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Looking for fall color at Gibbs Gardens

Looking for fall color at Gibbs Gardens

by Stanley LearyOctober 31, 2018September 1, 2025

Gibbs Gardens [X-E3, XF10-24mm ƒ/4 R OIS, ISO 250, ƒ/9, 1/100] This time of year, we are supposed to have the temperature drop and autumn set in, but today the low in my area was…

WHY??? WIIFM

WHY??? WIIFM

by Stanley LearyOctober 28, 2018September 1, 2025

It is Matriculation Day 2017 at The Citadel. Here each student goes from one line to another throughout the day. These are the student officers who will train the Knobs. They are part of the…

Wrapped up trip to Lima, Peru

Wrapped up trip to Lima, Peru

by Stanley LearyOctober 27, 2018September 1, 2025

Jeff Raymond talks with missionaries during our time planning the workshop logistics in January in Lima, Peru. [X-E3, XF18-55mm ƒ/2.8-4 R LM OIS, ISO 640, ƒ/3.6, 1/100] Spending time in Lima, Peru, this week has…

Research Trip to Lima, Peru

Research Trip to Lima, Peru

by Stanley LearyOctober 25, 2018September 1, 2025

You can see where we are in Lima, Peru. This is the desert. Also, you know how this is a major city with over 10 million people living. [X-E3, XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS, ISO 400,…

Reviewing Photos for Portfolio

Reviewing Photos for Portfolio

by Stanley LearyOctober 22, 2018September 1, 2025

Alex Gomez & Kevin Williams [NIKON D5, 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8, ISO 100, ƒ/2.8, 1/4000] Every time I review images I have taken to see if I can update my website. I have found fewer "Portfolio"…

Get Close & Explore a Subject

Get Close & Explore a Subject

by Stanley LearyOctober 17, 2018September 1, 2025

"If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough”– Robert Capa This year I have been teaching Intro to Photojournalism. This is the first photography course for many of the students. For many in…

Ministry of Presence core to my Photojournalism

Ministry of Presence core to my Photojournalism

by Stanley LearyOctober 15, 2018September 1, 2025

John-Michael Riggs, from Knoxville, TN, dressed like a warrior to be part of The Annual Trans March which started at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Riggs says he alternates from…

Photojournalist Instagram Feeds I Follow

Photojournalist Instagram Feeds I Follow

by Stanley LearyOctober 10, 2018September 1, 2025

Eugene Richards He is a photographer, writer, and filmmaker born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1944. After graduating from Northeastern University with a degree in English, he studied photography with Minor White. In 1968, he joined…

Instagram storytelling works best with enticing narrative

Instagram storytelling works best with enticing narrative

by Stanley LearyOctober 9, 2018January 7, 2026

Disclaimer: I have been researching how to write more effective story-oriented captions that remain journalistic. This is some of the research I have done. If you were to grade my caption writing at the moment,…

Talk Your Way In, Shoot Your Way Out

Talk Your Way In, Shoot Your Way Out

by Stanley LearyOctober 7, 2018September 1, 2025

Billy Weeks enjoys meeting people and talking to them about their story at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia on Friday Night, October 5, 2018. [X-E3, XF18-55mm ƒ/2.8-4 R LM OIS, ISO 320, ƒ/3.6,…

Headshots require the photographer to direct the model

Headshots require the photographer to direct the model

by Stanley LearyOctober 5, 2018September 1, 2025

When working with actors for their headshots, I have to feel them and see how much direction they need. Michael Tolbert [NIKON D5, 85.0 mm ƒ/1.8, ISO 50, ƒ/5.6, 1/160] There is a fine line…

ACP Special Exhibition: Picturing Justice

ACP Special Exhibition: Picturing Justice

by Stanley LearyOctober 4, 2018September 23, 2025

Tonight I attended the Atlanta Legal Society's opening reception for Picturing Justice. I was attending because my friend Robin Rayne had her photos exhibited. Picturing Justice is an annual exhibition that explores how photography can illuminate…

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