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What to do about my photos
N Posts: 7
Whats the best way to store the photos you take using a digital camra? i want to send all of my photos somewhere so i cant lose them in case my camra gets stolen etc. any suggestions would be great!
[Edited: 05:18 - Jo Trouble - Moved from South America to Photography forum.]
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B Posts: 8,360
Hi Todd,
I always backup my photos onto both my netbook and portable hard drive.
Portable Hard-Drive
If you are wanting to send a copy of them home, you could make copies onto a couple of dvds. Don't send the second one until you know the first one has made it home. Reply to this
I always backup my photos onto both my netbook and portable hard drive.
Portable Hard-Drive
If you are wanting to send a copy of them home, you could make copies onto a couple of dvds. Don't send the second one until you know the first one has made it home. Reply to this
B Posts: 460
You can also upload them to a photo hosting site (such as a Pro account on Flickr).
The big advantages of this are i) the pictures are now stored somewhere that isn't physically with you so if all your luggage is lost/stolen you'll still have them, and ii) the back-up processes used by a corporation like Flickr are robust enough to mean that a hardware failure on their side should be transparent to you.
The big disadvantage is that, especially if you take a lot of pictures, uploading to Flickr can be time-consuming (and hence expensive), even if you have your own laptop and a great Internet connection. Fine if you have a fast free connection and can just leave it running overnight, but otherwise maybe not a viable option.
As Jo mentions, the CD/DVD route is another possibility. I did this for most of my travels - kept one copy and sent another home. Reply to this
The big advantages of this are i) the pictures are now stored somewhere that isn't physically with you so if all your luggage is lost/stolen you'll still have them, and ii) the back-up processes used by a corporation like Flickr are robust enough to mean that a hardware failure on their side should be transparent to you.
The big disadvantage is that, especially if you take a lot of pictures, uploading to Flickr can be time-consuming (and hence expensive), even if you have your own laptop and a great Internet connection. Fine if you have a fast free connection and can just leave it running overnight, but otherwise maybe not a viable option.
As Jo mentions, the CD/DVD route is another possibility. I did this for most of my travels - kept one copy and sent another home. Reply to this
