Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

Flickr. The Terabyte space is enough for me (though I do have the Pro version) allows me to get the originals again (I think that's for non-pro users too)...and the API is fairly flexible, though I think that's a consequence of it being somewhat neglected...in any case, it's been straightforward to suck down dozens of GB of photos whenever I feel like it.

Flickr serves as a pretty good place to share things...lots of random viewers come across my photos...its primary benefit is that it is a great interface for cataloguing and further sorting my photos...especially with geotagging.

I've just found out how to link it to Adobe Lightroom, so now even the inconvenience of exporting from Lightroom, then drag-and-drop upload to Flickr has been eliminated.

Facebook. If you really don't want others to see your photos you could make a separate Facebook account just for uploading photos. If super high res is something you care about I think Google+ offers slightly better than Facebook. Anything I want super backed up I just upload to Google Drive.

You can mark photos only visible to yourself.

I don't take a lot of pictures so I just end up storing them on my hdd and back them up with a small flash drive

While I agree with your general approach, I have to slightly disagree with your statement that photos are all we have from our life. For my own part, I'm preferring savouring the moment over taking a picture.

I have experienced lovely moments, being in nature with friends, experiencing a stunning sunset, when the moment was ruined by some who were more occupied taking selfies with "we're so awsome!" faces. I prefer moment and memory over photo.

Then I inherited a couple of albums of photos from my mother when she died (long ago). A lot of pictures of flowers and landscapes none of which is in itself beautiful enough to be of any purpose for me. And a lot of pictures from her friends, most of which I actually do not know or have contact to.

Most of my paper based photos were accidentally ruined by mold in a wet cellar. I was very annoyed when I discovered it, but then I realized that the pictures sat there for years without being looked at anyway. I was forced to let go. And in the end it was okay.

That said, after all, I recommend to everyone what you said: Make f*#@in' backups fer chryslers sake!