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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 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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Do you want constructive criticism of your photos? Are you sure? marketing music photography photography instruction tips and tricks travel photography Apr 11, 2023

When you post a photo on social media, and you ask for constructive criticism (sometimes abbreviated as "CC"), are you truly looking for honest, objective feedback?

Or, is your ego getting the best of you, and you're just fishing for compliments, likes, or "thumbs up" emojis?

As a...

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RANT TOPIC: Music Event Tour Posters & Flyers marketing music photography photography industry rants tips and tricks Mar 08, 2023

Mind if I rant???

As many festivals, large and small, around the country (and the world) are dropping their line-ups, I can't help but shake my head as I scroll through my Instagram feed, wondering what century some of the graphic designers (and festival producers who sign off on their work) are...

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Music Photography - It's not about you, the photographer. (HINT - It's about your client) commercial photography dsp photo projects marketing music photography photography industry photography instruction tips and tricks Feb 14, 2023

It's not about you. It's not about you. It's not about you.

If you were to ask a random sample of music photographers why they do what they do, at least nine out of ten of them would say, "Because it's fun!", or, "I love live music, and get to see my favorite bands up close and personal!"

Not...

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Goodbye Asheville! (Hello, Brevard!) dsp news marketing photography instruction Sep 27, 2022

After over 11 years of being an "Asheville photographer", I'm done. Finished. Outta here.

Sort of...

You can now call me a "Brevard photographer", as I have officially moved my business PO Box from Asheville, NC, 34.8 miles southwest to Brevard, NC (where I have been living the past few...

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