A PSA for backing up your photos + my new backup strategy

I lost my main portable hard drive on a plane. When I got home, I realized my backup on a big hard drive included the Lightroom catalog but not the raw files.

Fortunately, I use Amazon Photos (free for Prime users in the U.S.) to back up everything to the cloud, and that included the raws.

My new strategy:

• Portable Samsung Solid State Drive (SSD) in my backpack
  • Get the T7, not the T7 Shield, which includes a rubberized surface. Use a label maker to put your contact info on the drive, which won't stick to the rubberized surface.
  • Get an AirTag and something like the TagVault mount that will stick to the drive.
• Portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in my luggage (the photos from my trip to Peru are gone, I don't cloud backup in hotels, but maybe I should start)
• Backup to a big hard drive at home (fixing it so the raws come over too)
• Continue with Amazon Photos