Data Volume growing

How do I save it ?

Where do I save it ?

How can I find images ?

How do I back it up ?

Photo Storage Dilemma

Data Storage Growth• Nikon 990

9/1/2000 16.2 gb 3mp 1.1mb/image

• Nikon 4500

10/26/2002 21.9 gb 4mp 1.3mb/image

• Panasonic FZ15

10/4/2004 11.5 gb 4mp 1.5mb/image

• Panasonic FZ30 8mp 4.3-2.5mb/image

9/8/2005 38.5 gb

FZ30 ALSO CAPTURES RAW

• IN RAW MODE:

•2mb jpg

•16.25mb raw

TECHNOLOGIES

• SOLID STATE

• MAGNETIC

• OPTICAL

DEVICES AVAILABLE

• FLASH MEMORY

• HARD DRIVES

• COMPACT DISKS

• DVD’S

COST OF STORAGE

DeviceCapacity

-MB

Cost/Unit Cost/MB Cost/image

CD 700 0.15 2.1E-04 8.571E-04

DVD 4,700 0.16 3.4E-05 1.362E-04

HD 300,000 90 3.0E-04 1.200E-03

OPERATIONAL STORAGE

• Daily use

• Weekend trips by car

• Week long vacations

• Three week trek

• No laptops allowed

STORAGE WORKFLOW

• FLASH READER TO PC• INTO A FOLDER• FOLDER HIERARCHY• NAMING OR NOT NAMING• HAVE A LOOK SOFTWARE• BACKUPS• SOFTWARE DATABASE

DATA ORGANIZATION

• THE MINDLESS APPROACH– YEAR

– QUARTER

– MONTH

– DATE

– MAJOR TOPIC

DAILY USE SOFTWARE

• IRFANVIEW - Image Viewer• http://www.irfanview.com/• FASTSTONE IMAGE VIEWER• http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm• TOTAL COMMANDER – File manager• http://www.ghisler.com/• POWERPOINT Presentation Preperation• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857971033.aspx• IMATCH IMAGE MANAGEMENT• http://www.photools.com/• NERO BURNING ROM - CD/DVD Creation• AND OF COURSE… WINDOWS

OTHER SOFTWARE• ADOBE ALBUM • http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/main.html• PICASA 2 – Find , edit, share pictures• http://picasa.google.com/• PHOTOSHOP –Crème de la Crème photo edit• http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html• QIMAGE – Prints images better and easier• http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/• PROFILE PRISM – Printer/Scanner Calibration• http://www.ddisoftware.com/prism/• Pixort – Image review, sort, culling• http://www.pixort.com/• AND OTHERS I will discuss in the future

STORAGE ISSUES

• DATA STABILITY

• MEDIA LONGEVITY– Magnetic– optical

• PHYSICAL DAMAGE

• SOFTWARE LONGEVITY

STORAGE LIFE LINE• IMMEDIATELY CREATE A 2ND COPY• CONSOLIDATE

• MIGRATE

• REFRESH

• MAINTAIN 2 BACKUP COPIES