Storing Your Memories in Your Memory
Many of our memories are best preserved in our collection of pictures. Of course, it used to be very important to preserve not only the picture but also the negative so that other prints could be made. Now young people don’t even know what a negative is! So how can I preserve my digital memories?
First, with digital capabilities, don’t hesitate to take plenty of pictures. With massive memory storage capabilities today, we don’t have to worry about the expense of taking an overexposed picture or fumbling with rolls of film. I purchased a large memory card for my digital camera in preparation for a special trip last summer. When I got home, I still had room to take more than 10,000 shots!
Once you have collected a good number of pictures, don’t be afraid to delete the ones that aren’t up to standard, or that are duplicates of others. You don’t have to keep every one. On the other hand, don’t be shy about keeping one that is special, though it isn’t your best shot. After all, it doesn’t cost anything to keep it except memory.
Computer programs are available to set up photo albums so that pictures are cataloged by event, date, subject, whatever you like. Be sure to identify each picture clearly. I have boxes of slides my parents took in Europe but I don’t have any idea where they were taken. If they had labeled them clearly, they would be much more useful.
At this point you may feel you are done with your project. Yet, consider how fragile your preserved memories are. One crash of your hard drive and you may lose everything! If they are on floppy disks, you might not even have the media to read them any more! Also, floppies are vulnerable to magnetic fields.
Formerly we thought CDs were more secure. Since nothing needed to touch the surface, nothing wore out. But simple scratches, breaks, or heat damage could destroy your memories.
The answer is to store your photos in more than one place and in more than one location. If you store them on a CD, for example, make extra copies and store them in a safety deposit box, in another home, or, at least, in another place at your home. Before your hard drive is backed up regularly, and, if possible, back it up also on a network drive in another location. And as media changes, be sure to also update your copies. Think what you would have if your precious pictures were only on 5 ¼ floppy disks!
Today without printing, we can take huge numbers of pictures and share them with just about anyone at no cost. Just don’t allow those memories to be lost by not labeling them or by neglecting their preservation.
Hopefully these tips will help you. But if you’re more interested in a professional handling your photography, consider the services of Del Haven Studio, an accomplished Virginia Beach Photographer. View their website portfolio for samples of their quality.
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