Many are using DVD now to back up. I keep one set of CD backups at a
remote location. I burn a CD of each capture as long as it
approximates the size of a CD, and either the folder has two
sub-folders - "origs" and "keepers" - in it, or the keepers get
burned with others of the same subject at a later time.
On my computer I keep a folder of jpegs, sorted by place and/or
subject. Every keeper gets a jpeg made of it and put into this
folder, so I have a reference to all my keepers. Included with ever
keeper is full IPTC info, including the date of creation, so that,
especially with slides and print film, I can locate the actual
original piece of film by date.
My slides are filed in hanging pages in file cabinets and my negs are
in chronological order in 3-ring binders.
Unfortunately I cannot keep them remotely at this point.
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Emily L. Ferguson
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508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography
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