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I haven’t written any business-oriented posts in some time but I know that many readers of this blog and my articles and columns are aspiring professionals. So I’d like to present a few business-related tips that you might try keeping the rest of this year and in 2024.

Lots of people are happy as they can be shooting their DSLRs and I am genuinely glad they’re happy and would not dream of changing their enthusiasm for their gear. Because that’s what photography is all about —excitement. It doesn’t matter what kind of camera you prefer to use—DSLR, APS-C, mirrorless or even film—what matters is that you are having fun. And to me that’s what photography is all about.

The Panasonic Lumix GF-series camera aka “girlfriend camera” in the Japanese home market. The Lumix GF3 was the eighth camera in Panasonic’s Lumix G-series…

So are coffee, blessed and strength just some buzzwords that might have come from social media? Do they mean anything or as Humphrey Bogart said in Casablanca, “the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.” I dunno. Do you?

Craig Whitehead’s Find Your Frame is the best photo book I’ve read all year. Find out why on today’s chapter of Joe’s Book Club.

“I have tried shooting with the “Sunny 16” rule with the following cameras: Nikon D40, D5000, D700 and Canon XSI, all with the same results; severe under exposure. I am shooting in manual mode, fixed aperture lens, auto ISO off. Am I missing something obvious?”