Hamburg - Day 2

Been busy this week with work. I've only had a few minutes here and there to get out and take some pictures around town - that comes when I get on that train and head to Prague/Budapest.

Here are a few snaps for your edification...

A few from Hamburg

James Duncan Davidson (linked to in my sidebar) has a great post on the Inside Lightroom blog regarding storage and backup. This is a much neglected area for many photographers and one that, given the rise of digital, can be a real problem for photographers who don't know what they are doing.

He recommends a series of drives sync'ed with software (he suggests a well known backup software for macs). I actually went that route before buying my Drobo and I wouldn't go back. Things happen to a software solution and I found it slow and tedious. I much prefer the automatic redundancy that Drobo provides for online storage. Yes, its USB only, but for me, it works fine and I store all my photos on the Drobo. However, I do save the lightroom catalogs and assorted info on my local drive because they are faster. He does point out that they just released (at Macworld) a NAS solution for putting your existing Drobo online. How cool is that?

Another Drobo review...

Note that uberfella Seth Resnick of D-65 workshop fame also recommends Drobo to all his workshop attendees. This is a great workshop and highly recommended. I met Susan Meiselas there one year...

Finally, backup is something I cover in depth in my Lightroom Bootcamp 1:1 training seminar for photographers. Getting a solution that works for you is very important, so if you have not done this, please focus on it as one of your new years resolutions.