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becky
10-30-2008, 02:41 PM
How do you store your photos are are printed but don't want framed? How do you store all those digital pics that never get printed?

Lorah
10-30-2008, 02:42 PM
We have all our pics on the hard drive, and the back up drive as well.

When we get prints it's either for my scrapbooking and or to frame and hang.

meeg124
10-30-2008, 02:45 PM
Digital prints are stored on our hard drive and back up's are on DVD. I also store copies on photo hosting sites. Prints are in scrapbooks and any prints that I don't use go in a photobox.

becky
10-30-2008, 02:45 PM
once you frame them are they up forever? I want to take down some of my framed pics and update them but was curious to see what every one does with the pics that were once framed and then taken down or printed and never framed.

meeg124
10-30-2008, 02:46 PM
My plan is to eventually scrapbook the photo's on the walls too. However, I haven't replaced any photo's on the walls since Caden was about 18 months old :bag

Lorah
10-30-2008, 02:47 PM
Digital prints are stored on our hard drive and back up's are on DVD. I also store copies on photo hosting sites. Prints are in scrapbooks and any prints that I don't use go in a photobox.

Oh ya, I upload a ton also....I forgot about that.

once you frame them are they up forever? I want to take down some of my framed pics and update them but was curious to see what every one does with the pics that were once framed and then taken down or printed and never framed.

I just have many of the old prints still in the frames, jsut behind the other newer ones :lol

becky
10-30-2008, 03:09 PM
I just have many of the old prints still in the frames, jsut behind the other newer ones :lolOh hey now that is a great idea. i totally can do that

colleen&Kail
10-30-2008, 03:14 PM
i have them all on CD's

mommykcrp
10-30-2008, 04:00 PM
I am a little anal about storing my files...I have them on an external HD, DVD copy at my house & my brother in law keeps a set of duplicate DVD's at his house. :bag
I figure you have to prepare for a tragedy...what if your house burned down? If you store the actual pics, dvd's & HD there then you would lose everything you had ever taken.

becky
10-30-2008, 05:10 PM
that is good thinking Keni. I never really thought of it that way. I do try to keep all my best and favorites on Flickr so if i lost everything at least I still could download them from there

Shanta
10-30-2008, 06:20 PM
When I used to print and rotate pictures I used photo boxes for storage.

lornabrown
10-30-2008, 11:48 PM
My pics are all over the place. Completely disorganized on my 5 year old laptop. Some are backed up on to CD. I really need to organize. I have albums made up but about 1.5 years behind. Could be worse.

I'm good about getting professional pics and framing for display in the house. All 8X10s. I don't really like smaller pics framed.

jellybeanmichelle
11-01-2008, 12:48 PM
Digital are on my computer and backed up onto CD.
35mm are in a photo safe box from creative memories.
And pics that I've printed are in my scrapbooks.
As for the photos on the wall, I do the same as Lorah. Well, atleast the family portrait is that way.
I was a dork last year, thinking I ordered the same size as the year before and ended up with a bigger pic instead.

Brookepanda
11-01-2008, 01:00 PM
we back up our photos to an external hard drive once every couple of months...we also burn them and store the discs in our fire proof safe. Pics that I've had printed are 'stored' in albums