[last updated : Jan 2006]
3. creating back-ups to DVD and / or other hard discs :
Before editing the images, I make a DVD copy of the verified images, and also copy the files to two other hard discs.
You can’t be too paranoid about back-ups of your files. Hard discs will fail. Not if, but when. So it is important to be thorough and consistent here.
Only now do I format my CF cards for the next shoot. Yet I still double check to make sure that I downloaded all the folders, and that I recognize images from each card in the folder that I use for editing. I also check that the images on the computer don't appear to be missing any sequences.
There's no going back once you start shooting and write files onto a formatted card - so you have to be 101% sure. It even makes sense to have enough cards to do an entire weekend's shoots, so that they don't have to re-use any cards until the following weekend.
Now I can proceed to the actual editing stage.
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