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<blockquote data-quote="Ben" data-source="post: 40335" data-attributes="member: 8448">Hello and thanks for reading my first post!&nbsp; I just bought a D3100, my first DSLR. I'm looking for tips and advice on storing and archiving photos. I've been using Picasa and storing just about every photo I've ever taken on my laptop in the &quot;My Pictures&quot; folder (backed up to an external hard drive). Now I have a few different cameras and two laptops, so it's getting a little difficult to keep track of all the files. Here are a few questions:&nbsp;<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do you save every single picture you take?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">What format do you shoot in, and do you ever compress them for storage?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">What software/websites do you use for saving and sharing photos?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is there a good way to sync to a website from various different cameras and computers?&nbsp; I was going to try to sync to Picasa Web but it only has 1GB of free storage. I could pay for more storage, but before I do I wanted to find out what the best software/websites are and also find out if there was some other way to do it for free.</li>
</ul>Also, I haven't done much editing beyond basic cropping and color fixing in Picasa. I haven't even loaded the software that comes with the D3100 yet. Are there any recommendations for free or inexpensive software to get started?&nbsp; Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ben, post: 40335, member: 8448"] Hello and thanks for reading my first post! I just bought a D3100, my first DSLR. I'm looking for tips and advice on storing and archiving photos. I've been using Picasa and storing just about every photo I've ever taken on my laptop in the "My Pictures" folder (backed up to an external hard drive). Now I have a few different cameras and two laptops, so it's getting a little difficult to keep track of all the files. Here are a few questions: [LIST] [*]Do you save every single picture you take? [*]What format do you shoot in, and do you ever compress them for storage? [*]What software/websites do you use for saving and sharing photos? [*]Is there a good way to sync to a website from various different cameras and computers? I was going to try to sync to Picasa Web but it only has 1GB of free storage. I could pay for more storage, but before I do I wanted to find out what the best software/websites are and also find out if there was some other way to do it for free. [/LIST] Also, I haven't done much editing beyond basic cropping and color fixing in Picasa. I haven't even loaded the software that comes with the D3100 yet. Are there any recommendations for free or inexpensive software to get started? Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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