There is also the option of trying to get all my photos and videos uploaded to my google account which can store up to 15 GB, but I wonder if there are any downsides to choosing this route. A friend of mine utilizes an online photo storage site called SmugMug which boasts a high privacy standard for your digital images and “unlimited” storage (up to 150 MG for photos and 3 GB for videos), but they cost $40 annually.

Plus there is a limited amount of space available before you have to start paying money for more storage space. This to me feels kind of pointless – or at least for what I am trying to achieve.

Plus, apparently iCloud only backs up whats currently on your device(s), sooooo if you are trying to manage the amount of stuff taking up storage space on your device and want to eliminate images or videos, then said images and videos would disappear from iCloud (or so I’ve been told by Apple). I’ve always been kinda weirded out by putting all of my digital media into a cloud system.

In the past I have just put them on a flash or external hard drive but a little voice in the back of my head is telling me to consolidate all my pics/videos somewhere online because a flash drive can be lost or destroyed. Many of my more recent pics and videos are backed up on my computer but what I need is a secured backup system so that all these precious memories are safe and sound so I can reclaim space on my phone. This is not surprising seeing as every day is like a photo shoot (and come on, its not like its easy to weed them out when you take 20 in a row and 15 are keepers…even if half of them are almost completely identical). Since baby girl was born 4 months ago, I have managed to max out the storage space on my phone. Right now I am in need of some serious order with all my photos.

Brooke christine dropbox link