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Offline BKS

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How do you keep your hunting/fishing photographs?
« on: December 30, 2009, 10:12:21 AM »
 Im looking for ideas for keepsaking my hunting and fishing photos. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas other than just storing them in a unique photo album or box?

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Re: How do you keep your hunting/fishing photographs?
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2009, 10:32:17 AM »
BKS

I do a lot of photography myself.  For digital, I like to print out the shots I like, and keep them in a photo album.  I keep all keeper shots on my computer, in a separate 100 gig hard drive(about 75 bucks), and then burned to 2 CD/DVD's.  One stays in my gun safe, another in a bank deposit box I have.  Another option would be to open an online account (very cheap, several companies offer this) and upload my keeper photos there.  If the shots are film, I have my negatives scanned (most local drug stores still do this, cheap) and put on disc.  I then store the discs the same as I would my digital shots.

It sounds complex, but not really, its pretty easy, and that way your pictures are safe if your computer crashes, or god forbid, your house burns down.  Everything from favorite hunting shots to family photos that can not be replaced are safe.  I make sure I use an off site storage facility as even in a fire rated safe, I am not sure a CD/DVD disc would survive without damage.

A lot of guys take their favorite digital, or film converted to digital pictures, and put them on a "digital photo frame".  These are coming down in price, and work great.  Some have built in memory, some you load your pics on a memory card.  Most are 8x10, 10x12, look like a picture frame, except they are really a LCD screen that shows your pictures one at a time, with a remote for changing pictures.  Very neat, and most can hold several hundred to several thousand pictures.

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Re: How do you keep your hunting/fishing photographs?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 10:15:06 AM »
In my mind, wife says i have to much JUNK.