Moose, before I lost it…..
Mar 3, 2024 09:10:45 #
tommystrat wrote:
Thank heavens you had the backup! That could really have been a disaster.
Yes, if the external hard drive had not been working….😵💫
Mar 3, 2024 09:11:06 #
randave2001 wrote:
Great shot. Glad you were able to recover the originals! Computers do make our lives easier, but not always.
I now have Grey hair!!!
Mar 3, 2024 09:14:35 #
Mar 3, 2024 09:31:54 #
Photolady2014 wrote:
Yes, I need to get on that.
Having had a disaster once at work, and developing ways to have back-ups of back ups, I evolved a personal work routine when I take even the most mundane images, but particularly when I travel. First, I save the SD Cards with all the images, I shoot both jog and RAW, so if something fouls up with one copy, i always have the other, until I am 100% sure the images are safely stored on my home computer. When I get to the hotel, or whatever i am staying in, the images are copied to an external SS drive. I carry a 1 TB San Disk SSD. I also copy the jpgs to my one drive account. When I get home, I put the jpg versions of the images on the computer's SS internal drive, a 1 TB SS one. I put the NEF versions on an external 8 TB standard HD. Carbonite automatically puts a copy of every new file up into cloud storage. I check regularly to be sure all of my work is safely on Carbonite. I keep the original SD cards in a separate container from the blank ones. I try not to destroy any images until i run out of SD cards and decide I don't want to buy new ones. I rotate a dozen such cards, so that I reformat the oldest first.
I realize that I am being very intense about this, but that is how I lived my professional life in medicine, and can't turn it off. I am used to wearing both a belt and suspenders, so to speak.
I am only an amateur photographer, but enjoy my art and want to protect it. There are times my kids ask me for photos I took many years ago, or when I try to find images that match current needs, contests, etc. So my meticulous attention to storage is important.
Mar 3, 2024 23:16:05 #
Tommy 86
Loc: East TN
Great shot, and I suspect most of us can relate to the horror of possibly losing pictures. Glad you were able to share this one and that you were able to retrieve the rest. I always look forward to seeing your posts.
Mar 5, 2024 16:14:00 #
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