{"id":1147,"date":"2019-02-28T18:11:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2020-10-28T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T09:55:51","slug":"a-quick-overview-of-the-challenges-when-we-want-to-store-our-images-or-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tristanromain.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/28\/a-quick-overview-of-the-challenges-when-we-want-to-store-our-images-or-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick overview of the challenges when we want to store our images or videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The problem has been discussed plenty of time, but I &nbsp;am working at keeping it simple. Basically, it\nis about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How to organize your files<\/li><li>How to store them<\/li><li>How to be sure your back-up strategy is\nresilient to different risks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">How to organize your files<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are quite a few articles or blog about the topic (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.posepartage.fr\/apprendre\/dossiers-generaux\/classement-stockage-metadonnees-photos.html\">this\none<\/a> is recommended, translate it in English if you need), but I like to put\nit down to something quite simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We need to have folders even if we use tags and\nmetadata. Folders should be equal to a photoshoot and it is important to come\nback to what really happened the way it happened. Tags will make you losing\nsight of this context. They are good for search and retrieval. Any picture is\nalways part of a photoshoot. This should not be forgotten.<\/li><li>There are different ways to organize folders but\nagain a good principle would be per year. And in each year, per event of main\ncategory. Or by month if you really shoot a lot. Anyway, you got the point.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Smartphone complexity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The device has become for many the only camera they use. For\nany photographer, it can be useful as well. The way the operating system stores\nthe data is mostly hidden to let the user browse the images in a different way they\nare stored. This sounds like a fair principle, focusing at the user experience \u2013\nit is trying to hide some technical complexity, but it is bringing it back in a\nsomewhat unpleasant way as you need to understand where and how the actual\nfiles are stored and manage them accordingly like any other digital asset. It\nis what it is, spend time and learn how to manage the folders and the images in\nyour smartphone(s) like any other device (for Android, some information available\n<a href=\"https:\/\/howtorecover.me\/images-stored-android-dcim-thumbnails\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">How to store them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, this is a topic discussed many times (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/askjack\/2018\/apr\/12\/how-can-i-store-my-digital-photos-for-ever-external-hard-drive\">this\narticle<\/a> looks like a good introduction to this topic). I would nevertheless\nconsider the different options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hard drive of course<\/li><li>Back-up Hard drive (external or internal, or\nboth)<\/li><li>Cloud back-up<\/li><li>Back-up 2<sup>nd<\/sup> computer for clouds data<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>About cloud provider, be sure they store the images at their\noriginal quality. It is a back-up solution, so you need to have the original stored.\nRead also how they use the data and where (which country) the data are stored.\nHave a look, typically annually, at the company behind. This is a quick check\nto be sure you are working with the right organization for your needs, and\nwhich can propose some long-term safety for them. You don\u2019t want to change\nprovider every couple of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Main risks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most basic one, still ignore by many, is the <em>hardware failure<\/em>, the hard drive. The point is not whether it has become very rare with SSD or not, it is by nature something which may happen anytime. It is a risk to be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another risk, quite a painful one, is certainly to have your computer <em>stolen<\/em>, and same for your back-up drive. Really unpleasant when both are stolen at the same time as being at the same location. If you have a look at statistics, you will discover that this event if far from being unlikely considering you need to evaluate it for a life time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire \/ flooding or other <em>natural event<\/em> look very unlikely for many but again, over your whole life, the probability to face such an event is certainly non-equal to zero even if the odds remain in your favour. But there is no reason not to be protected from this risk as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The last main risk would be to have your password of your cloud provider stolen<\/em>, provided you don\u2019t have double authentication or\/and your device have at the same time used to delete your whole data set. Unlikely, but not impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Risks management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below a basic summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><tbody><tr><td>   &nbsp;Risk vs. storage solution. \u201cN\u201d means you are not protected against this risk.   <\/td><td>\n  Hard Drive failure\n  <\/td><td>\n  Natural disaster in your home\n  <\/td><td>\n  Hardware stolen\n  <\/td><td>\n  Password stolen\n  <\/td><td>\n  Major natural disaster\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Hard Drive\n  <\/td><td>\n  N\n  <\/td><td>\n  N \n  <\/td><td>\n  N\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\/N\n  <\/td><td>\n  N\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Back up Hard Drive, &nbsp;external\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y \n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\n  <\/td><td>\n  N\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Back up Cloud provider\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\/N\n  <\/td><td>\n  N\n  <\/td><td>\n  Y\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a world of digital data, I would not underestimate the risks and at the same time, it is important to keep things simple. So, I have my own strategy to be protected \u2013 as far as I can estimate them \u2013 against any threat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Any digital asset is saved on my hard drive of\nmy desktop with an auto-sync back-up with a \u201cmain stream\u201d cloud provider\n(Microsoft, Amazon, Google or Apple).<\/li><li>I am saving on a yearly basis the data on an\nexternal drive that I stored in a different place (someone of my family keep it\nand as we meet every Christmas, it is easy to remember I need to bring the\nupdated data)<\/li><li>I have another back-up on my laptop, auto-sync thanks\nto the cloud provider.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This means I have at least <strong>4 data set stored in at least 3 different locations<\/strong> whereas all I need to do is <strong>a manual yearly back-up.<\/strong> Easy to manage. And I feel safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem has been discussed plenty of time, but I  am working at keeping it 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