Photographer Allen Cooley, based in Atlanta, Georgia, has been working professionally since 2006. In 2025, he spent over $20,000 on hard drives due to rising storage costs. To manage expenses, he used the AI tool Claude to catalog his old drives and identify files that could be safely deleted for reuse. This approach saved him thousands of dollars, though he notes that future video work may require additional purchases.
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