Photography Backup Workflow? Amazon Prime Photo! (Free UNLIMITED Cloud Backups!!!)

How to back up unlimited photos to the cloud using Amazon Prime Photo / Amazon Drive, included FREE with amazon prime!

Whether you're a travel photographer looking to backup photos on the go or a wedding photographer looking for a secondary secure backup, getting your raw photos backed up to the cloud means you have an extra layer of protection when harddrives fail, cameras are stolen or cards get lost, corrupted or formatted accidentally. Backing up your photography is an essential part of any photography workflow, and having a secondary backup (ie duplicating your photos to more than one place) secures you from losing your photos forever!

If you have an amazon prime account, you might not realize it includes FREE unlimited cloud photo storage. AND that you can not only back up jpgs, but full RAW files right onto amazon prime photo! If you're looking for a way to keep your photos secure and on the cloud for free and already own amazon prime, amazon prime photo is the way to go.

In this amazon prime photo tutorial we'll show you how to backup your photos and add this essential step to your photography backup workflow!

[SignatureEdits]

Do you use a cloud backup right now for your photos?! Share your process!

[Hatchy]

"You may only use the Services to store, retrieve, manage, organize, access, share, and print Your Files for personal, non-commercial purposes using the features and functionality we make available." It says this in Amazon's ToS. thoughts on this?

[nateitscake]

I am trying to disable the Amazon Photo Back Up and cannot find where this option is

[roberttruman]

I'm curious to know if by uploading to Amazon photo storage, users are agreeing to terms and conditions that affect privacy, permissions and copyright. I'm searching for their terms and blocked out the rest of my day. But I'd be interested to hear anyone has any thoughts, concerns, warnings or relevant experiences with Amazon Prime Photo

[HooryMadani]

Thank you for sharing.Good information👍

[LaurenTallent]

Ok I love this and wish I would have known this a month ago. Can you do a video on how to organize your Lightroom after you’ve already been using it and have it in a mess 🫣😅

[chula]

I have Amazon photos and google photos but I want to organize it for social media can’t seem to find a cloud storage that’s unlimited space any suggestions?

[rajithodlme]

Hi, i am in UK. is there an option to restrict the auto upload to a particular folder on phone(android). i dont want all the garbage to get uploaded - like i dont want to back up every single whatsapp screenshots on various groups. in the settings, i kept 'checked' few folders, but i see that the upload is happening from other folders me know if you have info on this... .. thanks for any suggestions

[Red_E_Read]

Do you know how to associate with File Explorer (Windows) so you can effectively drag and drop within pc/laptop without using their interface? I know you use a Mac, but hoping you might have insight. I did have it, but on a recent Windows (or Amazon) update it has gone.

[sadenb]

I already backed up around 10 K photos including full RAW files in Amazon Photos. It does not have a RAW viewer though. But it is convenient never the less. Much better than buying extra Hard Disks every other year. But if Amazon do change their policies, I have to buy hard disks. But I am learning the art of taking less photographs so that my photographs are more accurate and are not redundant in the first place.

[patrickbohm]

They are allowed to use, cut, edit the photos etc. btw! Just saying. :)

[flaviusoxford]

Thanks much for the tutorial! Apologies if you answered already, do you recommend a workflow to transfer photos from your Adobe Lighthouse account, please? Many thanks and please stay safe

[liverpoolpictorial]

I have no idea how, but the Amazon Drive app cripples my ping, download and upload speeds. OK, I get the effect on the upload speed, but not the ping and download speeds. I was complaining to my ISP about the poor performance for about 2 weeks and they kept insisting everything was working fine. It was only when I used process of elimination that I found it was the Amazon app. I use Backblaze (which I pay for, but do not want to) to backup in the background and that's fine. Anyone else had this issue? My speeds are usually Ping: 7 to 11, Download: 200+ mbps, Upload: 12+ mbps, but when the Amazon app is running, it's something like Ping: 200+, Download: 30mbps, Upload: 3mbps.

[jcjewell]

Amazon Prime's app which allows you to automate the backup of your photos will not work on Mac computers running OS X before 10.12. I have a super nice Mac Pro that is plenty capable but is slowing being MADE obsolete due to software vendors abandoning basic functionality and chasing the latest shiny object. It's the opposite of "green" that such companies tout. As such, I continue to use other methods.

[arrlk]

when i delete photos from my gallery, they are automatically deleted from amazon, too. how do i fix this?

[taylorallen]

Is there a way to open a photo that is in Amazon's drive to PhotoShop?

[simracer]

I find this crap. It constantly crashes my Internet and is so slow....

[veronicataylor]

I'm hearing that it's against Amazon's T&Cs to use amazon prime photo backup for professional/commercial purposes. What are your thoughts on this, please? Thanks!!

[charlesfeinberg]

How can I print photos that I just backed up to the app?

[mikalamcclellan]

How do I delete my amazon photos account?