Category Archives: News and Commentary

This post is especially for regular readers. As I’m sure you may have noticed, in the past, all 800+ articles on DSLR Blog were placed in just five categories, each with hundreds of articles. Needless to say, that made finding information or specific articles on the site a bit difficult.
We are now in the process [...]

Making a living in photography is hard. There is a big difference between an occasional sale, and actually making enough money to live—to pay your mortgage, health insurance (since you are self employed), business expenses, and all your other daily expenses. Depending on your living standards, you may need $50,000 or $100,000 or more in [...]

I have been putting off writing this because it is a sad post to write, but it needs to be done.
DSLRBlog is now under new management, and it is being transferred to a guy I know you are going to love, Erick Danzer.
Long time readers will have noted that I have been letting the writing [...]

With so many people taking so many photos these days, it’s rare to see photography that’s truly unique and interesting. Here’s one of those rare cases. The photographer recreates famous photographs using legos. My personal favorite is the re=creation of the famous photo of a solitary Chinese man blocking tanks on the way to Tiananmen [...]

For Readers
The resource directory is a way to connect you, our readers, with the best companies providing goods and services for photographers. To be clear, the listings in our directory are paid, so the directory is an advertising medium. But it is advertising the way it’s supposed to be – a legitimate effort to connect [...]

Of late I have noticed many “serious” photographers claiming that they don’t do weddings and children. I even found myself removing a few flickr contacts last week because of this reason.
Let me explain my reasoning.
As a photographer I have covered many events, I have been on stage with [...]