Reading Time: 4 minutesThe fear is real. So is the reward of crossing the line anyway. Almost everyone who has ever had
Talking to Strangers Is the Most Important Lens You’ll Ever Own
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter 40+ years of teaching photography, I can tell you the hardest assignment isn’t lighting, composition, or gear. It’s
How Should I Be Responding to a Critique?
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhotographer and instructor Brien Aho works with students during a hands-on critique session, offering targeted feedback on composition, light,
You Don’t Need a Team to Be a Leader — You Just Need a Mirror
Reading Time: 6 minutesHow the Ideas of Brené Brown, Adam Grant, and Simon Sinek Are Actually More Powerful When You Work Alone
Walter Cronkite’s Warning and What It Means for Organizations Today
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor decades, organizations relied on newspapers, magazines, radio stations, and television networks to help tell their stories. If a
Every Leader Should Go Through “Media Training”—Even If You Never Face a Camera
Reading Time: 5 minutesBilly Darling, left, on lead guitar, and Devron Hooker on bass perform with Electric Soul at Guston’s Grille in
More Than a Car Show: Building Community One Conversation at a Time
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis weekend I had the privilege of serving as the official photographer for Roswell Cops N Cars, an event
Your Brand Is Too Important to Hand to the Cheapest Person With a Camera
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We have a college student who takes great photos.” I hear this all the time. And sometimes it’s true.
The Secret to Finding Great Stories: Learning How to Listen
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast week, while teaching at the School of Photography with YWAM Dunham in Quebec, one of the students, Sandrine
The Moment It Clicks: Why I Keep Teaching Photography After 20 Years
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis past week, I had the privilege of teaching studio lighting and business practices to students in the School
Clamshell Lighting: My Favorite Setup for Fast, Flattering Headshots
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn May 26, while teaching at the School of Photography with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Dunham, Quebec,
The Most Rewarding Part of Photojournalism Isn’t Publication
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I first started as a student photographer at East Carolina University, I quickly discovered that I loved working
Why My Best Photos Started With Better Questions
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen I started my professional career as a photojournalist for The Hickory Daily Record in Hickory, North Carolina, in
The Most Important Storytelling Question: “So That…”
Reading Time: 3 minutesI often draw on communication principles from the Bible, not just because I’m a professional storyteller, but because faith
The Story Isn’t About You. It’s About the Audience.
Reading Time: 5 minutesOne of the hardest lessons for organizations to learn is this: The stories you most want to tell are
Why I’m Using On-Camera Flash Outside for Newspaper Photojournalism
Reading Time: 6 minutesMark Romzick, president of the Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited, carries his coat back to the car as
















