Category: General

Capturing Moments… Documenting Your Life!

Photos are very important to remember great moments of your life, people you love, countries you’ve visited, right? I’ve written something about adding captions and geotags to photos in this blog before. Moreover you...

Country, State, City, Landmark, …

Wouldn’t it be nice to have the name of a place where a photo was taken? Wouldn’t it be nice to have these names stored within the photos’ metadata forever? How can we achieve...

Want to Cross Your Camera with a Compass?

What do you think about direction tags in your photos? Is knowing the direction of the camera important to you when you capture a photo, e.g. 124°? If so, there is an Exif tag...

Favorite Viewing Modes

Most photo galleries support the following viewing modes for photos: Tile views are good to get an overview about lots of photos. List views are mostly used to show more details than tiles can...

Before You Start Using Cloud Storages…

Cloud storages can be used to store all your photos. You can reach them from all your devices no matter where you are. That sounds like a great idea, but there are a few...

Are Directories Good Enough for You?

You can organize all your photos by putting them into different directories. One could be named „Italy 2012“, another one „Paris 2013“, then „Birthday Party Kim 36“ and so on. Is that a good...

Where Have You Been?

Geo logging is not just a great way to add geo positions to photos later on. It’s also useful to track your travel routes, bike rides, running tracks, and so on. I like using...

Date Taken vs. Last Modified Time

There are photo viewers for Android that sort photos by last modified time. Is that really what you want? I’m usually interested in the date and time when a photo was taken. The last...