Monday, October 21, 2013

How to backup your photos and videos while travelling

Every time when I travel, I love taking lots of photos and shoot tons of videos.  I currently have a 16 gig SD card on my camera and somehow that's still not enough space to store everything.

There are three things you could do to fix this problem :
1) Lower the resolution on the video and photo quality
2) Purchase a spare SD card
3) Periodically during your trip, go through your photos and remove any duplicates or bad shots.
4) Backup your photos and videos online using your iPad

Backing up my photos and videos online frees up space on my camera and gives me peace of mind that all these photos will never be lost.


How to backup your photos online using your iPad

First you must purchase a SD card reader for the iPad
The one we are going to use in this blog is a 5-in-1 Camera Connection Kit. 
The particular unit supports iPads 1 through 3.

Use a 5 in 1 camera connection kit to connect your camera to the iPad. Back up your photos to the iPad using a 5 in 1 connection kit. Attach your iPad to your camera using a mini USB cable. Plug your SD card directly onto the 5 in 1 camera connection kit to back it up onto the iPad.

To backup your photos off your camera, attach the 5-1 connector onto the iPad.
Attach the 5-1 connector to your camera using a mini USB cable.

Use an iPad 5-1 camera connector to save space on your camera. Running out of space on your camera SD card. Need more space on the camera SD card. Connect camera to iPad using a 5-1 connector.Need more space on the camera SD card. Connect camera to iPad using a 5-1 connector. Use an iPad 5-1 camera connector to save space on your camera. Running out of space on your camera SD card.

Note : If your camera uses an SD card, Mini SD card, or SDHC card,
you can plug the card directly onto the slot on the connector.

Connect a SD card to the 5-1 camera connector. Need more space on camera SD card. Backup photos to iPad using camera connector. iPad camera connector can read SD card, Mini SD card, or SDHC card.

Launch "Photos" on your camera
Select "Import" at the bottom of the page
It will ask you if you want to delete the photos off your camera's SD card.
  Click "Yes" and voila, you now have more space on your camera to snap photos.

Import your camera SD card photos to the iPad. Backup your photos from the camera SD card onto your iPad. Save space by importing your camera photos from your SD card to the iPad.

Setup iCloud or Dropbox to allow you to save your photos online.
Setup the software to sync with your iPad's photos
This will make sure all your hard earned photos during your travels are safely stored online and never lost.

Other things you can do with this adapter

Display movies on your iPad to your TV
During my trip to Europe, I loaded my iPad with all my favorite movies.  During the evenings, I would connect the iPad to the TV.
To this,change the video input on the TV's remote to "AV"
Launch videos under Ipad and the video/audio will be sent to the TV

Watch videos from your iPad on the television. Display videos from your iPad on your TV set. Connect your iPad to the TV using a 5-1 connector. See your iPad videos on the big screen using a 5-1 connector.

Charge your iPad
The adapter can be used as a regular iPad charging.  Just use the mini USB cable and connect it onto the electrical plug.

Access your iPad
The adapter can be used to access your iPad through your computer.  Just use the mini USB cable to connect the iPad onto the computer's USB port

Connect your iPad to your computer to access the files. Attach the 5 in 1 connector to the computer to access the iPad through iTunes. Use a mini USB cable to attach the iPad to your computer.

Go to my computer to access the iPad's storage. 
Use iTunes to manage the iPad's contents.

Access the iPad by selecting Internal Storage in My Computer. Connect your iPad to your computer to access the files. Attach the 5 in 1 connector to the computer to access the iPad through iTunes. Use a mini USB cable to attach the iPad to your computer.

Written by : Johnson Huynh
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