Saving Your Photos

Will the next generation be lost?  I notice so many of my friends have pictures on their cell phones.  When I ask them if they have saved their images, their reply is “No”.  If you are one of those who hasn’t saved or backed up your photos, here is my suggestion.  First you should download your images to your computer.  Your old photo negatives can be scanned and saved to your computer.  Secondly transfer the saved photo images to a DVD for permanent storage.  Finely, I still like to make a hard copy paper image and put it in an album.

I worry that the “new generation” of photo image makers are being very careless about where they are storing their images.  You can easily lose your cell phone as one friend of mine did the other night while we were at dinner.  His new I-Phone was left on the restaurant table, never to be seen again!  And of course, those who continually leave their images on the memory card in their camera without ever down loading those images….. BIG Mistake!  And has anyone heard of a computer hard drive crash!  It isn’t a matter of “if” but “when”.  I recommend saving all your photos several ways and in several different places.  That way you will be able to enjoy the pictures for years and years to come. 

Personally I still love the picture albums.  I am more inclined to pull out my real album and show it to friends.  Still, there is always the threat of fire too.  That is why I recommend a backup of your images stored in another location or a fire proof vault of some sort.  Friends and clients have told me that their photographs are one of the most treasured things they have!  That is why I recommend to everyone to be more careful about how you store your photo images.