Digitization can only go so far in capturing all that an artifact has to offer so it is important to consider the “digitization, rendering and meaning behind a re-presentation” of an image (Conway). To a certain extent, digitization can capture the color, size, shape, sound and texture of an item. Digitization is mostly dependent on the type of digitization that is used to archive an item. Videography works well in capturing the sound of an item, size, color, and texture to offer a more dynamic visual experience. In comparison, photography works well for capturing a “simplistic” image of an artifact. However, photographs can be dynamic in their scope as there are many decisions relating to spatial resolution, tone reproduction and color space. More than one photo of an item may be needed to capture more of what an artifact has to offer. Thus, multiple photographs or a collection can capture more characteristics related to the size, shape and color of an image. As stated by Paul Conway, “building collections of photographs through digitization is fundamentally a process of representation” which is then without a doubt a “far more interesting and complex than merely copying them to another medium.”  However, more than one form of digitization may be needed to capture all the characteristics an artifact has to offer. Meaning is a very important aspect of digitization and one form of digitization may place limitations on the intentions behind a visual image. According to Melissa Terras, digitization is quite “commonplace in most memory institutions, such as libraries, archives, and museums” which means digitization will only grow more and more popular as time goes on. Consequently, multiple approaches to digitization are needed in order to enable artifacts to serve educational and artistic purposes that preserve the digitized cultural heritage.