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| Many of our fondest memories are stored in the | | | | Photo albums can be set up with computer programs |
| photos we took and preserved. Of course, it used to | | | | cataloging them by event, date, subject, or any way |
| be very important to preserve not only the picture but | | | | you want. Be sure to identify each picture as to place, |
| also the negative so that other prints could be made. | | | | time, event. I have many colored slides taken by my |
| Most youth today don’t even know what a | | | | parents in Europe but I don’t how of what they |
| negative is! So what is the best way to preserve | | | | are taken. Clear labels can minimize this frustration. |
| those digital memories? | | | | At this point you may feel you are done with your |
| Many of our memories are best preserved in our | | | | project. But remember how fragile your memories are. |
| collection of pictures. Those of us who are older | | | | Without paper copies, they could be gone in a second! |
| remember the admonition to keep the negatives so | | | | Or if you have them on floppies, you could find it |
| other pictures could be printed. Now young people | | | | impossible to view them! Floppies are also vulnerable |
| don’t even know what a negative is! So how | | | | to magnetic fields. |
| can I preserve my digital memories? | | | | CDs seemed, at first, to be indestructible. Nothing |
| First, make sure you take plenty of pictures and have | | | | touched the surface so nothing needed to wear out. |
| family members do the same. With massive memory | | | | But now we see that scratches or breaks are much |
| storage capabilities today, we don’t have to | | | | too easy and again the memories can be lost. |
| worry about the expense of taking an overexposed | | | | One answer to this is storing your photos in several |
| picture or fumbling with rolls of film. To prepare for a | | | | places and several locations. If you store them on a |
| recent trip to visit relatives, I purchased a camera with | | | | CD, for example, keep copies at another home, at |
| a four gig card. When I got home, it still said I could | | | | work, or in a safety deposit box. Before your hard |
| take another 10,000 pictures without running out of | | | | drive is backed up regularly, and, if possible, back it up |
| memory! | | | | also on a network drive in another location. As the |
| Once you have collected a good number of pictures, | | | | media changes, be sure to transfer the pictures to the |
| don’t be afraid to delete the ones that | | | | new media, lest it become unavailable. Think what you |
| aren’t up to standard, or that are duplicates of | | | | would have if your precious pictures were only on 5 |
| others. Don’t feel you have to keep every | | | | ¼ floppy disks! |
| picture. However, you may want to keep some that | | | | Today without printing, we can take huge numbers of |
| contain special people, poses, or memories, even if | | | | pictures and share them with just about anyone at no |
| they aren’t the best. It only costs computer | | | | cost. |