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Making the most of your Fuji X system

Making the most of your Fuji X system

by Stanley LearyDecember 8, 2014September 1, 2025

If you are reading this because you saw this might apply to the Fuji X system, then you need to invest in Bill Fortney’s A User’s Guide to the Fuji X-System ebook. If you are…

Key to survival: Variety of assignments for 2014

Key to survival: Variety of assignments for 2014

by Stanley LearyDecember 7, 2014September 1, 2025

 Nikon D4, 14-24mm ƒ/2.8, ISO 200, ƒ/16, 1/200 with 2 Alienbees with CTO 1 for off camera flash. I am triggering these with the Pocketwizard Radio Remotes. I went back, looked through my assignments from…

Transition Tips for Staff Photographers to Freelance

Transition Tips for Staff Photographers to Freelance

by Stanley LearyDecember 6, 2014September 1, 2025

[NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, Mode = Manual, ISO 100, 1/125, ƒ/4, (35mm = 105)] I had coffee yesterday with my good friend Robin Nelson [http://assignmentatlanta.com/]. Robin is one of the few freelancers that…

Shooting Christmas ornaments with Nikon D750

Shooting Christmas ornaments with Nikon D750

by Stanley LearyDecember 5, 2014September 1, 2025

A fun thing to shoot this time of year are ornaments on a Christmas tree. Our ornaments all have a story with each one and how it helps us spend the season of remembering. Here…

Following UGA Head Coach Mark Richt for a game assignment

Following UGA Head Coach Mark Richt for a game assignment

by Stanley LearyDecember 4, 2014March 20, 2026

Decision Magazine hired me to follow UGA head coach Mark Richt and his wife, Katharyn Richt. If it worked out, I was to try to get photos of them together. That never happened, but I…

Using Strobes Outside To Overcome Shadows

Using Strobes Outside To Overcome Shadows

by Stanley LearyDecember 2, 2014September 1, 2025

I wish I had taken a before photo so that you could see the lack of light on the statue in the background. The sculpture helps inform you that this is a Catholic school, not…

Nikon D750 used for annual family Christmas photo

Nikon D750 used for annual family Christmas photo

by Stanley LearyDecember 1, 2014September 1, 2025

This year we decided to have fun with our annual Christmas card photo. I am taking a photo of the rest of the family. My daughter is dressed in her Hogwarts Gryffindor robe and casting…

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