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How To Make Compelling Storytelling Photos

How To Make Compelling Storytelling Photos

by Stanley LearyDecember 9, 2022December 10, 2022

Photos that engage me the most at the ones that communicate emotionally, spiritually, or psychologically. It is easier for a photo to

“You Really Know How To Capture The Perfect Moment.”

“You Really Know How To Capture The Perfect Moment.”

by Stanley LearyDecember 8, 2022December 10, 2022

What Does it Mean to Capture the Moment? When we talk of capturing the moment in photography, we’re referencing the feeling, emotion,

Last Day Canvassing in Georgia

Last Day Canvassing in Georgia

by Stanley LearyDecember 7, 2022December 7, 2022

As a voter, you will help decide who will lead us. You make your voice heard on important issues that affect the

Food As Cross-Cultural Experience

Food As Cross-Cultural Experience

by Stanley LearyDecember 5, 2022December 5, 2022

Food is an essential context for global and cross-cultural understanding. It is both highly international, as it is consumed worldwide, yet highly

Venetian Blind Type Of Lines With Z9 And High-Speed Sync Flash

Venetian Blind Type Of Lines With Z9 And High-Speed Sync Flash

by Stanley LearyDecember 1, 2022December 23, 2022

Top Photo Settings [NIKON Z 9, NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 2000, 1/8000, ƒ/4, (35mm = 100)]

What Is My Favorite Photo I Have Shot?

What Is My Favorite Photo I Have Shot?

by Stanley LearyDecember 1, 2022December 1, 2022

People often ask me my favorite story or photo I have ever taken. That is like asking a parent who is their

7 Simple Tips To Improve Your Portraits

7 Simple Tips To Improve Your Portraits

by Stanley LearyNovember 27, 2022November 28, 2022

Over the years of teaching studio portrait lighting, I have slowly been creating a small tips list that I share with my

Wax On, Wax Off

Wax On, Wax Off

by Stanley LearyNovember 25, 2022November 26, 2022

Often, I feel like I am watching people pass me by as they reach their destinations while I seem stuck in life.

One Week Lighting Workshop With Stanley

One Week Lighting Workshop With Stanley

by Stanley LearyNovember 20, 2022November 26, 2022

Since 2006 I have been doing a one-week lighting workshop as part of the School of Photography program of YWAM with Dennis

College Recruitment Photography

College Recruitment Photography

by Stanley LearyNovember 12, 2022November 13, 2022

This past week I spent a few days in the small town of West Point, Georgia, photographing a reasonably new college at

Success & Failure Are Often The Results Of Our Communications

Success & Failure Are Often The Results Of Our Communications

by Stanley LearyNovember 9, 2022November 9, 2022

Communication plays a critical role in everything we do here on earth. We communicate in so many ways. When we talk to

Best Addition to the Nikon Z9 Camera Bag

Best Addition to the Nikon Z9 Camera Bag

by Stanley LearyNovember 7, 2022November 7, 2022

Whenever I create a blog post on gear, I get five to ten times the number of people reading those posts. There

2 Levels Of Culling Images

2 Levels Of Culling Images

by Stanley LearyNovember 4, 2022November 4, 2022

In his Lettres Provinciales, the French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal famously wrote: “I would have written a shorter letter, but I

Oops! & The Fix for Group Photo

Oops! & The Fix for Group Photo

by Stanley LearyNovember 2, 2022November 3, 2022

The group photo is the most crucial shot for this event. The client needed the plane included. I arrived early and set

No Shortage of Free Work for the photographer

No Shortage of Free Work for the photographer

by Stanley LearyOctober 31, 2022October 31, 2022

The adage from the for-profit world, “You have to spend money to make money,” is widely accepted— but not so in the

NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S & NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S

NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S & NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S

by Stanley LearyOctober 30, 2022October 30, 2022

Over the past year, I have had to upgrade my cameras. While my older cameras could have worked longer for me, there

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