Comments on: I am human. So are you!

By: Lynnqwinda

Lynnqwinda — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:45:57 +0000

I just lost over 30 000 images. My little one pulled the hard drive from the desk. I know know to keep more than 1 back_up!

By: Andy Holdsworth

Andy Holdsworth — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:51:46 +0000

Wow..I am so glad it all worked out Ok. I will be investing in SPPR as this type of thing has always been a worry.

By: James Dekker

James Dekker — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:34:09 +0000

Thank you for sharing Christine. It is definitely one of the worst positions a photographer can be in and that software will be very helpful. I also read up about the same type of situation and after having read quite a few articles, still got nowhere, so this will be helpful.
As for my filing system, I use the Lightroom filing system to keep track of everything, also in date order, storing onto a Drobo. This has really changed my life with regards to keeping track of shoots.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:53:08 +0000

Sjoe, Christene. Ek haal my hoed af vir jou. Jy is so oop en eerlik met alles. Ek is nou net ‘n rukkie in die bedryf en daar is min mense soos jy wat ander help, ek leer soveel van jou. Baie dankie. Ek is mal oor jou werk.

By: Gena D

Gena D — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:23:12 +0000

Excellent advice!! and love you openness .. so true we need to accept that we are human and things can go wrong!!

By: Estie Thirion

Estie Thirion — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:06:56 +0000

ps: ek het toe NIE die images delete nie, net die verkeerde kaart beet gehad….! Maar die software het anyway goed gewerk op die ‘scapegoat’ kaart;-)))

By: Estie Thirion

Estie Thirion — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:05:25 +0000

jip, en toe gebeur dit!!!!! (en erens in my kop onthou ek hierdie inskrywing van jou). Stunning software… gaan dit def aanskaf…het regtig gehelp!!!

By: Ruan

Ruan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:16:21 +0000

@Simon I guess it depends which type of connection you use. Drobo supports eSATA, Firewire 800 and USB. I”ve also read that some operating systems default to Firewire 400 and you need to tweak it to get faster performance. I do expect it to be slower than an internal disk though since it’s a RAID solution writing to multiple disks at a time, so you pay some penalty for getting redundancy,

By: Simon Comley

Simon Comley — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:04:26 +0000

Hey Christine, check out this rather ugly but brilliant piece of hardware http://www.nextodi.com/en/. This is what Jules uses and I have to say it kick ass on the on site backup front. If you put the same card in twice you can verify the copy was successful or recopy. The best thing about it is that it copies sooooo quickly so much quicker then any of the other epson/etc etc I have used.

The other thing I don’t dig are these 64GB memory cards that are coming out. If you are shooting on Hasselblad then fair enough but I reckon you increase the chance of failure by putting all your images in one basket so to speak.

@Ruan: I’ve heard Drobo is sloooow

Anyhoo that’s Jules tech support (a.k.a. hubby) 2c for you. Glad you got your pics back.

Simon

By: Jim Sefton

Jim Sefton — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:24:06 +0000

Wow, what a story… glad it turned out ok.

I only see one flaw in your workflow and I was wondering what you thought about it. I know some photographers carry a few cards with them and cycle them VERY regularly, well before they are full, that way if one card fails they don’t have a half hour slot dead, but rather a selection of shots throughout the day. i.e. if you use one card for the signing of the register and the card dies then you have lost that whole event.

I am by no means a pro, but I can see the logic in it, even if it would be a pain in the **** to manage.