Storing and Saving Your Images

Your online gallery is active for 6 months from the release date

Hopefully you’re obsessed with your photos and you spend time looking at them again and again. Inevitably though, weeks and months and then years will go by and life moves on. You want to ensure that you’ve kept those images safe so that when it is time to reminisce again, they’re there to make you smile and remember. The more places that you store your images, the safer that they will be.

CLOUD STORAGE OPTIONS

Upload your images to an online/cloud storage solution such as Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud. Google offers 15 GB of cloud storage for free with a Gmail account. You could even create a new Gmail account simply for storing photos (example: babysnewbornphotos.lastname@gmail.com). Ideally, you should upload your photos to more than one cloud storage solution.

PHYSICAL STORAGE

Physical storage spaces, not including your computer drive, are also a great backup option. This could be a USB/flash drive that you store in a fireproof safe or a portable hard drive or solid state drive. Again, the more places you can store your images, the safer they will be. Storing them solely on your computer is not a foolproof or safe plan!

BUT WONT SSP ALWAYS HAVE MY IMAGES?

It’s not practical, easy or economical for your photographer to keep all images for a lifetime. Per your contract, it is your individual responsibility to download, back up, and preserve digital files! But this doesn’t have to feel daunting or scary. It can take just 10 minutes of your time and be completely free. If an extension is required or desired for your online gallery availability, please send an email to hello@savannahsmithphotography.com and your gallery availability may be able to be extended for a rate of $50 / month. Savannah Smith Photography keeps the high resolution jpeg files from your session for at least 365 days following your session date. SSP releases all responsibility of image archiving to the client after the edited images have been delivered.

PRINTING YOUR PHOTOS

You can easily order prints of your images through your online gallery. Savannah Smith Photography offers C-Type professionally produced prints. Often known as Chromogenic Printing, this process is a nod to the classic darkroom-style print method that you might already be familiar with.

Prints are available on several different paper types and sheens in all popular sizes. These are heirloom quality prints made with the highest quality materials on the market which are resistant to fading and have true to life color.

If you choose to print your images yourself, it’s recommended that you skip the grocery store and pharmacy where photos can turn out with weird skin tones or color tints due to their lack of machine calibration and lack of ink color variety. MPix is the best online source for printing your photos yourself!