I saw this flyer on the wall of the Goodbye Blue Monday and nearly gasped, I felt so bad for Allison.
It’s always best to transfer/copy photos from your camera’s media card ASAP to someplace else (computer, online storage, etc) but it’s a common mistake, just like not backing up one’s hard drive regularly. And most of us have made one or both mistakes.
I see corrupted flash drives, corrupted media cards, and dead hard drives on an almost daily basis. Two handy pieces of advice when it comes to digital media: If it doesn’t exist in three places, it doesn’t exist, and there is no such thing as permanent storage.
I hope Allison finds her camera!