Tuesday, Mar 31, 2009 at 16:05
I have something like 60,000 travel photos from all over the world as
well as probably another 20,000 other photos of family, etc. Ain't digital cameras great.
I file my photos into several categories ie Travel, Family, Friends, etc as folders. Then there are sub categories eg OZ, NZ, USA, Europe, etc.
I store them this way because it is compatible with both Mac's and Windows PC of which I own and use both.
They are stored on an external USB drive (120GB) with several backups.
1. Second External drive (340GB)
2. My Big Mac PC's hard drive (500GB)
3. Every 3 or 4 months, I visit my parents in NZ and swap hard drives. I store a drive with all my backups with them so I never loose more than 3 or 4 months worth if all goes.
4. My work PC also has a copy that is not always up to date.
Long term backup is still a problem so I buy a new hard drive for backups every year or so as a smaller one fills up. I will be replacing the 120GB drive soon as it is nearly full. The 340GB drive is not used much so should have a half decent life with any luck.
What do I do with the photos.
1. The Big Mac PC is a 22" screen and is in our family room. The travel photos are the screen saver and it is amazing how long people will watch the phot0s.
2. Digital photo frame - if people stay, we put photos relevant to them on the frame, they love it
3. Give away to family and friends if they want them, usually weddings, parties, etc
4. I have a lot of family history photos. Some will be in my book that is ready for proof reading, the rest,
well I am still deciding what to do with them but some can never be published due to copy write problems with the owners of the originals and are for my own use only.
I wish I had the time to get my old photos digitised but having photography for a hobby for half a lifetime, there are too many - one day maybe.
Stevesub
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