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Irish dslr mag.
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last night while closing the last page on my digital camera mag. i taught, what ireland needs is its own camera mag, i know we have this site but i love to have my paper mag to read in the car or take any where. If i am wrong and we all ready have one could some one give me the name of it. :?:
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Hi,
I was just thinking the same thing today, I was in easons buying Digital SLR photography mag and looking at all the UK mags there are on photography and thinking that we should have our own.
That said I think you get a wealth of knowledge and tips from this site. It’s excellent.
There isn’t an Irish DSLR magazine. The only Irish photographic magazine I’m aware of is the quarterly publication ‘Source’.
Personally, I don’t think Ireland has a large enough market to sustain an Irish photographic magazine. It would have to compete with
the UK publications which are readily available in all newsagents. From what I gather, the UK mags have a tough enough time themselves
keeping going. Alot of the UK mags are actually produced by the same couple of publishers. They also publish non-photographic magazines
as well…Alot of the UK mags are actually produced by the same couple of publishers.
I didn’t realise this is so prevalent until I spotted the same articles and inerviews bing rehashed from one magazine to another for the next edition. I know money’s tight but they could at least wait a bit longer!
I’d say that unfortunately resources such as this are reducing the demand for purchased magazines, just as they are with newspapers. I’ve been buying a couple of photo mags for a year or two and they do seem to get quite repetetive, at least on here you can get a more in-depth education focussed on areas you want to explore further, and you get to see a lot of very good pictures complete with critique and equipment set-up info. The more seasoned (ok, older :D ) contributors to this site add up to just as much expertise as you’d find in a magazine.
That said there’s something nice about the whole paper thing. Ireland has enough people to warrant a general photo mag (I’m not talking about Blue Ireland’s launch next month :twisted: ) if not a dedicated DSLR mag. I’m sure you could market it to tourists for location finding to up the readership…
I doubt there is really the market for an Irish photography magazine, especially not in the current economic climae and as mention the fact that newspaper etc. circulation is taking a serious nosedive.
Photography magazines really are repetitive. I usually find them quite interesting but for reviews etc., they’re not particularly great as getting the information online is more convenient and more up to date.
All those UK magazines are so bloody expensive too!
willem has a point, if not a monthly mag it could be a quarterly mag. with info on sites and interesting things to photograph and controbutions from the likes of photographers found here on this site ..and tourists could pick it up on the news stands,or at the air port. mabe pocket size or a little bigger.
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