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Preservation
NAS or Object Storage for Photo Backup?
NAS, object storage, backupThe two aren't really opposed. What each covers, what neither covers alone, and how to decide based on your volume.
Metadata
What Is Metadata Normalization for Photos?
normalization, metadata, qualityThree spellings of one place name are three different places to a machine. How to bring a heterogeneous collection back to a coherent vocabulary.
Preservation
What Is Born-Digital Photography, and Why Is It an Archive Problem?
born-digital, preservation, formatsAn image born digital has no physical fallback. What that changes for preservation, and the three risks specific to it.
Organization
Does the Contact Sheet Still Make Sense in a Digital Workflow?
contact sheet, curation, documentationThe object is gone, the function isn't. What the contact sheet actually provided, and how to get it back digitally.
Method
What Is Provenance in a Photographic Archive?
provenance, heritage, documentationThe documented chain of hands a work has passed through. What it establishes, how to record it, and why it's rarely publishable as-is.
Migration
What Is a Lightroom Catalog, and What Does It Actually Hold?
Lightroom, catalog, migrationThe .lrcat file isn't your photos, it's everything you decided about them. What it stores, and why it deserves particular care.
Organization
What Is a Photo Catalog, and Why Isn't It Just a Folder?
catalog, organization, metadataA catalog describes your images without moving them. What it holds, what it enables, and the trap of letting it become the only place your work exists.
Preservation
What Is Photo Archiving, and How Is It Different From a Backup?
archiving, preservation, long termA backup protects you from the last incident. An archive keeps a body of work usable in twenty years. They solve different problems.
Organization
How to Find One Photo Among 100,000 Images
search, organization, metadataPast a certain volume, scrolling stops working. The four handles that make a large collection genuinely searchable.
Preservation
What Is Off-Site Backup for Photographers, and Why Is It the One That Counts?
off-site, backup, 3-2-1Two drives in one drawer are a single target. What qualifies a copy as off-site, and the realistic options for a photographer.
Preservation
Local or Cloud Backup: Do You Have to Choose?
backup, cloud, localThey protect against different risks. Why one doesn't replace the other, and how to split without paying twice.
Preservation
Backing Up Photos to Amazon S3: What to Know Before You Start
S3, object storage, off-siteThe object storage reference, with its storage classes, egress costs, and the settings that decide everything else.
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