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If you are doing it for a client (?) then you just need to back it up and charge them an appropriate fee. There is not much cognitive load as to whether it is w

If you are doing it for a client (?) then you just need to back it up and charge them an appropriate fee. There is not much cognitive load as to whether it is worth keeping or not as the client decides. With hobby stuff and especially family photos it becomes hard to decide whether to keep it all, spend time curating it, maybe down sizing it. If you can get all your memories in 2Tb or less it makes backup management way more easier in terms of disks and time taken to back it up etc.

prawn 4y ago
Yes, usually shooting for a client: https://serio.com.au/projects/ https://serio.com.au/projects/ I should probably just add a 10% line item for drives and archiving. But also a good amount is speculative - shoot a location and then try to sell the content to various parties. Sometimes sell stuff a year or more after shooting it. Keeping one copy isn’t onerous or expensive, but the mental baggage of shuffling around multiple copies gets a bit much.
- lucb1e 4y ago
  > Yes, usually shooting for a client I don't think this "I [...] cannot comprehend downsizing to 2TB" in the top-level comment is really a useful comparison to the article (or rest of the thread) if you're talking about data that is from clients; not your own. Of course you can't "comprehend" that if it's not-very-compressible sensor data that you need to keep on someone else's behalf or for your business (the speculative part, that's a business investment).
  - prawn 4y ago
    Fair point, but my main initial comparison was of photographer versus photographer/videographer in the clutter/hoarding sense. I would have a lot more than 2TB that is just personal holiday content over the years. The video content from one camera on one holiday last year is 290GB and I wouldn't want to cull much of it because unlike a traditional camera on the ground, there's nothing out of focus, not 10+ shots trying to get everyone unblinking, etc.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  I am jealous of where you get to go for those gigs!
- ilyt 4y ago
  Here is an idea: have "forever" directory and "for 3 years" directory. Stuff lands in "for 3 years" directory by default and gets removed automatically. "Forever" is only for stuff you personally think it's exceptionally well made.
  - prawn 4y ago
    The personal stuff is generally travel/outings with my children, and I naturally think everything about them is "exceptionally well made"! Har har.

prawn 4y ago

Yes, usually shooting for a client: https://serio.com.au/projects/ https://serio.com.au/projects/ I should probably just add a 10% line item for drives and archiving. But also a good amount is speculative - shoot a location and then try to sell the content to various parties. Sometimes sell stuff a year or more after shooting it. Keeping one copy isn’t onerous or expensive, but the mental baggage of shuffling around multiple copies gets a bit much.

lucb1e 4y ago
> Yes, usually shooting for a client I don't think this "I [...] cannot comprehend downsizing to 2TB" in the top-level comment is really a useful comparison to the article (or rest of the thread) if you're talking about data that is from clients; not your own. Of course you can't "comprehend" that if it's not-very-compressible sensor data that you need to keep on someone else's behalf or for your business (the speculative part, that's a business investment).
- prawn 4y ago
  Fair point, but my main initial comparison was of photographer versus photographer/videographer in the clutter/hoarding sense. I would have a lot more than 2TB that is just personal holiday content over the years. The video content from one camera on one holiday last year is 290GB and I wouldn't want to cull much of it because unlike a traditional camera on the ground, there's nothing out of focus, not 10+ shots trying to get everyone unblinking, etc.
quickthrower2 4y ago
I am jealous of where you get to go for those gigs!
ilyt 4y ago
Here is an idea: have "forever" directory and "for 3 years" directory. Stuff lands in "for 3 years" directory by default and gets removed automatically. "Forever" is only for stuff you personally think it's exceptionally well made.
- prawn 4y ago
  The personal stuff is generally travel/outings with my children, and I naturally think everything about them is "exceptionally well made"! Har har.