Granite Gripper
I just got back from photographing the Granite Gripper at Enchanted Rock near llano, TX. It was an amazing event with an excellent turnout. It was one of the first climbing competitions to hold a roped competition. There was a larger amount of competitors bouldering, but the roped climbers still represented. I hope to post some photos within the next month or so.
I also heard some depressing news today. I found out my hard drive that recently crashed is beyond recovery. I have lost many gigs of photos as a result of this. I don't know the extent of my loss yet though as I do have a lot of the photos backed up, but there is quite a bit that I had not got around to backing up yet. The lesson learned from this is, always back up your photos immediately after a shoot.
My workflow will now include burning two DVD's of the shoot and backing up stock worthy images on my Photoshelter account. I know I lost a number of climbing photos in the loss, but thankfully some of them where backed up on my Photoshelter account. I know I lost my RAW files from a recent trip to the Wichita Mountains. I'm just hoping I have more stuff backed up than I remember. Once I get my new hard drive in I will be able to figure out what I still have in my DVD backups.