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Make your photos “DIFFERENT” at events, or don’t get hired.

Make your photos “DIFFERENT” at events, or don’t get hired.

by Stanley LearyMay 2, 2014March 30, 2026

Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 100, ƒ/10, 1/100, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash & Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger I am often hired to cover events. Of course, anyone with a…

How to fix the silhouetted subject when you want to see them

How to fix the silhouetted subject when you want to see them

by Stanley LearyApril 14, 2014September 1, 2025

[X-E2, XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 6400, 1/18, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 27), Neewer TT850 flash with Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger @ 1/32 power] This past weekend I…

Storytelling is about capturing moments

Storytelling is about capturing moments

by Stanley LearyApril 4, 2014September 1, 2025

 Nikon D2X, 24-70mm ƒ/2.8, ISO 800, ƒ/2.8, 1/40 Storytelling is about moments. You may think that sitting around a room where people are just talking; things move at a much slower pace than, say, a…

Photographers: Three ways to direct the audience

Photographers: Three ways to direct the audience

by Stanley LearyMarch 30, 2014November 2, 2025

Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 1100, ƒ/3.2, 1/100 Custom White Balance with ExpoDisc Composition/Graphics You can use compositional elements like leading lines in the photo above to help direct your audience through a scene to where…

Student’s work from the YWAM School of Photography 1 2014

Student’s work from the YWAM School of Photography 1 2014

by Stanley LearyFebruary 19, 2014September 1, 2025

 Photo by Clara Kwon These are examples of the student's work from this past week on lighting that I taught in the School of Photography 1, which is part of Youth With A Mission's University…

Explore with your subject

Explore with your subject

by Stanley LearyJanuary 20, 2014September 1, 2025

Nikon D3S, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 200, ƒ/1.4, 1/5000 A couple of years ago, I made environmental portraits of the students in the executive MBA program at Georgia Tech. I would take about 15 minutes to…

Concert photography: Better known as the Black Hole

Concert photography: Better known as the Black Hole

by Stanley LearyJuly 31, 2013October 5, 2026

Huey Lewis and the News, 198,2 in Greenville, NC At least I found ONE photo for the paper I remember being in the darkroom, looking through my concert photo shoot, and struggling to find one image…

TTL Nikon Off Camera Flash Kit

TTL Nikon Off Camera Flash Kit

by Stanley LearyJuly 5, 2013September 1, 2025

The total package cost of $1,067.01Prices based on July 5, 2013 This is just a list of what I recommend for those wanting to do off-camera flash with the Nikon TTL system and using the…

Off-camera flash and gels for the sky

Off-camera flash and gels for the sky

by Stanley LearyFebruary 25, 2013September 1, 2025

When I get this kind of situation on a cloudy day in Kona, Hawaii, sometimes I fix it with flash. By using an off-camera flash, I set the flash to be 2 stops over the…

The environmental portrait

The environmental portrait

by Stanley LearyFebruary 19, 2013September 1, 2025

Tom Butler, coffee farmer on the Big Island of Hawaii. Tom sells the incredible 100% Kona coffee. Nikon D4, 28-300mm (300), ISO 2000, ƒ/10, 1/200 - Off camera fill-flash using the Nikon SB-900 pointed at…

Sports Photography: High-Speed Flash vs No Flash

Sports Photography: High-Speed Flash vs No Flash

by Stanley LearyOctober 24, 2012September 1, 2025

Caption: Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 12,800,  ƒ/5.6, 1/400 -- Flashes used (4) Alienbees B1600 with  11" long throw reflectors with PocketWizard Plus II receivers and being triggered by the PocketWizard Mini TT1. with DXO Pure RAW 4…

Super simple off camera flash portrait

Super simple off camera flash portrait

by Stanley LearyJuly 6, 2012September 1, 2025

The key to any good photo is the old KISS rule: Keep It Simple, Stupid. For this portrait of my dad, I chose to shoot outside and use some of the sunny weather we were…

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