Wow it has been a while since I have posted anything in my blogs and there is so much to talk about. First off let’s look at the age we are living in with all this new and modern technology, like digital cameras, external and internal hard drives to store all our media files. Back in the day when we just had our VHS tape recorders and our rolls of film things were easier in a lot of ways as this old school way of photography had a lot going for it. I still have negatives from 20 years ago that are as good as the day the photo was taken, whereas in the lifestyle that we are accustom to know, I find myself forever buying new HDD’s to store my media. Then we have to get more HDD’s to save the same stuff as backups in case the first ones fail.
Well I have had a pretty bad month losing not only my originals but a whole heap of images and video totalling 2 TB’s. Thinking all was well; I will just get another couple of internal drives and reload from the backup devices “Right?” “Wrong” Doh!! What are the chances of the external HDD crapping out at the same time as the internal drive? Well as luck would have it that is what has happened.
Silver Lining
There is a silver lining however as I do have all my original footage on mini DV tape from my camera system and that I am thankful for!! The only footage I have truly lost is all the great stuff that has been given to me by diver friends like Dave Kenna. By the way Dave I am going to be getting in touch with you to get another couple of backup copies this time, lol
Best Storage options
Buying and paying for online storage sounds great but this too can get rather costly. So at the end of the day, even though it is really easy to take thousands of photos at 8 frames per second, we really need to get a bit tough, keeping only the best of the best.
I am going to leave you with this photo of a beautiful dessert my girls made for me this evening. Eat your hearts out!! “I know I will”
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