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How To Store And Protect Your Digital Photographs

By Autumn Lockwood

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Published: 18Dec2011
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Although it is tempting to print off every digital photograph that you have stored on your memory card and stick the "best-of-the-best" in picture frames on your mantel, it is typically not feasible. Most people that are avid photographers have thousands of stored images on memory cards, computer hard drives and USB thumb drives, among other storage devices. So how do you best store and protect these images for future use? The tips that follow will help you do just that with your precious, invaluable photos.

Preserving Today's Memories Now

A picture is a lot more than just a visual reminder of a time that has passed. Your pictures are invaluable in that they create a connection between the past and the future. Protecting your digital photos allows you to keep them for life and guarantees that your kids, grandkids and future generations will be able to enjoy them after you're gone. Use these tips to protect your pictures from becoming lost, deleted, or corrupted:

- Don't rely on your personal computer to safeguard your images. The average lifespan of a personal computer's hard drive (which is where your pictures are stored on your PC) is only five short years. Your computer can die all of a sudden and your pictures will be lost forever. To avoid that possibility, you must create backup files of your pictures on CDs, a second hard drive, or DVD, or preserve them on memory cards. You can also upload your pictures to an online photo storage service, which also makes it a snap to order prints, enlargements, and other photo products.

- Stay up-to-date with current technology for storing your digital photographs. Just like digital camera technology, the technology for storing your photos is continually evolving and getting better. Old technologies can become unreadable if they are out-of-date. As an example, the floppy disk that was big in the nineties is no longer compatible with modern computers. CDs and DVDs may also become corrupted over time due to physical or chemical degradation. Always keep your eye on improving technology and back your files up using the latest file storage system.

- Develop a storage and preservation plan for your digital photographs and be consistent with your efforts.

- Do not forget to digitize your favorite photographs and old photos to add to your collection. Those precious photographs in picture frames scattered throughout your home can easily be lost to fire or flooding. Having a digital copy of priceless photos will allow you to reprint the photo if it is destroyed. And while a print is not as good as the original, you will at least get to preserve the memory somewhat!

Your photograph collection is a legacy for your children and future generations, and the steps that you take to store and protect your photos now will help to preserve your legacy for decades or longer.

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