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For Your Kid's Sake, Back Up Your Images
Gavin Werbeloff, Photographer
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San Francisco | CA | USA | Posted: 7:10 PM on 12.25.10 |
->> I moved apartments a few months ago, and in the process found a box of slides and negatives that my late dad shot. It took me a little while, but I got ahold of a scanner and I've spent the last couple days discovering an absolute gold mine of family images dating back 40+ years. Kodachrome, Agfa Chrome, Tri-X, and Kodak Color Print are all abundant (and everything was either shot on Nikormat's or Leica's), and much of the collection is in excellent condition.
It got me thinking: We all shoot digital and there is no equivalent of the hard copies I've been going through. Other than being completely paranoid about backups, what are people doing to ensure the image they shoot today will be able to be seen by later generations?
Happy Holidays |
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Derick Hingle, Photographer
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Hammond | LA | USA | Posted: 7:15 PM on 12.25.10 |
| ->> I back up all my keepers to photoshelter, I can always go back and get those anytime, that is my main backup, I also back up to multiple drives. |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 7:20 PM on 12.25.10 |
| ->> Buy new drives every few years and switch the old data over to new media. It keeps the data from rotting over time, and makes sure you still have access to a computer that can access the data (for when USB gets outdated like SCSI did). |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 7:21 PM on 12.25.10 |
| ->> Also keep copies of older software or whole computers (laptops are always best) - every once in a while some new file format will put the old ones out of date... Then the old formats fall out of use and don't get included in new programs (tried opening a file from a DCS520 lately?) |
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Jim Wells, Photographer
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Calgary | AB | Canada | Posted: 5:07 PM on 01.02.11 |
| ->> Yep, my ex recently lost almost 2 yrs worth of our son's pix (snaps, vacation etc. ) when her harddrive crashed, she didnt back up, burn to DVD, nothing...all gone, but shes spent money trying to have it recovered...hmmm coulda spent the money on an inexpensive external drive in the first place... |
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Paul Hayes, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Littleton | NH | USA | Posted: 5:43 PM on 01.02.11 |
| ->> On a related note, does anyone else think that in 50, 100, 200, 300 etc. years there is going to be an "information hole" as a result of digital media simply vanishing? I mean, what is the shelf life of info stored on a disc, on a hard drive, etc.? |
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Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Murfreesboro | TN | U.S. | Posted: 5:45 PM on 01.02.11 |
| ->> I had finally bought an external hard drive on Black Friday. Took time putting all my cds and dvds on it. Almost through those away. Today, my daughter knocked it over and I lost the drive. :( |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 6:45 PM on 01.02.11 |
| ->> we are all one EMP weapon away from losing it all. |
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Stanley Leary, Photographer
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Roswell | GA | USA | Posted: 7:56 PM on 01.02.11 |
->> 3-2-1 rule http://www.dpbestflow.org/backup/backup-overview
The simplest way to remember how to back up your images safely is to use the 3-2-1 rule.
We recommend keeping 3 copies of any important file (a primary and two backups)
We recommend having the files on 2 different media types (such as hard drive and optical media), to protect against different types of hazards.*
1 copy should be stored offsite (or at least offline).
*While 3-2-1 storage is the ideal arrangement, it's not always possible, particularly for images in the early stages of the lifecycle. A second media type, for instance, is impractical for many people in the ingestion or working file stage. In these cases, many people make do with hard-drive-only copies of their data. Best practices, however, still require 3 copies and some physical separation between the copies. |
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Ian L. Sitren, Photographer
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Palm Springs | CA | USA | Posted: 9:02 PM on 01.02.11 |
| ->> PhotoShelter |
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Jason Miczek, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 9:44 PM on 01.02.11 |
->> The point of preserving your family's history still should be heeded.
I recently found out a close relative destroyed hundreds of color slide film images of our family from the 50s through the 70s. Obviously, he meant no harm, but I explained the ramifications of such an act. I was able to save hundreds more images, but nonetheless, the trashing of our visual history is an irreversible act - however harmless it may have been intended.
Wether digital or film, backup is crucial. What's wrong with printing lustre 5x7 prints from that junky set of images you shot at your last family gathering? Gavin Werbeloff found a treasure trove of family history - specifically of a gifted photographer father. Imagine how cool it would be to find that out. I say make prints along with your modern digital backup. I bought a negative scanner a while back and turned our family photos into digital scans locked into my redundant multi-platform personal digital archive. But I still made prints and put them into tacky frames. My family loves it.
To loosely PARAPHRASE the brilliant Australian photographer and lecturer - David Williams - "A person never really dies until the very last photograph of him or her is gone forever."
So true. |
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Michael Durisseau, Photographer, Assistant
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Santa Fe/Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 10:01 PM on 01.02.11 |
| ->> I had something similar happen...all of my work from the time I started in photography at 12 was just thrown out by my step-mother...3-ring binders of negatives and the proof sheets...photos... |
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Andy Bronson, Photographer
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Bellingham | WA | USA | Posted: 11:35 PM on 01.02.11 |
| ->> Make a photo book every once in a while after all the backups might be good way to store a HARD COPY.. |
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