For those of you shooting RAW...(poll)

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I shoot RAW and make backups of these files on DVD. This is still the cheapest way to go, and you are not prone to data-loss by viruses etc.

Any modified versions of my RAW files (i.e. JPGs or TIFFs) I don't make backups from.

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Alpha Doug said:

Eric,

Please describe your entire workflow a little better. It would help
in making suggestions about archiving. How do you import your
images? Do you use some sort of organizational tool like iView, or
Aperture, or Lightroom? Or do you just put them in folders on your
disk? What do you use to do your initial conversion and basic
adjustments? Do you move all your converted images as TIFFs into
something like Photoshop? What adjustments do you do in Photoshop or
whatever you use. What do you do with your JPEGs? Upload to the
web, print, etc.? About how many images do you shoot/process per
month? How big is your current library?

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Doug,

Thanks for the reply. I had a tough day at work & it took me a while to post so hope you are still reading the thread. My current workflow is simple and I know it's far from the most efficient. I upload my images to the PC via a card reader directly onto my external HD in a named folder (event name, place, date etc.) the main folder is always the month and year. I then process the RAW files in the Sony RAW Converter. I mainly make exposure or contrast adjustments then save to a TIFF. I process TIFF's in PE4, crop, adjust mid-tone contrast, shadow/highlights, saturation etx. I then save to JPEG for my printing and web files with no further adjustments except for sharpening when resizing to JPEG. I also batch process as well if it applies. I make a lot of prints mainly 4x6 to 8x10 and post to a flickr account for sharing etc. Once a month I back-up using an external DVD burner and usually place the RAW files and final JPEG's on the DVD. Ok, so everyone who can help me make this more efficient so my disk space won't suffer as much let me know.
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I have a bunch of different internal and external hard drives that I use plus dvd-r but, I'm probably going to get a Drobo and put four 500 gig hard drives in it.

I keep all my raw pictures as if they were film negatives.. I only convert and keep jpegs of the pictures that I really like and plan to use..

Eric N said:

I have a bunch of different internal and external hard drives that I
use plus dvd-r but, I'm probably going to get a Drobo and put four
500 gig hard drives in it.

I keep all my raw pictures as if they were film negatives.. I only
convert and keep jpegs of the pictures that I really like and plan to
use..

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Why do you keep photos that you don't like and don't plan to use. I delete everything I don't like and don't plan to use. If I don't like it now, I still won't like it a year from now. I save the keepers.
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I save me raw and processed jpegs to dvd.Then I have a 500gb external usb drive that I save them to and a 300gb network drive.Then just to be save I also save them to a 500gb internal sata drive and use this for fast access to any of the files I may need to get too.
My main C drive is 160gb and I only keep my jpegs on that one.

The only thing that may let me down is I have no offsite back up so flood or fire will bring me down.
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Russell Ervin said:

Why do you keep photos that you don't like and don't plan to use. I
delete everything I don't like and don't plan to use. If I don't like
it now, I still won't like it a year from now. I save the keepers.
Russ

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