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Why Your Great Product Idea Is Stuck in Your Head (And What to Do About It)

by Stanley LearyAugust 30, 2026August 30, 2026

The Discipline of Fewer Photos

by Stanley LearyAugust 27, 2026August 27, 2026

Why My Clients Get Better Photos, Faster — Even Though I Use AI Every Day

by Stanley LearyAugust 25, 2026August 25, 2026

Why I Upgrade My Computer More Than My Camera (And What That Means for You)

by Stanley LearyAugust 25, 2026August 25, 2026

Why Your Great Product Idea Is Stuck in Your Head (And What to Do About It)

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026

The Discipline of Fewer Photos

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

Why My Clients Get Better Photos, Faster — Even Though I Use AI Every Day

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026

Why I Upgrade My Computer More Than My Camera (And What That Means for You)

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026
Why Your Great Product Idea Is Stuck in Your Head (And What to Do About It)

Why Your Great Product Idea Is Stuck in Your Head (And What to Do About It)

by Stanley LearyAugust 30, 2026August 30, 2026

You built something people need. Maybe it's a product that solves a real problem—but there's a catch: people won't buy it or use it well until they actually see how it works. You know a…

The Discipline of Fewer Photos

The Discipline of Fewer Photos

by Stanley LearyAugust 27, 2026August 27, 2026

Police Chief JAMES W. CONROY and Fire Chief PABEL TROCHE stand during the presentation of the colors at Roswell’s 9/11 Commemorative Ceremony at City Hall, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. The annual service honored the victims…

Why My Clients Get Better Photos, Faster — Even Though I Use AI Every Day

Why My Clients Get Better Photos, Faster — Even Though I Use AI Every Day

by Stanley LearyAugust 25, 2026August 25, 2026

If you're deciding who to hire for your next shoot, here's the short version: I use AI extensively to work faster and deliver a more polished product — but I don't let it change the…

Why I Upgrade My Computer More Than My Camera (And What That Means for You)

Why I Upgrade My Computer More Than My Camera (And What That Means for You)

by Stanley LearyAugust 25, 2026August 25, 2026

For years I assumed my camera would be the gear that aged out first. New sensors, faster autofocus, better low-light performance — surely that's where the pressure to upgrade would come from. It turns out…

Why Every Photographer Needs a Backup Computer That Can Actually Run Your Software

Why Every Photographer Needs a Backup Computer That Can Actually Run Your Software

by Stanley LearyAugust 23, 2026August 25, 2026

For years, I've followed a simple rule: always have two MacBook Pros. One is my primary workhorse, the other sits ready as backup. It's the same instinct that leads me to carry two camera bodies…

What “Home” Really Means Through a Documentary Lens

What “Home” Really Means Through a Documentary Lens

by Stanley LearyAugust 18, 2026August 25, 2026

Today is World Photography Day — the 35th anniversary of a celebration that started in 1991 with a few hundred photographers sharing images online. This year’s theme is simple: Home. Everyone will post a pretty picture…

Why Photographers Have to Start Fighting Back — And Why It’s Easier Than You Think

Why Photographers Have to Start Fighting Back — And Why It’s Easier Than You Think

by Stanley LearyAugust 17, 2026August 25, 2026

Today, my friend Chris Garner, who owns TPS Photography in Morganton, NC, found one of his images posted on social media — stolen, screenshotted, run through an AI watermark remover, and reposted looking dark, blurry,…

Before You Pick Up the Camera: Questions That Help You Find the Story

Before You Pick Up the Camera: Questions That Help You Find the Story

by Stanley LearyAugust 17, 2026August 25, 2026

I originally wrote about the questions I ask before doing a story back in 2016. A lot has changed since then. Cameras have become smarter. Phones have become incredibly capable cameras. Video has become an…

Two Reasons to Pick Up a Camera

Two Reasons to Pick Up a Camera

by Stanley LearyAugust 16, 2026August 25, 2026

A friend recently shared a video from Simon d’Entremont, a nature and wildlife photographer, with the message: ” Every photographer should watch this. Simon had just come back from three weeks in Botswana, and the…

Remembering Ambassador James T. Laney

Remembering Ambassador James T. Laney

by Stanley LearyAugust 13, 2026August 13, 2026

Two encounters with a man who shaped a university and a peninsula I learned this week that Ambassador James T. Laney, President Emeritus of Emory University, passed away at the age of 98. Over the…

Believe: The Word We Hang on the Wall When We Can’t See What’s Coming

Believe: The Word We Hang on the Wall When We Can’t See What’s Coming

by Stanley LearyAugust 12, 2026August 12, 2026

Seven letters. All caps. Handwritten on a piece of yellow construction paper and taped above a locker room door with athletic tape, crooked on purpose. That's the "Believe" sign from Ted Lasso — one of…

‘People of Hope’ museum brings stories of service to Roswell

‘People of Hope’ museum brings stories of service to Roswell

by Stanley LearyAugust 11, 2026August 11, 2026

ROSWELL, Ga. — A 53-foot tractor-trailer turned traveling museum parked at Blessed Trinity High School on Aug. 5, giving visitors an immersive look at poverty in America and the people working to address it. The…

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