The Unthinkable

This is not a pleasant blog to write, but definitely a necessary one. The unthinkable finally

happened. While in the process of re-editing, and going through my images it occurred to me

that I did not see some images from early Oct. Not to worry, I thought, as I never lose images, and eventually back them up to an external hard drive.

I painstakingly started going through all my saved edited images, and of course, they were not

any where to be found. Not to worry again, I always keep all my raw files, even the ones that I do not edit. Again, painstakingly going through folders and folders of raw images no luck.

The last thing that I wanted to tell myself was that somehow I deleted the tiff and raw files. I did not want to face this reality. It was not my fault, the computer must have done it.

It was time to accept the final stage of grief, and admit that somehow I had deleted the files.

I would normally back up my images after several shoots, and combine them all at once.

There were about twenty images that I had lost. They may never have been published, sold or won a contest, but they were my images that I truly enjoyed creating and viewing. Now I only have the memories of creating these images, and this will have to do.

So for all of you that think you should not back up your images, please do. Now I know why when

I attend workshops and seminars the instructors are constantly preaching backup.

You can be sure from now on that I will immediately back up my images after every shoot.

Hope this information helps you, and if you have any suggestions or comments please feel free to contact me.

Thanks Jay