Really interesting to hear your thought process behind a lot of the images especially the rejected ones and what drew you to them in the first place even though they didnt work out. A lot of people probably assume all photographers take only amazing photos when out. Looking at contact sheets for some famous and critically acclaimed photographers is also really interesting in this respect and great as a self learning piece. Love your channel :)
I thought it would be kind of difficult to explain as each photo is a unique example in and of itself. But hopefully just by seeing me filter through them it was useful enough to get an idea at least.
I have a similar setup, the main difference is I have a 10GB network in my house so I work directly in the synology over the network. I think have my synology directly backed up to cloud storage in Azure.
If you have Amazon Prime, you also get Prime Photos, which lets you back up unlimited photos-even RAW files. I always copy my memory card straight to it, so I have a backup of everything I shoot in RAW.
@@MikeChudley I have been using it for years so I have loads of files on it, I still have HDDs with my photos on but I just use it as a back up of a back up. If it stops then I will have one less back up.
And what is Amazon's Terms for using said service? Can they use your images stored on THEIR servers for their use without compensation? Given what Adobe has done, I don't trust any big tech firm at all for their "Free Services". My process is once my images are shot, I ingest those images and do my initial selects using Photo Mechanic. Those sit on my editing SSD. Those files are backed up every night to my Synology NAS via a scheduled backup using Carbon Copy Cloner. Then there's the third option: My Synology NAS uploads my full archive to Backblaze which stores those images remotely offsite thus allowing me to always have a secure third complete image archive. If anything should happen to my local drives (Natural Disaster, House Fire, etc) Backblaze will send a physical Hard drive (Fee based) where I can restore those images to a new computer setup. A variation would be to have a second Synology NAS located offsite that can be remotely connected and utilize that as the full backed up archive. I also have all my Capture 1 Catalogs uploaded to my NAS and to remote cloud storage.
@@BrandonLibby I'm 62 ;-) - I had to do alot of research but figured this workflow out. IMO, Photo Mechanic is the biggest game changer for me in my post workflow. It can ingest multiple cards at the same time, it's the defacto tool for the majority of photojournalists. I come from photojournalism and documentary photography so it's a natural fit for me. I only use C1 for actual editing of images as LR and C1 are painfully slow for ingest. I can make my initial culls in PM giving them a star rating. I can export those selects as raws to a new folder and then ingest those selects into C1 where I can work on them. I have Carbon Copy Cloner monitor any folders for changes and it will back up those new folders to my NAS overnight while I sleep. Backblaze gets the same treatment from my NAS so I always have back ups of back ups. At the EOY, I make sure that years images are fully backed up and then remove that scheduled backup and create a new one for the new years projects. Unfortunately, this is part of what it means to be a photographer these days.
Great video, it would scare me to delete all the edits after export, but maybe I should give it a try. The ppi just sets up the file for a specific print resolution. The file does not get smaller or bigger pixel-wise, but it determines how mans pixel get printed per inch. High ppi=printed picture is more dense and therefore smaller, low ppi=print can be made bigger. If you have 72ppi JPEGS for example you can set the ppi to 240 afterwards with photoshop or other programs. Hope this helps.
If you don’t use a Lightroom catalog, how do you keep the edits on your RAW files? I know my editing style changed over the years and I might want to tweak edits once in a while.
I don’t tweak my edits, I would just edit the raw from scratch again. I initially thought this would be an issue when I stopped using catalogues but I’ve found I rarely (if ever at all) go back to old files to re edit them.
There are smaller ones. I have two, with two mirrored drives in different locations. Synology software can sync the two(or more?). I have one at home and one at the office, in effect my own cloud. I also have a portable drive kept off site. Never keep your backups on the same site (think fire or theft). Ransomeware is the one that scares me. but is OK if you drives are not immediatly syncing, or disconnected.
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Boring topic or not, eventually the majority of us will face this decision. Thanks for making this video, Mike!
Glad it was useful! Thanks for watching
+1 for a synology.
For true backup security you need offsite, but that's not always practical.
Really interesting to hear your thought process behind a lot of the images especially the rejected ones and what drew you to them in the first place even though they didnt work out. A lot of people probably assume all photographers take only amazing photos when out. Looking at contact sheets for some famous and critically acclaimed photographers is also really interesting in this respect and great as a self learning piece. Love your channel :)
I thought it would be kind of difficult to explain as each photo is a unique example in and of itself. But hopefully just by seeing me filter through them it was useful enough to get an idea at least.
I have a similar setup, the main difference is I have a 10GB network in my house so I work directly in the synology over the network. I think have my synology directly backed up to cloud storage in Azure.
If you have Amazon Prime, you also get Prime Photos, which lets you back up unlimited photos-even RAW files. I always copy my memory card straight to it, so I have a backup of everything I shoot in RAW.
That is interesting for sure. What if prime change their policy on this?
@@MikeChudley I have been using it for years so I have loads of files on it, I still have HDDs with my photos on but I just use it as a back up of a back up. If it stops then I will have one less back up.
And what is Amazon's Terms for using said service? Can they use your images stored on THEIR servers for their use without compensation? Given what Adobe has done, I don't trust any big tech firm at all for their "Free Services".
My process is once my images are shot, I ingest those images and do my initial selects using Photo Mechanic. Those sit on my editing SSD. Those files are backed up every night to my Synology NAS via a scheduled backup using Carbon Copy Cloner. Then there's the third option: My Synology NAS uploads my full archive to Backblaze which stores those images remotely offsite thus allowing me to always have a secure third complete image archive. If anything should happen to my local drives (Natural Disaster, House Fire, etc) Backblaze will send a physical Hard drive (Fee based) where I can restore those images to a new computer setup. A variation would be to have a second Synology NAS located offsite that can be remotely connected and utilize that as the full backed up archive. I also have all my Capture 1 Catalogs uploaded to my NAS and to remote cloud storage.
@@cliffetzelphotoI need a small college course explaining what all this is. I feel so old.
@@BrandonLibby I'm 62 ;-) - I had to do alot of research but figured this workflow out. IMO, Photo Mechanic is the biggest game changer for me in my post workflow. It can ingest multiple cards at the same time, it's the defacto tool for the majority of photojournalists. I come from photojournalism and documentary photography so it's a natural fit for me. I only use C1 for actual editing of images as LR and C1 are painfully slow for ingest. I can make my initial culls in PM giving them a star rating. I can export those selects as raws to a new folder and then ingest those selects into C1 where I can work on them. I have Carbon Copy Cloner monitor any folders for changes and it will back up those new folders to my NAS overnight while I sleep. Backblaze gets the same treatment from my NAS so I always have back ups of back ups. At the EOY, I make sure that years images are fully backed up and then remove that scheduled backup and create a new one for the new years projects. Unfortunately, this is part of what it means to be a photographer these days.
I always export at 300 PPI or DPI as that’s the minimum standard for print. You can go to 600 but most companies / clients like 300
Great video, it would scare me to delete all the edits after export, but maybe I should give it a try.
The ppi just sets up the file for a specific print resolution. The file does not get smaller or bigger pixel-wise, but it determines how mans pixel get printed per inch. High ppi=printed picture is more dense and therefore smaller, low ppi=print can be made bigger. If you have 72ppi JPEGS for example you can set the ppi to 240 afterwards with photoshop or other programs. Hope this helps.
Godbless bro and yea wanting to buy external hard drive😊
If you don’t use a Lightroom catalog, how do you keep the edits on your RAW files? I know my editing style changed over the years and I might want to tweak edits once in a while.
I don’t tweak my edits, I would just edit the raw from scratch again. I initially thought this would be an issue when I stopped using catalogues but I’ve found I rarely (if ever at all) go back to old files to re edit them.
@@MikeChudley isn't this going to be a problem when you print for clients?
Bro dat synology so good i think..😀🤔but thats expensive???
There are smaller ones. I have two, with two mirrored drives in different locations. Synology software can sync the two(or more?). I have one at home and one at the office, in effect my own cloud. I also have a portable drive kept off site. Never keep your backups on the same site (think fire or theft).
Ransomeware is the one that scares me. but is OK if you drives are not immediatly syncing, or disconnected.
1st like & comment bro..always wishing im a good photographer and editor..but sad to say😢not...