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...
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Michal Dzierza
- May 3, 2011
- 1 min
Brighton Marina welcomes you
On a sunny day it’s a nice, 30-minute stroll along the pebbly beach. But nothing prepares you for the sheer ugliness of the place. Cause...
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Michal Dzierza
- May 2, 2011
- 1 min
Thank you, Katie, whoever you are
I went to a pub today. I left the pub and I also left my bag with my entire daily camera kit there – my best camera, two of my best...
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Michal Dzierza
- May 1, 2011
- 1 min
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...
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Michal Dzierza
- Apr 18, 2011
- 2 min
The Milky Way
I remember the first time I saw The Milky Way. Not an image in a book or online. In real life. Right in front of my eyes. Or rather way...
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Michal Dzierza
- Apr 18, 2011
- 1 min
Which type are you?
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22415297&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=777d80&fullscreen=1&aut...
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Michal Dzierza
- Apr 14, 2011
- 4 min
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...
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Michal Dzierza
- Apr 10, 2011
- 2 min
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...
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Michal Dzierza
- Apr 8, 2011
- 1 min
Always get a window seat
No matter how long you have been taking pictures, there’s always something new you can spot while snapping the world from a plane. But...
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Michal Dzierza
- Mar 29, 2011
- 1 min
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...
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Michal Dzierza
- Mar 14, 2011
- 2 min
From Instagram to NCIS: Los Angeles
If you read my previous post about Instagram, you know I’m a convert. It’s a fun app. It offers good value for no money – particularly...
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Michal Dzierza
- Mar 14, 2011
- 1 min
What a shitty camera
Oh, sorry. It’s not the camera, it’s the photographer. My bad. http://nhl.cdn.neulion.net/u/videocenter/embed.swf (Haven’t we all done...
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Michal Dzierza
- Mar 2, 2011
- 2 min
London Street Photography at the Museum of London
And indeed, the first images you see when you visit the superb “London Street Photography” exhibition, which has just opened at the...
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Michal Dzierza
- Mar 1, 2011
- 1 min
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...
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Michal Dzierza
- Feb 23, 2011
- 3 min
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,...
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Michal Dzierza
- Feb 1, 2011
- 1 min
Which Canon lens to choose?
How many times have you asked yourself this question (assuming that you own a Canon camera)? We all want to spend our money wisely and...
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Michal Dzierza
- Jan 6, 2011
- 1 min
Undercity and petrified children
Absolutely crazy and therefore brilliant. Its creator, Andrew Wonder, seems to specialise in filming people who can only be described as...
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Michal Dzierza
- Jan 3, 2011
- 1 min
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...
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Michal Dzierza
- Nov 18, 2010
- 4 min
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...
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