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Workshops can be better than new equipment

Workshops can be better than new equipment

by Stanley LearyDecember 23, 2012September 1, 2025

If you are still looking for a present for the photographer's friend, consider a gift certificate for a workshop. If they don't have one, give a VISA or AMEX gift card with a printout of…

Photography: Assignment Details

Photography: Assignment Details

by Stanley LearyDecember 21, 2012September 1, 2025

Photographers can learn a thing or two from other businesses. You go to just about any business and if you are receiving any services they are going to fill out some forms. When you go…

Covering Tragedy

Covering Tragedy

by Stanley LearyDecember 17, 2012September 1, 2025

Jesus & Gloria say good-bye before the funeral service for their son Jesus Fonseca, Jr. The recent events in Newtown, Connecticut have lit up social media and forums about how will we go forward and change.…

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2 responses to “Covering Tragedy”

  1. Stanley Leary Avatar
    Stanley Leary
    January 6, 2013

    College isn't suppose to replace your church. It should challenge your faith because it is there to prepare you for life, where your faith will be challenged.

    Journalism classes do a poor job of preparing students for covering trauma. faith alone isn't enough. I think everyone who may over trauma or is a first responder should have classes to help prepare them.

  2. Emmett Francois Avatar
    Emmett Francois
    December 22, 2012

    Stan:

    Working as a news photographer I remember being called on a dinner break at home to leave immediately and photograph a fatal car accident. After photographing the body bag being placed in an ambulance I returned to my car to receive a radio call.
    I had to photograph a wedding being done by a mayor in a town a short drive away. I went from my family, to a death to a wedding in an hour. Most of the photographers I see today have been college educated which means their liberal education did not give them a spiritual leg to stand on. A photographer without God in their live is like sailing a ship into a fog without radar. You will wind up on the rocks where you do not have the answers. The real danger of tragedy is that you come to a place where your self worship no longer has meaning.

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