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NEWSFLASH - Front Row Focus is back! dsp news dsp photo projects marketing music photography photography instruction Feb 28, 2024

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...

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DSP Social Media Daily Themes Summary book club commercial photography dsp news inspiration marketing music photography photography industry photography instruction tips and tricks travel photography Feb 26, 2024

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...

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Introducing - DSP Shout-out Sundays! commercial photography dsp news dsp photo projects inspiration marketing music photography photography industry photography instruction travel photography Feb 23, 2024


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...

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Introducing - DSP Shred Saturdays! dsp news inspiration marketing music photography Feb 16, 2024

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...

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Introducing - DSP Front Row Fridays! dsp news dsp photo projects marketing music photography Feb 08, 2024

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...

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Introducing - DSP Throwback Thursdays! dsp news dsp photo projects marketing travel photography Feb 01, 2024

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...

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Introducing - DSP Wisdom Wednesdays! book club dsp news dsp photo projects inspiration tips and tricks Jan 24, 2024

We've all heard of "the cat lady", right?

Well, I would like to formally introduce myself as "the book guy".

Like the cat lady taking in any feline looking for a home, I'm known to home countless books, and despite having about a hundred lying around my office and home that I have yet...

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Introducing - DSP Travel Tuesdays! dsp news dsp photo projects inspiration travel photography Jan 15, 2024

Is the vagabond in you looking for some travel inspiration?

Though I don't tend to travel a much as I once did (NOTE: That may change at any time!), the DSP archives are chock full of images from my worldly travels over the past 20+ years, ranging from my pre-professional-photographer days when I...

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Introducing - DSP Motivation Mondays! dsp news dsp photo projects inspiration marketing Jan 10, 2024

Do you dread Mondays?

If you're like most people, then the answer is probably a resounding "Yes!".

Well, as I detailed in a recent got f-stop? blog post, starting in January 2024, DSP is here to help in its own little way. Every Monday (well, most of them, anyway), I will be posting an...

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NEW for 2024! DSP Social Media Weekly Features book club commercial photography dsp news dsp photo projects inspiration marketing music photography photography industry photography instruction tips and tricks travel photography Jan 09, 2024

What's new for DSP in 2024, you ask?

Well, a lot, that's what!

In the coming weeks, I'll be making a series of announcements about some major (and some minor) developments with the business and the services that I offer. Yes, I'll be blogging about it here on got f-stop?, but if you want to keep...

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Music Photography Photo Pit Etiquette - A few more thoughts music photography photography instruction rants tips and tricks Oct 26, 2023


Have you read the recent DSP post "Music Photography - 10 Photo Pit Etiquette Tips for Amateurs and Professionals"?

If not, you might want to read it before this one. If you've already read it, then please read on...

I recently penned what I thought was a comprehensive list of photo pit tips /...

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Music Photography - 10 Photo Pit Etiquette Tips for Amateurs and Professionals music photography photography instruction rants tips and tricks Sep 28, 2023


Are there actual written rules for photographers when shooting from the photo pit at a music event?


In most cases, there are the usual "3 songs / no flash" rules, with possible further instructions about "access" limitations, but that's usually about it, unfortunately. The rest are...

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