Ruth Silver Photography

1. CD/DVD   – This is offered with all of our associate packages.  You will receive a DVD of color corrected JPGs and print release.

2. Flash Drive  - This is offered in our higher end packages with Ruth Silver as your photographer.  We find that Flash Drives tend to be more durable then DVD’s when it comes to bit rot.  They also don’t get as scratched as DVD’s.

3. Hard Drive – We always recommend saving your images (from DVD/Flash Drive) onto your computers hard drive.  If you have a second external drive we recommend saving it on there as well.  We personally have your images in our studio on 3+ hard drives.

4. Memory Vault – SanDisk has created a flash drive using Chronolock memory management technology.  Using accelerated temperature cycling tests, it can preserve data for up to 100 years.  We are offering this as an upgrade from DVD or Flash Drive.  The current cost to upgrade to the memory vault is $125.

5. Cloud – More and more we hear about “the cloud”.  It’s an off-site data storage to preserve your files.  Many options are out there — Google is probably one of the biggest known ones offering “Cloud” storage.  We offer all wedding packages 3 years of their photographs backed up in our “Cloud” storage facility — which happens to be our online lab.  Should you lose your pictures, we can download them again for a small fee within 3 years of your wedding.

6. Safety Deposit Box – If your house catches fire, a DVD, Flash Drive, Hard Drive and Memory Vault will all burn.  You can secure a backup of your pictures in a Safety Deposit Box or a Fire Proof Box in your home.

Our recommendation: Upgrade to a Memory Vault, backup your images on your hard drive and then place the disc or vault in a fire proof box.  Cloud storage is great so long as it is a company that will be around for a long time.  You may also find you’ll be paying per month or year for online storage that you may not use.  It may seem redundant but ask anyone that’s lived through a house fire (or a tornado).  The one thing they all say they wish they could have gotten (after family & pets) is their photographs.

Since wedding season is upon us, Ruth Silver Photography has extended office hours.  Seasonal hours are as follows:

Monday-Friday 9am-7pm

Sat/Sun 9am-2pm

If you are looking to schedule a free in-studio consultation with us, we recommend using our online scheduler.  You can easily choose the date and time that works best for you!  At your consultation you will meet with Ruth Silver to discuss wedding packages, pricing and to view our portfolio.

If you have questions prior to your consultation, you may also email us at ruth@ruthsilver.com or call us during our office hours at 815-556-9886.  We do like to remind everyone that if you reach our voicemail we are with a client and we will return your call as soon as possible!  All calls and emails are returned within 24 hours (or one business day) often sooner!  We always believe in putting our clients first and offering exceptional customer service.  Most calls are returned within 2 hours!