Nothing can suck the creative life out of a person faster than a confusing workflow and the complication of a backup strategy. Start 2017 off with a resolution to improve your Image Workflow!
The Class
One of the often-asked questions is about handling backups, spare hard drives, compiling our work and making sure we don’t delete/lose anything. So part one of A Photographer’s Worflow, we will look at options for backing up and preserving our images.
- Why I didn’t cry when my hard drive failed
- Where I spend money, and where I don’t.
- Why, how, and where to backup your Lightroom catalog files
- What hardware I use for backups, and why.
- Offsite backup, On-site backup and “Working Files”
DON’T lose all your work due to a poor backup plan and failed hard drive — or accidental deletions! We will walk through a full 3-point backup strategy that you can automate.
DON’T spend hours trying to sort, file, refile, and find images for uploading to all your favorite sites.
DON’T stress.
The class will last about 2-hours. Those who attend in person will also receive class notes via email.
Products Discussed In Class:
- Equipment
- Photography gear on Amazon.com
- Belkin High-Quality USB Cables
- Adorama
- Storage Options
- OWC Mercury Elite Pro Quad RAID box (this is my “working files” location). Can be ordered with or without installed hard drives.
- IMPORTANT: With this device, all the drives you purchase for this device should be the same size, and make sure the total size is twice what you think you will need. It is “redundant”, so you will need to get twice as much.
- Unlike a Drobo, you will not be able to “hot-swap” drives as they get full, so be sure and get plenty of hard drive space.
- External USB Hard Drives – Amazon search for top 5 brands, priced below $150, average customer review 4-stars or higher
- Travel Hard Drives – Amazon search for top 5 brands, priced below $100, average customer review 4-Stars or above
- Drobo External Enclosure – Network Attached (Slower but convenient for laptop users)
- Drobo External Enclosure – USB Type-C Attached (Faster)
- Harde Drives for Drobo – Western Digital “Black” Pro series Drives, under $100
- OWC Mercury Elite Pro Quad RAID box (this is my “working files” location). Can be ordered with or without installed hard drives.
- Card Readers
- Software
- Printing Services
