Longest you've let photos just sit on the cards without processing them?

[Golf4food]

So we took a trip Nov 28-Dec 5th a couple of months ago... I have yet to even make it through the first card of photos to edit/delete/process them. Two months have gone by since we got back. Granted, there were holidays in there, my wife is pregnant, life goes on, etc. but I honestly have felt very little motivation to even try.

What's the longest you've just had photos from an entire trip just sitting there waiting?

 

[itsmetigress]

Are you kidding? Mine just stay on the cards lol Unless it is something I'm uploading here then I'll throw it on Photobucket and do a quick edit, I'm afraid if I start photoshopping I'll never leave the computer

 

[C&B Young]

If it's a Disney trip I'll usually do some quick edits while at WDW. I'll then do a more thorough job over the next month or so when we get back. Other photos usually get transferred from the memory card to the hard drive within a day or 2, sometimes we don't get around to editing for a week or so though.

 

[wenrob]

Mine in RAW format go from the cards to the EHD (and back up DVD) fairly quick but as far as processing goes, still working on them. I can't do it all at once, I'm actually more consistent doing them in batches. I digi scrap so tend to process as needed but then I get on a roll and will do more.

 

[klmall]

I copy mine (RAW) from the card(s) that night for backup reasons and then place in folders until I can get to them. Some from really unimportant events e.g. DH's distant relative get-togethers Part 25a - just kidding.... might still be in their raw and unspoiled state from 2009. But they are ready and waiting and my skills have improved in the meantime!

 

[DVC Mike]

What's the longest you've just had photos from an entire trip just sitting there waiting?

Less than 24 hours.

 

[Groucho]

Hmmm... a Disney trip, or just pictures in general?

I never leave them on the card, but I can often take a while to get the photos processed... it's been about five weeks since our last trip and I'm just starting the photos from day 6.

In terms of general shots... a quick check indicates that the oldest shots that still need processing are from 2/20/08, so almost three years... and from a camera that I don't have any more.

edit: to be fair, those are actually Mrs Groucho's shots... but it's still usually my job to process them! My oldest are from 8/08; not much better!

 

[spinetnglr]

They usually don't stay on the card for more than a week. I try to get them uploaded to the EHD and into Lightroom3 fairly quickly so I can reformat the card and put in back in my bag ready to be used. Getting around to editing them and to their final resting place either in a "processed" folder on the hard drive or into a smugmug,flickr or facebook gallery sometimes takes a while. I have one folder currently waiting to be processed from early January when I shot an entire 8gb card full at the 2011 Pennsylvania Farm Show.