Photographers take a lot of photos on a daily basis. Although they possess multiple hard drives along with other external storage options, it is only a matter of time when they run out of space. Every photographer dreads the day when they open their hard drive to find out that it is corrupt and all the photos are gone.
If you capture photos for a living, you just cannot take any risks. Let’s take a look at some of the best photo storage options for photographers who want ultimate security and protection of their data.
500px
500px is a popular social platform that features a modern user interface. It’s Premium plans allow users an unlimited number of high-resolution JPEG uploads. Users also get to play around with the advanced licensing options that allow them to showcase their work in personalized galleries.
On subscribing to the Premium plan, 500px users also get a complimentary subscription to the Adobe CC Photography plan. Combining both 500px and Adobe CC Photography makes for a pretty impressive deal.
Dropbox
Dropbox has been a hot favorite cloud service for a very long time. For professional photographers, this is one of their most favorite platforms because of the options it provides. It is a smart and easy storage option that makes syncing files across multiple devices a very easy and secure job. The free version of Dropbox provides users with 2 GB of storage space. The Premium plans unfold a lot of handy features to the users, including past version recovery, smart sync and remote wiping of both lost/ stolen devices.
iCloud
Apple’s iCloud is another impressive storage option for photographers. Not only Apple users can make good use of iCloud, Windows users can also access iCloud via it’s desktop app. iCloud allows users to upload files of any type across multiple devices. In addition to that, automatic phone backups, functions related to sync, and expanded storage at a convenient price makes it altogether an appealing option.
Adobe Creative Cloud
For Adobe Software Plan subscribers, the Adobe Creative Cloud is an online exclusive service. It starts by offering its users 20 GB of storage capacity to store, access, and share photos across various platforms directly from the cloud. Furthermore, if you wish to upload your entire image bank online, you can request for additional storage, upto 1 TB.
Google Photos
Google Photos is one of the top photo storage options for photographers. It is associated with all Google accounts and offers plenty of options to win over users. Google Photos is installed by default on all Android devices, which is a huge plus point. The biggest advantage of using Google Photos is that it allows an unlimited number of photos & video uploads if users select the High quality upload option. Saving photos in their original resolution counts towards the account storage limit.
Backblaze
Backblaze was introduced in 2007 and has remained a big player in the cloud backup market for both PC and Mac users. The Backblaze scans the computer along with all the connected drives for all types of files. Once it is done with the scan, it will quickly upload a copy of each file on its servers. If you were to delete a file from the connected drive, it will eventually be deleted from Backblaze too. It is an impressive storage option for photographers looking to store their photos online.
OneDrive
Microsoft is the biggest name in the software industry since as long as one can remember and OneDrive is it’s answer to the growing popularity of cloud storage. Microsoft provides anyone and everyone free cloud storage of upto 5 GB. If you happen to be a premium user, you can get up to 6 TB (1 TB each for 6 users) along with access to the Office 365 Suite. OneDrive supports preview for most RAW files and is easy to access on both desktop and smartphone devices, it is a highly popular option among photographers.
