We decide together what stays, what gets made, and what gets passed on.
A photo archive practice for Houston families. The person on your roster who finally handles the photos.
You do not need to keep all of them.
It is the old 80/20 rule, applied to your photos. About 20 percent of what is on your phone and in those boxes is the archive. The other 80 percent is the burden, not the asset. The work is finding the 20 percent.
The thing you have been meaning to give the people you love stays unmade. The family story lives with the people who still remember it. That is the part worth protecting, and the part that quietly slips.
I take the operational weight. You keep the choices.
You are the custodian of your family archive. A lot of weight comes with that. I come in and take the operational weight off your shoulders, so you can focus on the meaningful parts: the choices, the stories, the gift.
Some of it is craft: the scanning, the album assembly, the physical handling. The rest is strategy: what stays, what gets made, what gets passed on, and how your archive is built to last.
The work is a relationship. We decide together.
Your photos are yours. You do not hire me to post you, and I never will. Nothing leaves your control without your say-so.
Most clients hire me for one thing. Then they stay.
An album, a scanned box, a baby book. That is the anchor: the thing you asked for. The living archive is what makes the next one possible. Enter through any one of these.
Scanning & Digitization
Prints, slides, and old media, scanned, processed, named, and organized, backed up in two places. The most common way in.
The Digital Side of the Archive
Year by year passes through your Apple Photos or cloud library. The repeats and the extra come out. What stays gets structured. Sensitive material goes to a locked album.
Albums & Anchors
A curated album designed from the 20 percent that matters, printed and delivered. The graduation book, the one opened at Christmas, the thing your family inherits.
The Living Archive
Ongoing care once the first project is done. New photos get absorbed instead of piling up. Backups watched, albums updated, the next anchor ready when the moment comes.
Built on clients who stay.
Client retention into the second year. Photo work that is a relationship, not a one-time project.
Where most clients are now: their fourth project. Each life milestone calls for the next one.
How most begin. One album or one box. Then the archive keeps developing between the milestones.
One first step. We scope from there.
Every engagement begins with a short paid intake so I can see what you actually have. Within 48 hours you get a written scope for the first project: what we do, the price, the timeline. No guesswork, no pressure.
30 to 60 minutes in your home. I see the collection in context and take back anything we agree on. Written scope in 48 hours.
A 30 to 60 minute video call. We screen-share or you log me in so I can see your digital library directly.
Hand off your material or arrange a pickup. Includes a 15 minute check-in if you want one.
I am the principal of the practice.
I am Sara, principal of Solid State Strategy, a family photo archive practice in Houston. Twenty years behind a camera, the last five spent as the photo person on the roster for families across River Oaks, Memorial, and Tanglewood.
My associate Linda handles much of the craft: the scanning and the album assembly. My work is the strategy: what stays, what gets made, what gets passed on, and how your archive is built to last. You hand me the collection. I hand you back something you are proud to give.
Let's find the 20 percent worth keeping.
Tell me a little about what you are sitting on. I will recommend the right first step and what it costs. No pressure.