Save Your Old Memories.
Hi, I'm Max. Those old photos in your shoeboxes and albums — along with your slides, negatives, and documents — fade a little more every year, and a fire can take them in minutes. I pick them up, scan them, make them look amazing, and bring them back in about two days. It's about a dollar a photo, so most shoeboxes run around $200 — bigger or smaller, we'll work out a fair price. No surprises, and you don't ship anything to Tennessee and wait six weeks.
What I scan
Thousands of photographs. Hundreds of slides and negatives. More documents and magazines than I could count. Each one's got its own page if you want the details.
Let's connect
To get started, give me a call and tell me what you've got. Or we meet up and go through it together — simple as that. I'm always happy to offer free advice on any project if you just have questions.
I love Pasadena
I live close by, and Pasadena is where I spend most of my time outside of home. I walk the Rose Bowl loop regularly — the first time I went was in 1997, and it's been one of my favorite places in Los Angeles ever since. Gus's Barbecue is one of my favorite restaurants in the whole city. When someone in the area reaches out, I'm happy to drive over and meet in person — that's the whole point.
Why I started Scan Squirrel
The Eaton and Palisades fires in January 2025 terrified me. Watching neighborhoods burn and knowing that people were losing irreplaceable photos — wedding albums, baby pictures, the only print of a grandparent — made me realize how fragile all of it is. I started scanning photos for friends and neighbors just to help. Then more people asked, and it turned into Scan Squirrel — a part-time side hustle doing something I actually care about.
I'm still very worried about fire risk in this part of Los Angeles. I'm incredibly grateful for the hard work of LAFD and all the agencies fighting to keep our communities safe. I love seeing the creative approaches too — like using goats for brush clearance. Anything that helps keep Pasadena and the surrounding neighborhoods safer is worth supporting.
A lot of the people who reach out to me fall into two camps — families preserving the photos of someone who's passed away, and people who watched the fires and thought, “I need to protect this stuff before it's too late.” Both of those feel important to me.