Gadget Bag: The 3-2-1 Backup Rule

Strategies and solutions for preserving your photo archive

The Editors

Published February 23, 2016
Updated September 6, 2017

It’s a reality that all photographers face: No single storage solution is immune to data loss.

To read this Photography Gear article, become a Member.

Become an Outdoor Photographer Member to access this Photography Gear Article, plus techniques, inspiration and equipment reviews from the pros!

By entering your email, you agree to our privacy policy and to receive emails from Outdoor Photographer.

Featured Articles

red-bellied woodpecker photographed from a photo blind

Using Photo Blinds

Ways to conceal our presence as wildlife photographers, allowing us to capture natural behavior while minimizing disruption for our subjects.

The Highs And Lows Of A Horizon

Four ways to place the horizon in your photographs for creative emphasis

To access this content, you must purchase Outdoor Photographer Membership.

Morning mist at dawn, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, 2016

Seeing In Black And White

Exploring monochrome from a color photographer’s perspective.

Landscape Light, Part 2

Lighting styles and techniques to add dimension and form to your landscape compositions

To access this content, you must purchase Outdoor Photographer Membership.

How To Photograph The Milky Way

Panoramas are one of the most fun and dramatic ways of capturing the Milky Way over a landscape, created by stitching multiple exposures together in software to capture a much wider field of view than you could capture in a single photo.

Look And See

In our rush to capture fleeting light and moments, it’s easy to just look, compose and shoot. “Seeing” requires that we slow down and shift into a different headspace.

To access this content, you must purchase Outdoor Photographer Membership.

To read this Photography Gear article, become a Member.

Read Next

Featured Articles