I should probably just add a 10% line item for drives and archiving.
But also a good amount is speculative - shoot a location and then try to sell the content to various parties. Sometimes sell stuff a year or more after shooting it.
Keeping one copy isn’t onerous or expensive, but the mental baggage of shuffling around multiple copies gets a bit much.
I don't think this "I [...] cannot comprehend downsizing to 2TB" in the top-level comment is really a useful comparison to the article (or rest of the thread) if you're talking about data that is from clients; not your own. Of course you can't "comprehend" that if it's not-very-compressible sensor data that you need to keep on someone else's behalf or for your business (the speculative part, that's a business investment).
Fair point, but my main initial comparison was of photographer versus photographer/videographer in the clutter/hoarding sense. I would have a lot more than 2TB that is just personal holiday content over the years. The video content from one camera on one holiday last year is 290GB and I wouldn't want to cull much of it because unlike a traditional camera on the ground, there's nothing out of focus, not 10+ shots trying to get everyone unblinking, etc.
Here is an idea: have "forever" directory and "for 3 years" directory. Stuff lands in "for 3 years" directory by default and gets removed automatically.
"Forever" is only for stuff you personally think it's exceptionally well made.
I should probably just add a 10% line item for drives and archiving.
But also a good amount is speculative - shoot a location and then try to sell the content to various parties. Sometimes sell stuff a year or more after shooting it.
Keeping one copy isn’t onerous or expensive, but the mental baggage of shuffling around multiple copies gets a bit much.