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Storytelling involves Setting The Scene

Storytelling involves Setting The Scene

by Stanley LearyMarch 25, 2014November 21, 2025

Layering is one of the best techniques I know for setting scenes. Layering is when you have a foreground, a middle layer, and a background. For example, in the photo above, I use layering to…

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