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Photographer loses 20 photo shoots in an unfortunate car burglary

Sep 10, 2015 by Liron Samuels 22 Comments
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Backup, backup, backup – these are three of the best pieces of advice any photographer will ever receive.

Unfortunately for Iowa photographer Haleigh Wehr, her backup process was either lacking on non-existent, and the result is a devastating loss after her car was broken into on Wednesday night.

Items valued at thousands of dollars were stolen, according to KCCI, including two laptops and Wehr’s wallet, but the most painful loss does not carry a price tag – six memory cards containing over 20 photo shoots.

Thousands of photos of family portraits, weddings and newborn photos were gone, and Wehr had to contact each client explaining that they might never receive their photos.

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