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What Chores Taught Me About Building a Successful Creative Business

What Chores Taught Me About Building a Successful Creative Business

by Stanley LearyMarch 13, 2026March 30, 2026

A woman draws water from a well in Dakoro, Burkina Faso, West Africa, to supply her household’s daily needs. When I was growing up, my parents made sure my sisters and I had chores. Not…

Seeing Stories in the Smoke: What the Roswell Citizens’ Fire Academy Is Teaching Me About Storytelling

Seeing Stories in the Smoke: What the Roswell Citizens’ Fire Academy Is Teaching Me About Storytelling

by Stanley LearyMarch 11, 2026March 30, 2026

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been attending the Citizens’ Fire Academy with the Roswell Fire Department here in Roswell. I originally signed up simply because I was curious. Like many people, I see fire…

When Photojournalists Forget the Words

When Photojournalists Forget the Words

by Stanley LearyMarch 7, 2026March 30, 2026

Doug Mills shares the story behind a historic black-and-white photograph from Ground Zero, capturing President George W. Bush embracing a firefighter amid the rubble and rescue workers following the September 11 attacks. Over the years,…

Celebrating Visual Storytelling at UTC’s 10th Annual Photo Night

Celebrating Visual Storytelling at UTC’s 10th Annual Photo Night

by Stanley LearyMarch 5, 2026March 30, 2026

Billy Weeks interviews Brynn Anderson of the Associated Press during the 10th Annual Photo Night at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Anderson shared stories from more than a decade covering major sporting events—including the…

What You Should Be Working on to Become a Photojournalist

What You Should Be Working on to Become a Photojournalist

by Stanley LearyMarch 2, 2026March 30, 2026

If you want to become a photojournalist, you need to understand something up front: this isn’t about taking pretty pictures. It’s about telling stories that make people feel something. And that requires two things working…

Ole Timers Dinner – Brotherhood That Doesn’t Retire

Ole Timers Dinner – Brotherhood That Doesn’t Retire

by Stanley LearyFebruary 26, 2026March 30, 2026

Ryan Rucker and Dorie Griggs, Chaplain for the Roswell Fire Department, share a genuine reaction as another story unfolds across the table—one of those moments where laughter, memory, and years of brotherhood all meet in…

When Every Name Matters: Capturing What It Feels Like to Be Seen

When Every Name Matters: Capturing What It Feels Like to Be Seen

by Stanley LearyFebruary 24, 2026March 30, 2026

Jasmine Montgomery stands at the front of the room, naming nearly 400 team members from memory — one by one — as their faces appear on the screen behind her. In a department built on…

My Follow-Up on Aftershoot: I No Longer Recommend It

My Follow-Up on Aftershoot: I No Longer Recommend It

by Stanley LearyFebruary 20, 2026March 30, 2026

Aftershoot assigned this image a 4-star rating during culling, even though it is out of focus. A few days ago, I shared my one-month review of Aftershoot and mentioned that I was planning to purchase…

My One-Month Review of Aftershoot (February 2026)

My One-Month Review of Aftershoot (February 2026)

by Stanley LearyFebruary 17, 2026March 30, 2026

I’ve been using Aftershoot for the past month during the free trial period, and I’ve decided to subscribe. That alone tells you something. The short answer to the big question: Does it save time?Yes. It…

How SSD & Memory Card Prices Changed (2024–2026)

How SSD & Memory Card Prices Changed (2024–2026)

by Stanley LearyFebruary 13, 2026March 30, 2026

Over the past couple of years, the storage market has shifted from a long price decline (where SSDs and memory cards steadily got cheaper) to a period of rapid price increases across the board: Key…

House Cleaning Tips for Photographers

House Cleaning Tips for Photographers

by Stanley LearyFebruary 11, 2026March 30, 2026

Because creativity thrives in clean systems. Most photographers love the creative side of the craft. Very few love maintenance. But the truth is this: your camera, your computer, and your workflow are tools. And tools…

Remembering in the Dark: Why I Put the Zooms Away at the Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Vigil

Remembering in the Dark: Why I Put the Zooms Away at the Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Vigil

by Stanley LearyFebruary 9, 2026March 30, 2026

[NIKON Z 9, 85mm f/1.8G, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 18000, 1/250, ƒ/1.8, (35mm = 85)] Remembering in the Dark: Why I Put the Zooms Away at the Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Vigil One year…

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