How many of you are not developing all your pictures any more?
2007-10-30 11:33:44 · 8 answers · asked by LittleDaisy. 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Is it bad to keep your pictures on your hard drive?
2007-10-30 16:40:47 · update #1
I am confused by your terms, "developing pictures" and "digital camera." They don't seem to be compatible.
I THINK you MAY mean having photos printed, but it may be that you mean that files are uploaded from the camera to the computer.
I don't know.
But, I'll tell you what. There is no way I can keep images in my camera for very long. My flash card(s) will only hold so much. I can fill the memory in a single photoshoot. I HAVE to dump them into my system, file them, as needed, and, eventually, burn them into CDs for archiving.
Some are client photos, which, may or man not require printing. Others are additions to my image "morgue" which I use as reference material for illustrations. A few of these may make it through my desktop printer, or, for enlargements, to a service bureau.
2007-10-31 10:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the habit of putting everything from my memory card to my computer within 24hrs after I shoot it. Generally I try to do it as soon as I get home from whatever I shot.
I keep everything on "external" hard drives. I have a primary and a backup. I run a scheduled job that takes everything from the primary and puts it on my backup drive.
As far as printing, I print very little. It's a different time we live in today. We don't have to print everything anymore and store them in ever growing albums. We also have a better method of storing our (digital) negatives. Something we print today will be the same quality (maybe better) if we print it again 20yrs from now - how great is that!
As storage gets larger, faster, physically smaller, and cheaper, we can handle the ever increasing amount of images. Ironically one thing that hasn't changed is you still have to label your photos so they make sense 20yrs down the road, such as putting in peoples name, where something was taken, etc. Before we would put it on the back of the photo, today you can imbed it with your digital image.
As far as keeping things on hard drive and is it bad? No it's not bad BUT you need to back it up somewhere like on another hard drive. Personally I don't trust CDs and DVDs for archiving. For VERY long time storage, I say you should periodically take another hard drive and backup your backup. Then take that and put it in someone elses place or put it in a safe deposit box. Somewhere off site.
2007-10-31 02:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by DigiDoc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
developing cost to much. my computer is full of pictures and so is my camera. I usually don't take the pictures off my camera unless i need them or i run out of space on my camera card. It's faster and easier. Plus i like having the pictures right there on my camera so i can show people and reference from that instead of searching for it.
2007-10-30 12:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by skittle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you make sure your camera was on after you plugged it in? Check your camera's manual and see if there are any settings you need to do. Vista might be the problem. They're still having problems with it recognizing programs. There might be an update that will fix it. When you plug it in, go to "my computer" and see if any new hardware pops up. If it does, open it and see if you can copy the files over manually.
2016-05-26 03:22:50 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I move them from my camera to Adobe Album Starter on my computer. After editing them, I upload them to Webshots online. My family can view them there. It gives me a back up in case my computer wipes out. That happened to a neighbor and he lost all his photos from a once-in-a-lifetime Antartica trip.
If my family wants prints, I don't make them purchase from Webshots, I just send them the photo as an attachment on an email. They print them on their own computer printer.
I delete about 25 percent which are just bad pictures. With the editing capability, my saved photos are a lot better these days.
2007-10-30 12:35:57 · answer #5 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I develop very few pictures anymore, I'm more likely to print them from my computer.
2007-10-30 11:41:17 · answer #6 · answered by Lauren P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be me!
My whole computer memory-thats used-is basically taken up by my pictures from the past 4 years.
2007-10-30 11:37:44 · answer #7 · answered by Chappy88 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you mean print dont you?
i format my card everytime i upload off it, my cameras have no pictures in them they write to cards,
my hard drive has a few images in it but most are backed up on DVDs
a
2007-10-30 11:46:43 · answer #8 · answered by Antoni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋