Everything Street Photography

Well, I'm an idiot. I kept saying I would back up my drives next weekend, and next weekend turned into next month, next year, and here I am over two years later...can anyone guess where this story is going?

ALL of my street photos are gone. The drive is completely corrupted. I've run a few different file restoration utilities on it and they don't see any directory or file structure at all -- nothing. So, I'm going to have to take the drive in to a pro to see if they can pull anything off (for a large amount of money, I'm sure).

This is the one area where all you film shooters will get no arguments from me about the weaknesses of digital...but it was my own fault. The good news is that I do still have all of my hiking pictures from around Arizona and some California...but there are sooooo many others that are probably just gone.

One of my friends said, "Look at the bright side...god's telling you to get a better camera." And in my depression, I might just take that advice...