Create a Backup Plan for Photos

Posted: March 20, 2017

Taking precautions against potential danger is second nature for most people. Washing our hands before eating is something we do without thinking about, but protecting our digital images seems to slip through the cracks. After spending hours taking photos and processing them, the last thing you want to face is a computer or hard drive failure, which results in losing everything. Creating a backup strategy, that becomes second nature, is the best way to keep your images safe.

Simon Ringsmuth, writer for Digital Photography School, shares backup tips for photographers.

How to Create a Solid Backup Strategy for Your Photos

Most people take reasonable precautions when engaging in activities that are potentially unsafe or harmful, like wearing seat belts in a car or even washing your hands before eating. The benefits of these basic procedures are easy to understand which is one reason these practices are so widely adopted. But things look quite different where our digital lives are concerned; in other words, a backup strategy.

Every mobile phone, laptop, and personal computer stores your photos, documents, and other data on either a small memory chip or a spinning hard drive and it is not uncommon for these to fail. In fact, due to the nature of how hard drives (which are still by far the most common method of storing data) operate, they are guaranteed to wear out over time. It’s just a question of when. Anyone even remotely concerned with making sure their digital files are safe and accessible one, five, 10, or even hundreds of years from now needs to have a solid backup strategy in case the unthinkable happens.

Read the entire article How to Create a Solid Backup Strategy for Your Photos on Digital Photography School.