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<blockquote data-quote="GeneralSQL" data-source="post: 40344" data-attributes="member: 7854"><p>For my storage, I go a little overboard, but want to make sure I have copies a while down the road. </p><p></p><p>I do save every picture I shoot, even the test shots to see if my lighting is correct. I shoot in raw and jpg so I can work with a picture further if needed, but have one I can send to someone right away without needing to process the image. I don't compress my images because the time it would take doesn't make up for the little bit of savings on disk. Also, I don't have to wait to pull it out of the compressed file when I want to work with a large set of images.</p><p></p><p>To copy my images to my laptop, I use the card reader built in my machine and I copy all images to a dated folder (20111223 for today as an example) so that they will always sort in the correct order of when I pulled the images to my computer. I also create another folder inside of the dated one named NEF and MOV for their respective image/movie types. That way I can browse through the jpg list faster (faster loading time in the app) and I don't have to look at each image twice (when the jpg and nef files are in the same folder). I also create a Mod folder (for modify) for those images I want to work with so I keep my original images un-touched or changed. I save the mod and dated folders to my external drives at least once a week.</p><p></p><p>I purchase all of my external hard drives in sets (both identical) and make a copy to both of them. I copy the folders from my laptop to one, then move it to the other. That way I keep two copies for storage. I also use Backblaze for my online storage. It is about $50 per year for unlimited storage from one machine. It will backup external drives as well. I set one of my external drives to backup to the online location. Anytime I put new files on it, it automatically queues it to send. My second external I take to work and lock it up there so if I something happens to my house, I have another location I have my images. Backblaze is for worst case, where I have both externals with me and then something happens.</p><p></p><p>So far as sharing goes, I don't do much of that except for occasional CD or DVD copies or prints/enlargements. I have looked at Photoshelter for sharing, but want to get my hobby ironed out before going that far (watermarks, formal copyright, etc.)</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GeneralSQL, post: 40344, member: 7854"] For my storage, I go a little overboard, but want to make sure I have copies a while down the road. I do save every picture I shoot, even the test shots to see if my lighting is correct. I shoot in raw and jpg so I can work with a picture further if needed, but have one I can send to someone right away without needing to process the image. I don't compress my images because the time it would take doesn't make up for the little bit of savings on disk. Also, I don't have to wait to pull it out of the compressed file when I want to work with a large set of images. To copy my images to my laptop, I use the card reader built in my machine and I copy all images to a dated folder (20111223 for today as an example) so that they will always sort in the correct order of when I pulled the images to my computer. I also create another folder inside of the dated one named NEF and MOV for their respective image/movie types. That way I can browse through the jpg list faster (faster loading time in the app) and I don't have to look at each image twice (when the jpg and nef files are in the same folder). I also create a Mod folder (for modify) for those images I want to work with so I keep my original images un-touched or changed. I save the mod and dated folders to my external drives at least once a week. I purchase all of my external hard drives in sets (both identical) and make a copy to both of them. I copy the folders from my laptop to one, then move it to the other. That way I keep two copies for storage. I also use Backblaze for my online storage. It is about $50 per year for unlimited storage from one machine. It will backup external drives as well. I set one of my external drives to backup to the online location. Anytime I put new files on it, it automatically queues it to send. My second external I take to work and lock it up there so if I something happens to my house, I have another location I have my images. Backblaze is for worst case, where I have both externals with me and then something happens. So far as sharing goes, I don't do much of that except for occasional CD or DVD copies or prints/enlargements. I have looked at Photoshelter for sharing, but want to get my hobby ironed out before going that far (watermarks, formal copyright, etc.) Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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