USB Stick

[Moey]

Hi guys,

I photograph weddings and provide an album and a disc of images. However, more people are requesting USB sticks as oppose to discs now, so I was just wondering if you guys had any recommendations for buying USB sticks in bulk?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Moey.

 

[Phil V]

I used to buy cheap multipacks from Amazon.

But I thought everyone had foregone disks about 5 years ago and swapped USB drives for cloud storage about 3 years ago, as most people don’t have computers per se, and want to use tablets etc.

My daughter got in touch the other day as she can’t connect her pen drive with their wedding photos to their new MacBook.

 

[Box Brownie]

I used to buy cheap multipacks from Amazon.

But I thought everyone had foregone disks about 5 years ago and swapped USB drives for cloud storage about 3 years ago, as most people don’t have computers per se, and want to use tablets etc.

My daughter got in touch the other day as she can’t connect her pen drive with their wedding photos to their new MacBook.

RE: Cloud storage ~ I am wondering how long it will take for something like the recent ransomware attack to affect the "cloud" infrastructure. I know technology changes and cloud computing is supposed to be distributively robust........................but as has always been said, the criminals will find a way to attack anything if there is money to had!

PS sorry @Moey to take this off subject but I do also wonder whether anyone will look back with regret as to why didn't they actually print their pictures?

 

[troutfisher]

A quick google turned up usb2u .co ,I cant post a link as I can,t work out how to do it on a tabley

 

[MK1 Photography]

https://www.usb2u.co.uk/ here you go

 

[Moey]

I used to buy cheap multipacks from Amazon.

But I thought everyone had foregone disks about 5 years ago and swapped USB drives for cloud storage about 3 years ago, as most people don’t have computers per se, and want to use tablets etc.

My daughter got in touch the other day as she can’t connect her pen drive with their wedding photos to their new MacBook.

I am behind the times if I'm honest and have still been using cd's to hand the jpegs over. I like the idea of the cloud, I didn't even think about that. It would be a much better option to pop all the images in there and delete them once the client has picked them up. I will suggest that option. Thanks for the advice.

RE: Cloud storage ~ I am wondering how long it will take for something like the recent ransomware attack to affect the "cloud" infrastructure. I know technology changes and cloud computing is supposed to be distributively robust........................but as has always been said, the criminals will find a way to attack anything if there is money to had!

PS sorry @Moey to take this off subject but I do also wonder whether anyone will look back with regret as to why didn't they actually print their pictures?

No need to apologise, it's all interesting . I do provide a wedding album with printed photos along with the disc too. I suppose if people have their images as jpegs, they can always print them at a later date, unless they lost them and the photographer was no longer around. That would be regretful.

A quick google turned up usb2u .co ,I cant post a link as I can,t work out how to do it on a tabley

https://www.usb2u.co.uk/ here you go

Thanks guys, I visited that site, but thought I'd ask here first.

 

[TCR4x4]

I used to buy cheap multipacks from Amazon.

But I thought everyone had foregone disks about 5 years ago and swapped USB drives for cloud storage about 3 years ago, as most people don’t have computers per se, and want to use tablets etc.

My daughter got in touch the other day as she can’t connect her pen drive with their wedding photos to their new MacBook.

Probably cos MacBooks now only have usb c ports and usb sticks are traditional usb. Get an adapter and it will probably work.

 

[pope]

Have you had a look at "WeTransfer"

You upload to "the cloud" then they can down load to their computer (within 7 days. Think the files get deleted after that??)
They are sent an email with a link to download.
No storage in the cloud needed. no cd, no usb. No dropbox fulling up. Up to 2 gb's, at a time for free.

 

[Phil V]

Probably cos MacBooks now only have usb c ports and usb sticks are traditional usb. Get an adapter and it will probably work.

I’m aware, I was just pointing out how quickly the world had moved

 

[Phil V]

Have you had a look at "WeTransfer"

You upload to "the cloud" then they can down load to their computer (within 7 days. Think the files get deleted after that??)
They are sent an email with a link to download.
No storage in the cloud needed. no cd, no usb. No dropbox fulling up. Up to 2 gb's, at a time for free.

Are there copyright issues with WeTransfer?
Asking cos my daughters company stopped using it citing copyright, I’ve not done the research but it was enough to stop me recommending it.

 

[Raincloud]

Looking at cloud myself, for private use. But, still would like the option of local backups.

 

[Faldrax]

Are there copyright issues with WeTransfer?
Asking cos my daughters company stopped using it citing copyright, I’ve not done the research but it was enough to stop me recommending it.

I use it to receive videos from my guitar tutor (as he's had to go virtual over lockdown).
I've just gone through their TOS, and the only references to copyright is that you must have copyright for anything you transfer, and that their stuff is copyright, so don't copy their logo's, etc.
There is a free version with a 2Gb limit, or a paid version with a higher limit - on that version anything you upload stays until you remove it.
They also warn that links are sharable - IE If you give someone a link to a file, that person can forward the link to anyone else, who can in turn download it, share the link, etc.

 

[Phil V]

They also warn that links are sharable - IE If you give someone a link to a file, that person can forward the link to anyone else, who can in turn download it, share the link, etc.

That’d be why the daughters firm stopped using it then

I’ve used it in the past, and have always found it user friendly.

 

[pope]

Are there copyright issues with WeTransfer?
Asking cos my daughters company stopped using it citing copyright, I’ve not done the research but it was enough to stop me recommending it.

To be honest, I have not checked. But will definitely have a good read. Thanks for that heads up.

 

[Moey]

Have you had a look at "WeTransfer"

You upload to "the cloud" then they can down load to their computer (within 7 days. Think the files get deleted after that??)
They are sent an email with a link to download.
No storage in the cloud needed. no cd, no usb. No dropbox fulling up. Up to 2 gb's, at a time for free.

I haven't heard of that one, but I've looked over the points raised above and it all sounds good, so I will give that a try if the clients are happy. As it happens, the recent client has asked for a usb stick after I suggested cloud, they said that all that stuff would be too confusing.

 

[Chriswoolgar]

For my wedding photos, I give my clients a personalised USB stick in a presentation box which I get from eBay. I figure the cost is negligible compared to what they're paying for the service and they appreciate the nice touch.

I deliver all my shoots on a USB stick and never had feedback from clients that they can't use them. But I do also put lo-res versions on an online gallery.

 

[Moey]

For my wedding photos, I give my clients a personalised USB stick in a presentation box which I get from eBay. I figure the cost is negligible compared to what they're paying for the service and they appreciate the nice touch.

I deliver all my shoots on a USB stick and never had feedback from clients that they can't use them. But I do also put lo-res versions on an online gallery.

This is what I am considering, the personalised touch although I do like the idea of using cloud transfer as mentioned above. I have just given a plain usb stick and they requested an extra one at extra cost. I also provided a printed album to go with it. Thanks for the advice.