A JOURNEY INTO MY
PHOTOGRAPHY LIFE

The Importance of Photo Backups

Backing up your photos is a must these days. Since there are no longer hard copies of images, digital copies of photographs must be guarded like gold.
Backing up your photos is a must these days. Since there are no longer hard copies of images, digital copies of photographs must be guarded like gold.

For me, it’s already the standard procedure: Once I arrived at home after a shoot, the first thing I do is a complete backup of all those images! Data loss is a very traumatic experience that, unfortunately, many of us go through at some point in our lives.

Backup, backup and again backup!

Centralising the data

I save all photos to a Synology DS920+ NAS or Network Attached Storage. The NAS is equipped with 4 Western Digital Red Pro hard drives and has a capacity of 16 TerraBytes. Once saved to the NAS, it automatically creates a double backup to two external Western Digital SSD drives. I recommend always doing a triple backup (or more) if something goes wrong with the NAS or one of the SSD drives. As an extra safety measure, the NAS can automatically backup to a Cloud service if needed. Centralising your data is crucial in case of a computer failure and makes duplication of data easy.

Backing up your photos is a must these days. Since there are no longer hard copies of images, digital copies of photographs must be guarded like gold.
Synology DS920+

Like it? Share it!

SEARCH
BLOG
SIMILAR
BLOGS
Find out what
I use
Click here

I don’t trust words. I trust pictures.

Gilles Peress
ABOUT
DIRK BECKERS

Dirk Beckers is a hobby wildlife & nature photographer living in Antwerp (Belgium). Fujifilm is mostly the gear I prefer but sometimes Nikon has a place in my bag. Aside from some exposure, sharpening, noise reduction and basic colour corrections, I don’t spend much time post-processing my photos. I believe that good photographs are accomplished outdoors, in the field, and not in front of the computer. That’s the essence of my photography. For more about me click here.

BIRD
IDENTIFICATION

Please be aware that I’m not an expert in Ornithology. I’m using the Merlin app from The Cornell Lab for bird identification, but if you think that there are still some mistakes with the names of the birds, please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to make the necessary corrections!

COPYRIGHT
NOTICE

For non-commercial uses, my photos are free to share but if you are interested in using one of my photos for commercial purposes in a legal way, please contact me. If you use my photos for commercial purposes without my consent,  be aware that I do a regular reverse image search on a regular basis.