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How not to be a creepy photographer, but a pleasant photographer

How not to be a creepy photographer, but a pleasant photographer

by Stanley LearyApril 27, 2014December 9, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutesStanley was invited into the subject’s home to get this intimate photo of her sewing. The Creepy Photographer There

#1 mistake made with multimedia/video

#1 mistake made with multimedia/video

by Stanley LearyApril 24, 2014November 3, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutesShure FP15/83 Combo Wireless System, H5 Our teaching team for our International Missions Photography Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal, started

How did your Easter family photo come out yesterday?

How did your Easter family photo come out yesterday?

by Stanley LearyApril 21, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutesFujifilm X-E2, 18-55mm, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/180, flash is set for -1 EV If you look closely, you will

Composition Tips from world renowned photojournalist Don Rutledge

Composition Tips from world renowned photojournalist Don Rutledge

by Stanley LearyApril 18, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 6 minutes  Don Rutledge took this in 1967 inside the Arctic Circle. People are so comfortable with Don that he

Is your life as a photographer a good story? Here is how to make it better.

Is your life as a photographer a good story? Here is how to make it better.

by Stanley LearyApril 17, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutesTo be the subject of a compelling story requires calling the issue to a task outside their comfort zone.

What’s The Lighthouse for your career?

What’s The Lighthouse for your career?

by Stanley LearyApril 15, 2014December 9, 2025

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe two primary purposes of a lighthouse are to serve as a navigational aid and to warn boats of

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

Reading Time: 4 minutes[X-E2, XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 6400, 1/18, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 27), Neewer TT850 flash

WiFi Solution for Nikon D4

WiFi Solution for Nikon D4

by Stanley LearyApril 12, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 5 minutesNikon has two WiFi solutions for the Nikon D4: one costs $1,000 and the other $877. I have not

Fixing the horizon using Adobe Lightroom

Fixing the horizon using Adobe Lightroom

by Stanley LearyApril 11, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutesDo your horizons look like this? Mine do when I am shooting from a moving boat. But look at

16 Travel Mistakes Made By Photographers

16 Travel Mistakes Made By Photographers

by Stanley LearyApril 8, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 6 minutesDon’t make these common mistakes when traveling for vacation this year. They are in no particular order, but here

Dissecting a photograph

Dissecting a photograph

by Stanley LearyApril 7, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutesPhoto #1 I wanted to walk you through a few photos and let you see what makes the images

Off-Camera Flash Solution for the Fuji X-E2

Off-Camera Flash Solution for the Fuji X-E2

by Stanley LearyApril 6, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutesI prefer the off-camera flash any day to the pop-up flash on any camera. I have written many articles

Stills + Video | NOT Video OR Stills

Stills + Video | NOT Video OR Stills

by Stanley LearyApril 4, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes  A client wrote to me the other day. Here was her question: CLIENT:  A production company did a

Storytelling is about capturing moments

Storytelling is about capturing moments

by Stanley LearyApril 4, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes  Nikon D2X, 24-70mm ƒ/2.8, ISO 800, ƒ/2.8, 1/40 Storytelling is about moments. You may think that sitting around

Visual Storytelling involves being prepared

Visual Storytelling involves being prepared

by Stanley LearyApril 2, 2014October 17, 2025

Reading Time: 5 minutesBe Prepared: The Motto of the Boy Scouts of America  “Be prepared for what?” you might ask. For everything

Storytelling using multimedia to tell the story

Storytelling using multimedia to tell the story

by Stanley LearyMarch 31, 2014September 1, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow many times have you been called to talk to a group, and you have either said or

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