| Reliable means of digital photo storage are the | | | | solutions. |
| biggest assets that a digital photographer can have. | | | | Electronic data storage presents a reliable means of |
| Not only does it prudently protect your stock | | | | file storage, but it suffers limited image storage |
| photos, it also maintains a fine library of your digital | | | | capacities. Magnetic disk storage is generally chosen |
| images. The first step to proper digital storage is | | | | with its immediate display and viewing features. It |
| organization. The time to finally deal with your | | | | offers increased security and safety for digital photo |
| jammed folders has come. Make an archive of your | | | | storage, but it is less ideal for archiving larger bulk of |
| photos; organize them by theme, events, date, or in | | | | image files. Optical media devices, like CDs present an |
| any way that will make them accessible and easier to | | | | inexpensive image backup system that can store |
| find. | | | | larger quantities of digital image files. The Random |
| As you go through your digital image files, you may | | | | Access Memory is perhaps the most common digital |
| have noticed the variety of file formats that you | | | | photo storage solution, which allows fast writing and |
| have for your photos. One way of determining the | | | | retrieval of files to and from any location within the |
| best digital photo storage solution for your work is | | | | memory array of your home computer. |
| by understanding the file formats that you use. JPEG | | | | Proper digital image storage is crucial in protecting |
| is perhaps the most popular image format as they | | | | your work against all forms of catastrophes. Having |
| are easiest to transfer. However, JPEG usually | | | | off-site duplicate copies of your work saved in a |
| translates to small and glossy pictures. This file | | | | deposit box could work. However, CDs, tapes and |
| format tends to degrade its quality with compression | | | | other data storage media tend to go bad after some |
| and re-compression. If your camera supports other | | | | time. This explains why professional photographers |
| image formats, then you may have to deal with TIFF | | | | turn to Internet or online digital photo storage and |
| and other raw formats. TIFF is commonly preferred | | | | back-up systems in securing and protecting their |
| as it supports annotations and layers, which ensures | | | | work. Using software and programs that can file, |
| excellent photo enhancement possibilities. Though raw | | | | archive and protect all your work against |
| files are larger than JPEG, they are flexible in terms | | | | deterioration, online digital photo storage services |
| of capturing, processing, and storage. | | | | provides a convenient, secure and up to date solution |
| With the variety of file formats that you deal with, | | | | to securing and protecting your work. |
| you need to have a digital image storage media to | | | | Though there are commercial libraries and services |
| support easy and convenient writing, reading, | | | | that offer file-and-forget digital image storage |
| processing, and transferring of image data. But when | | | | features, there is no such thing as fail-safe data |
| it comes to digital photo storage media, | | | | storage media. Perhaps the best digital photo storage |
| considerations like capacity or number of images that | | | | solution to use is the one that you understand, rely |
| can be stored, reliability and security in preventing | | | | on and get all the tedious file storage and archiving |
| loss of images, and speed of writing, recording, or | | | | work out of your hands. By becoming an active |
| retrieving images are taken. However, while there are | | | | manager of your digital work, any digital photo |
| different methods and technologies used for digital | | | | storage option can actually work. |
| photo storage, they only 3 types of image storage | | | | |