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Create Estimates Like Menu Boards

Create Estimates Like Menu Boards

by Stanley LearyNovember 4, 2019September 1, 2025

Some of the most successful restaurants are those with the simplest of menus. In-N-Out Burger The menu is a prime example of In-N-Out’s intense focus on simplicity to maximize quality and minimize expenses. Items on…

Quoting for a Non-Profit

Quoting for a Non-Profit

by Stanley LearyNovember 3, 2019August 12, 2026

A photographer wrote me and asked for advice on quoting a nonprofit. Here is my advice for them. Now there was a list of specifics, but I wanted to get to the pricing strategy rather…

Friction Free

Friction Free

by Stanley LearyNovember 2, 2019September 1, 2025

The Stanley Works was founded by Frederick T. Stanley, in 1843, originally a bolt and door hardware manufacturing company located in New Britain, Connecticut. One of the most innovative things they did with the door…

What to do when they insult your pricing

What to do when they insult your pricing

by Stanley LearyOctober 24, 2019September 1, 2025

My former students from workshops and college classes often contact me about pricing and negotiating with clients. This blog post is more about how to respond to a client or potential client when they make…

Create Checklists and Digital Workflow

Create Checklists and Digital Workflow

by Stanley LearyOctober 16, 2019September 1, 2025

The top photo is one of the laminated lists I used in 2002. When I mentioned in a recent post about creating a Digital Workflow that you laminate, one person asked for that list. I…

Become the best version of yourself

Become the best version of yourself

by Stanley LearyOctober 15, 2019September 1, 2025

Pam Goldsmith is an emeritus winner of the ‘Most Valuable Player' award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Her viola has been heard on countless records, films, and television shows. [NIKON D4, 28.0-300.0…

How I Covered A Gala at The Atlanta Marriott Marquis

How I Covered A Gala at The Atlanta Marriott Marquis

by Stanley LearyOctober 13, 2019September 1, 2025

Harpist plays for the VIP Reception at Marriott Marquis in Atlanta during the Islamic Speakers Bureau's "Celebrating Women of Influence ISB Gala." [NIKON D5, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 4000, 1/200, ƒ/3.2,…

Why You Should Use Custom White Balance

Why You Should Use Custom White Balance

by Stanley LearyOctober 12, 2019September 1, 2025

While I try to be consistent and do a custom white balance all the time, I confess I sometimes get sloppy and choose to try and fix it in Lightroom. Here is a photo I…

Take the Time to Caption Your Photos

Take the Time to Caption Your Photos

by Stanley LearyOctober 4, 2019September 1, 2025

[Cristina Baccay Holdsworth, Eleanor Baccay Reece, & Blair D. Sullivan] Back when I was on staff at Georgia Tech [1993 – 2001] Facebook had not been created and the iPhone didn't exist. I was still…

Looking Back 17 Years Ago

Looking Back 17 Years Ago

by Stanley LearyOctober 2, 2019September 1, 2025

I came across a folder of images from when I was on staff at Georgia Tech. Just take a look at some of these memories. Can you find pictures on your computer from years ago?…

Travel Photography

Travel Photography

by Stanley LearySeptember 21, 2019September 1, 2025

A Jamaican dancer dances the limbo under a stick of fire held in place by coke bottles.  Today’s digital camera makes travel photography more accessible than ever. NEXTO DI NPS-10 Nexto Photo Storage – You…

Expression

Expression

by Stanley LearySeptember 18, 2019September 1, 2025

A person’s expression can make the photograph or break it. Everyone recognizes and is affected by people’s expressions of being happy, sleepy, cheerful, silly... you get the idea. [NIKON Z 6, 35.0 mm f/1.4, Mode…

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