Re: external storage
The answer to this question really depends on workflow more than anything else. Blowing the budget on a single, high-capacity drive and then tying yourself down to slow backups via DVD's or losing the entire drive due to a failure cuts into possible production time.
Which do you want to do: spend time in the studio, generating income, or spend time on the computer, playing IT tech? Note that the latter doesn't put any money in your pocket.
Some people save the original exposures in one folder, the edits in another, and the print output in yet another. That's three copies of roughly the same image. From a workflow perspective, this could make a lot of sense...but you just cut your storage by 2/3.
Before determining budget, determine your workflow and work backwards. Treat this like a business and not like an art. The art will come later. The income needs to start now.
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