So, following from my previous DSP blog post...

You captured a great moment with your camera, and you nailed the exposure and focus. Your post-processing edit was killer (and, you got tons of likes and heart emojis on social media). You think you got a great shot.

But, did you?

Not necessarily. ...

What makes for a "great" photo?

Well, it's not JUST about capturing "the moment", as some people would like to believe. There is a lot more to it.

A few years ago, as I was sitting down with a client doing a portfolio review of his work, I remember coming across a vacation photo of his of a whale ...

Will you be giving the gift of art this year?

Of course you are!

It's been a few years since I've done any sort of holiday art show, and I figured this year was a better time than any to do it again given how slow business has been due to the effects of Hurricane Helene on DSP, and on the local ec...

Happy-ish day!

Why the “ish”, you ask?

Because a month-and-a-half after Hurricane Helene ripped apart Appalachia, I’m still feeling a bit numb and a little lost in navigating my way through what this all means. This hasn’t been, by far, the typical fall season that we all look forward to in these beau...

Hurricane Helene Aftermath: My final farewell to the Salvage Station...

Or, is it?

I've been wanting to write this blog piece for a few weeks now, but it's been difficult to find the words. So, today, I'm finding them... I think. I hope you read on to the end, as I tell my own "Hurricane Helene" s...

The DSP business is on the road again! 

But...

This time is likely to be much more permanent than previous moves.

After nearly seven years of being based in the lovely little mountain town of Brevard, North Carolina, it looks like I have found my forever home a little further west down Rt 64 in l...

NEWSFLASH!!!

After a few years of retirement, I have dusted off an old project that has been sitting idle and off-line since 2018, reviving my once-popular music e-zine, Front Row Focus!

The new FRF has been re-purposed and re-designed to optimize the integration of the site with my main DSP busin...

The DSP social media daily themes are now in full operation!

If you've been following any of the DSP social media sites (the main three, anyway), you're probably aware of the "daily themes" that I've been introducing each week since the start of 2024. Last week, I introduced the seventh and final t...

The final piece to the DSP social media daily theme puzzle has arrived!

Introducing... Shout-out Sundays on the DSP social media channels!

What does that mean?

Every Sunday, I will give a shout-out to someone -- a client, a fellow photographer, a favorite band / artist, a cherished local business...

Bring on the weekend!

For the past five weeks, I've been introducing a new daily theme for the DSP social media streams, and there are only two remaining -- Saturday and Sunday.

Let's cut to the chase...

From this weekend on, every Saturday will be "Shred Saturday".

In other words, on top of any...

There's been (another) change of plans for the DSP social media weekly schedule...

About a month ago, when I made the initial announcement about my plans to work with daily "themes" for my the DSP social media sites, Fridays were going to be "Free For All Fridays", where I would basically leave thi...

Another day, another DSP social media theme...

If you have been paying attention to the DSP social media streams on Instagram, Facebook (business page), and LinkedIn, and you have already read my recent got f-stop? blog post about my 2024 social media plans (click here), then you are aware that sta...