https://www.svenstork.com/posts/Recent content in Posts on Sven StorkHugoen-usFri, 09 Feb 2024 19:46:32 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/switching-from-evernote-to-joplin/Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:46:32 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/switching-from-evernote-to-joplin/Why I switched from Evernote after a decade of using the service to Joplin.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/moving-from-google-drive-to-dropbox/Mon, 05 Jun 2023 22:02:50 -0400https://www.svenstork.com/posts/moving-from-google-drive-to-dropbox/Why I am switching my backup storage from Google Drive/GSuite to Dropbox.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/comparing-content-aware-fill-implementations/Sun, 19 Feb 2023 16:08:03 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/comparing-content-aware-fill-implementations/I recently got into 360 degree photography. One general issue, especially with drone shots, is that there are some blind spots which cause the final image to have holeshttps://www.svenstork.com/posts/my-new-360-degree-photography-webpage/Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:12:38 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/my-new-360-degree-photography-webpage/During the pandemic I got into 360 degrees photography. I started out by stitching my drone photos into 360 degrees panorama pictures. Because you cannot easily fly a drone inside I started exploring taking 360 degrees photos with my DSLR.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/nike-missile-post-at-transistor-museum-com/Sun, 22 Jan 2023 14:45:00 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/nike-missile-post-at-transistor-museum-com/A little while ago Jack from TransistorMuseum.com asked we whether he could use my photo for one of his articles. I happily granted the request and Jack just published the article. It is part of the <code>First Transistors in Space</code> series.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/tutorial-coimbra-stairs/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:49:13 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/tutorial-coimbra-stairs/I used to live in Portugal on and off for several years. Unfortunately, I only got into photography after I left the country. When I recently had the opportunity to return to Portugal I already had a few shots in my mind. One of them was to get a shot of the University of Coimbra. Shooting in the ancient library was prohibited, but fortunately, I remembered this stairwell in one of the administration buildings. My goal with this shot was to capture a feeling of the old and long history of the University.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/dji-file-renamer/Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/dji-file-renamer/I just release my DJI File Renamer tool. This tool makes it simple to copy and rename DJI Mini 2 files in a consistent way that preserves all the panorama information.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/upgrading-from-crashplan-to-arq/Thu, 08 Jul 2021 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/upgrading-from-crashplan-to-arq/I have been using CrashPlan for the better for at least half a decade and wrote several posts about it. Over these years through Code 42, the company behind CrashPlan, made a bunch of changes that made it unbearable to use.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-to-check-the-shutter-count-of-your-camera/Sun, 15 Sep 2019 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-to-check-the-shutter-count-of-your-camera/A simple way to determine the shutter count of your DSLR.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/photography-locations-siem-reap-floating-village/Sat, 11 Aug 2018 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/photography-locations-siem-reap-floating-village/During my trip to Siem Reap I planed to visit one of the floating villages. There are several different floating villages one can visit and through various operators. Like in may in many tourist areas the quality of the tours might vary and there will be the obligatory tourist traps&hellip;https://www.svenstork.com/posts/quick-tip-how-to-delete-capture-one-preview-files/Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/quick-tip-how-to-delete-capture-one-preview-files/Capture One preview files are a useful mechanism to speed up your workflow, but can use up quite a bit of disk space. Especially of you work with several sessions, it is not necessary to keep them around for older sessions (they will automatically be recreated if you open the session again). Here are some quick ways to delete those files&hellip;https://www.svenstork.com/posts/why-i-stick-with-crashplan/Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/why-i-stick-with-crashplan/In one of my previous posts I explained why I switched from S3 to Crashplan Home. Recently Crashplan announced that they will end Crashplan Home and only offer Crashplan for Small Businesses. A few people asked me what I am going to do.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-i-organize-my-photos-to-play-nicely-with-capture-one-and-lightroom/Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-i-organize-my-photos-to-play-nicely-with-capture-one-and-lightroom/As mentioned before, I use Capture One and Lightroom for processing my pictures. In this article I will explain how I organize my pictures to play nicely with both programs and potential others in future.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/butterfly-season-in-phipps/Tue, 10 May 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/butterfly-season-in-phipps/Every year in spring the Phipps Conservatory hosts their annual butterfly exhibition. This was the perfect opportunity to try out my new macro lens while enjoying a nice afternoon in an amazing place. I am not an animal or flower photographer, but I enjoy trying out new things.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/why-i-switched-from-amazon-s3-to-crashplan/Sun, 27 Mar 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/why-i-switched-from-amazon-s3-to-crashplan/I am in the middle of the moving my online backup system from Amazon S3 to Crashplan. In this post I will layout why this switch made sense for me and might make sense for you as well. I have about ~500GB worth of data (mostly pictures and some videos). So far I used Amazon S3 (more precisely Amazon Glacier) to backup my keeper shots (which is about 35GB worth of data). I store my pictures and my main Lightroom catalog on external hard drives in a raid configuration for added redundancy. In the long run I want to backup all my pictures online and not only the core of my work. The following sections compare both Amazon S3 and Crashplan by looking at different aspects and comparing both services with each other.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/the-5-best-interior-places-to-visit-and-shoot-on-a-rainy-day-in-buenos-aires/Sun, 20 Mar 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/the-5-best-interior-places-to-visit-and-shoot-on-a-rainy-day-in-buenos-aires/Buenos Aires is a great place to visit or live in, especially when you are interested in architecture photography. For most parts of the year the weather in Buenos Aires is rather pleasing, but when it rains, it rains cats and dogs. For those rainy days, here are my top 5 places to visit and take pictures&hellip;https://www.svenstork.com/posts/a-day-with-the-gauchos/Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/a-day-with-the-gauchos/I recently went to the Feria de Mataderos in Buenos Aires. This resembles other fairs in Buenos Aires but offers more local products at a cheaper price and is less overrun by tourists (like for instance the fair in San Telmo). Additionally the fair features folklore dancing and Gauchos showing off their ring lancing skills &hellip;https://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-your-visit-to-hearst-castle/Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-your-visit-to-hearst-castle/To get my visa for Argentina I had to go to the Argentine consulate in Los Angeles. I chose to drive there and take the scenic route along Highway 1. On the way I stopped to visit the Hearst Castle and to take some pictureshttps://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-to-turn-your-point-and-shoot-into-a-dslr/Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/how-to-turn-your-point-and-shoot-into-a-dslr/A simple way to convert your point and shoot camera into a DSLR by upgrading its firmware.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/long-exposure-light-leak-issue/Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/long-exposure-light-leak-issue/I recently got a 10-stop ND filer (B&amp;W #110) after my previous experience with doing a 10 stop filter DIY have been rather disappointing. During my first test shots with my new filter I was even more disappointed. The pictures I took had some weird horizontal lines across all the pictures&hellip;https://www.svenstork.com/posts/android-camera-raw-support/Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/android-camera-raw-support/Google recently released their latest version of Android (called Lollipop). The most exciting feature in this release was the introduction of a new Camera API for accessing and generating RAW images. Today Camera-FV5 released a new version of their app with the added capabilities of storing images directly in the DNG format. After installing the update on my Nexus 5 I gave this new feature a quick test and here are my findings &hellip;.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/why-using-lightroom-and-capture-one-together-makes-sense/Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/why-using-lightroom-and-capture-one-together-makes-sense/There have been many articles been written comparing Lightroom (LR) and Capture One (CO) and favoring one over the other. I have been using Lightroom for years and have been using Capture One for about 1 year now. In my experience both have their merits and problems. In the following overview I like to highlight the strength (in no particular order or claim of completeness) of each application to show that both tools can complement each other.https://www.svenstork.com/posts/moving-to-buenos-aires-as-a-photographer/Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:58:08 -0500https://www.svenstork.com/posts/moving-to-buenos-aires-as-a-photographer/A short report about my move to Buenos Aires with all my photography gear.