One of the biggest problems I have right now is Workflow.

I feel I'm growing in confidence taking pictures and I'm a lot more comfortable with my camera than a few months ago. But, when it comes to prost processing, image storage and general workflow I'm in a world of pain.

It turns out some of the images I've posted on the web now exist only in that 800*600 format at something silly like 250Kb - 350Kb in size - After making modifications, I've gone and resized them without keeping a full size backup.

I've also got a hard drive which is starting to overflow with images and image folders. I tried to show the missus the Christmas photos and had to spool through something like 50 photos of waves in the middle of them!

So, I need to resolve my Workflow in two different ways. I need to rationalise how I go from a photo on the camera to a final picture and I need to make damn sure I don't lost the thing during the process!

I'm going to approach this in two parts.

Workflow Woes - Part 1

Storage and Backup Plans.

The plan is simple. Keep all images (I hate the thought of deleting any) in some form of master folder structure. Keep a copy of that master folder structure on a separate drive as backup.

Thanks to John who pointed out that DVD's can make lousy backup mechanisms and to Geoff who suggested I should make use of some form of separate drive environment, I sit here downloading Ubuntu and reconditioning an old machine...

I'll let you all know how I get on.