top of page


The Italian Scooter
Shopping by scooter? Easy. Moving furniture? Or plants? No problem. A tourist with a huge case? Piece of cake. This was a constant source...
Michal Dzierza
Oct 23, 20111 min read
My Google+ request
Google+ has become an online Mecca for photographers in a very short time. While many people still don’t ‘get’ Google+ (it’s a topic for...
Michal Dzierza
Oct 20, 20112 min read


Instagram gets a refresh – aka Instagram v 2.0
If you haven’t updated to the latest version of Instagram – released today – do so. They have reworked the app to give it a new...
Michal Dzierza
Sep 20, 20111 min read


Adde Adesokan’s Triptychs of Strangers
Image © Adde Adesokan, used with author’s permission Every now and then comes a photographer who does something new and unique. And every...
Michal Dzierza
Sep 6, 20113 min read


What men really like
Ah, those Italian stereotypes. Women making pasta in the kitchen, men playing cards and smoking fags in the street. Not true, eh? Or?...
Michal Dzierza
Sep 5, 20111 min read


The spider that got Explored
It’s a nice feeling when you wake up and fellow Flickr users inform you your picture has been chosen to feature on Flickr’s Explore page....
Michal Dzierza
Sep 1, 20111 min read


My changing habits
I’ve been travelling a bit recently, so to make up for the long silence on this blog, I’ll be writing a few travel-related posts on here...
Michal Dzierza
Aug 31, 20112 min read


Google+ for photographers
Should you move your portfolio? Will Google+ kill Flickr? Is it better than Facebook? Well, who knows. All we know for now is that...
Michal Dzierza
Jul 5, 20113 min read


This week’s favourite – plus what I’ve learned
Also, today I was reminded that it pays to check you’ve got everything you need before you leave the house. Because carrying a heavy...
Michal Dzierza
May 15, 20111 min read


500px.com – where quality meets simplicity
Like 500px.com, a Canadian photo-sharing website which has been around for a long time (hence the name – when they started 500-pixel...
Michal Dzierza
May 9, 20115 min read
Why Flickr’s Explore is ‘unfair’ and other links
Ever wanted to be featured on Flickr’s explore page, but didn’t know how others get there? Photopreneur has an interesting post...
Michal Dzierza
May 5, 20111 min read


Favourite of the week: Brown is in
But I snapped this lady on the steps leading to The Mall and while working on the image at home I noticed that there are only two colours...
Michal Dzierza
May 1, 20111 min read


DSLR pictures on Instagram. Do they bother you?
Instagram image by Giron, via Extragr.am UPDATE: This is a very old post. Since I originally wrote it in 2011, I’ve started uploading...
Michal Dzierza
Apr 14, 20114 min read


Photographing actors – my mini photo essay
My very good friend, Nuala O’Sullivan, who wrote the play, wanted the images to be in B&W. Mostly. That was the brief. The rest was up to...
Michal Dzierza
Apr 10, 20112 min read


The largest indoor photo – by Jeffrey Martin
I promised myself to stay away from gigapixel images for a while. I’ve written about so many of them on this blog and it almost feels...
Michal Dzierza
Mar 29, 20111 min read


It’s all in the smile
Apart from advising photographers to share their business cards or, if pushed, deleting the contentious photos, Eric helpfully included a...
Michal Dzierza
Mar 1, 20111 min read


Why I swapped The Best Camera for Instagram
I’ve been resisting it for months. Instagram, the iPhone app everyone seems to be using at the moment. (I was tempted to say “Instagram,...
Michal Dzierza
Feb 23, 20113 min read


Editing images without Photoshop
Here’s a quick tip for the New Year. If you cannot afford – or don’t want to use – Photoshop, and find Gimp too cumbersome, here’s...
Michal Dzierza
Jan 3, 20111 min read


London in 80 gigapixels – meet Jeffrey Martin
My prayers have been answered. London eventually got its first decent gigapixel image this week. You’ve probably already seen what its...
Michal Dzierza
Nov 18, 20104 min read


Saved by the phone. Again.
Then one day you walk to work early in the morning, bleary-eyed and in need of a really strong coffee, when you spot a fantastic photo...
Michal Dzierza
Oct 21, 20102 min read
bottom of page