Lesson Learned.

I am a stickler for re-formatting my camera's memory card after each use. (Generally daily) This is possibly an action due to my Obsessive Compulsive nature -- but, from what I've learned in the past, is to always start fresh with a formatted memory card.

Today I learned a valuable lesson...

In the midst of uploading from camera to computer... my computer died.
I plugged in the computer, and continued the upload.

Without double checking that all of my photos had uploaded, I formatted my memory card. (Which means all photos were deleted.) 


I open my photo album on the computer... and half of my photos were missing. Considering that I had a huge practice session today -- it was the last half of my photos that actually came out to my liking. Of course, it was that half that I lost. 
There was one specific photo that I took at least 25 different times... from different angles... different settings... just trying to get the lighting & everything right. I finally figured it out -- but I lost it. :(


From now on, I vow to: 


-- Make sure my computer is fully charged and/or plugged in before I upload photos.


-- Make sure my camera is fully charged before I try to upload photos.

-- Start backing up my photos on an external hard-drive... or somewhere... anywhere -- to guarantee that I will never again lose a photo.

Here's a few that I captured the first half of my practice session at the park... these are my least favorites, but considering that I lost my *favorites* ... these will have to do for now. :/