About
Hello, I'm Bobby.
Verde Valley Photo Preservation is one person: me, Bobby McKinley, working out of my home in Cottonwood. When you hand your photographs over, I'm the one who handles them — there's no counter staff, no courier and no processing plant.
I started this because there are a lot of photographs in this valley sitting in closets and garages, slowly fading, and because getting them scanned properly shouldn't mean mailing a box of irreplaceable pictures across the country to a company you'll never speak to.
This is what I do full-time. If you call during the day, you'll get me.
Where your photos go
To a table in Cottonwood. That's it.
Your photographs come to my home studio here in town. They stay on one work surface, they get scanned, they get checked, and they go back in the container they arrived in. They are not shipped anywhere, they are not passed to anybody else, and they are not left in a pile with somebody else's.
If you'd rather see the setup before you hand anything over, ask. I'm happy to show you.
How I work
The part that matters.
- I count first, then quote. You'll have the exact price before I scan a single photo, and if the count comes out higher than we expected, I call you rather than just charging more.
- Order is preserved. Albums go back as albums. A box that was in a particular order comes back in that order. Nothing is trimmed, cut or written on.
- Nothing is thrown away. Not a duplicate, not a blurry one, not the ones with a thumb over the lens. If it's in the box, it comes back.
- Your files are yours. I hand over the drive and, once you've confirmed everything's there, I delete my working copies. Nothing is uploaded anywhere or kept on a cloud service.
- You see the price before you pay. I count your photos and tell you the exact figure first. You pay that by cash or Zelle, and then I start work.
Service area
Where I collect and drop off.
Pickup and return is $7.50 each way anywhere in the Verde Valley, or you're welcome to drop your photographs off with me in Cottonwood at no charge.
- Cottonwood
- Clarkdale
- Jerome
- Sedona
- Village of Oak Creek
- Camp Verde
- Cornville
- Rimrock
- Verde Village
Somewhere nearby that isn't on the list? Ask me — if it's a reasonable drive, I'll come.
Contact
Get in touch.
The quickest way to reach me is the phone. Call or text (928) 499‑9489 any time between 7am and 5pm and you'll get me, not a machine.
If it's easier, fill in the form and I'll come back to you within one working day. You don't need to know how many photos you have.
You can also email hello@vvphotopreservation.com, or find me on Facebook.