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Creating Website Part 1

Creating Website Part 1

by Stanley LearySeptember 21, 2020September 1, 2025

For more than 20 years, I have been creating websites, and today the process is easier than ever before. I recommend starting with the accessible version of WordPress. But today's blog post discusses what you…

Making the Most of a Critique

Making the Most of a Critique

by Stanley LearySeptember 17, 2020September 1, 2025

Bill Bangham and James Dockery review Jennifer Nelson's story during our Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Chile. [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 3200, 1/100, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 28)] When and…

Scopophob: Fear of Having Your Picture Taken

Scopophob: Fear of Having Your Picture Taken

by Stanley LearySeptember 15, 2020September 1, 2025

Today many people fear having their pictures made. While this is a real phobia, most people have difficulty just being themselves when they know the camera is on them. Even world-famous singer Adele has this…

Love Teaching & Love A Teaching Epiphany

Love Teaching & Love A Teaching Epiphany

by Stanley LearySeptember 10, 2020September 1, 2025

Stanley taught in Lisbon, Portugal, during the first Storytellers Abroad Missions Multimedia Workshop with ABWE. [photo by: Jeff Raymond] The learning-by-teaching effect has been demonstrated in many studies. Students who spend time teaching what they've learned show better understanding and…

Teaching Storytelling

Teaching Storytelling

by Stanley LearySeptember 7, 2020September 1, 2025

Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. I am reflecting today on my privilege to travel the world and see how…

Writing With Light

Writing With Light

by Stanley LearySeptember 3, 2020September 1, 2025

This is Francesca, helping with the Community Garden in the Agalta Valley region of Honduras. I was covering the work of Honduras Outreach, Inc., a nonprofit based in Atlanta, Georgia. [NIKON D4, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8,…

Artist Kate Saville helping to inspire Chick-fil-A’s team

Artist Kate Saville helping to inspire Chick-fil-A’s team

by Stanley LearySeptember 2, 2020September 1, 2025

I was recently asked to photograph modern artist Kate Saville painting a mural in the break room for Chick-fil-A Supply. The painting she was commissioned to paint wasn’t one of her originals, but she took…

This speaks to the integrity of your organization

This speaks to the integrity of your organization

by Stanley LearyAugust 21, 2020September 1, 2025

President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution says that maintaining a photo library “speaks to the integrity of the institution.” Dr. Wayne G. Clough, President of Georgia…

The Power of Pause

The Power of Pause

by Stanley LearyAugust 17, 2020September 1, 2025

A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finish line nearly simultaneously. As the naked eye may not be able to determine which of the competitors crossed the line first,…

Gibbs Frazeur & Bill Bangham – Creative Photographic Elements

Gibbs Frazeur & Bill Bangham – Creative Photographic Elements

by Stanley LearyAugust 14, 2020September 1, 2025

During the pandemic, I discovered Zoom, which is for Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, and Webinars ….. I have had a group of Atlanta Professional Communicators group I started a few years ago. We call it…

Did I Make A Difference?

Did I Make A Difference?

by Stanley LearyAugust 13, 2020September 1, 2025

Photo Above: Women are taught how to prepare food from what they already have at home more nutritiously to improve their family's health at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu, Ghana. [NIKON D2X, Sigma 18-50mm…

Experiences are not Universal

Experiences are not Universal

by Stanley LearyAugust 12, 2020September 1, 2025

When did you realize that you grew up with different experiences than those around you? Stanley was in traction for a month with a broken neck. You may recognize that you have had some unique…

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