Don't be afraid to use embellishments, but always remember the mood you are trying to capture. A tip for taking photos out of your old magnetic or black paged albums, is to take some dental floss and place it under the top of the picture. Work it down gently behind the photo and when you get to the bottom of the picture, it should just come right out. Acid Free Materials are acid free when they have a pH value of 7.0 or more. Acid is produced in paper when the paper making chemicals deteriorate, or when acid is absorbed from its environment.
Acid breaks down over time causing paper to become brown and brittle.
Archival A term that refers to materials that are chemically stable are therefore safe to use for the purpose of preservation. Buffered Buffered or alkaline paper is treated with a coating of calcium carbonate to absorb and neutralize acid. This is beneficial for countering the acidic nature of oils from fingers etc. Cropping Trimming the edges of a photo to create new shapes and make the photos more interesting. The process of penetrating paper with an akaline-salt process that raises that pH level of paper.