preservers, you want to keep them in a dry, not cold not hot, just a dry safe place. There are a lot of other types of preservers out there that you can use. I would stay away from any of them that are made of PVC, poly vinyl chloride. These are polyethylene; they are archivally safe. "