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The Storyteller’s Fiduciary Duty: Keeping Organizations Faithful to Their Mission

by Stanley LearyOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026

Your Decline Is Inevitable. Your Misery Is Not.

by Stanley LearyOctober 5, 2026October 5, 2026

Isolate or Include? What a Black-and-White Street Photographer Taught Me About My Own Approach

by Stanley LearyOctober 3, 2026October 3, 2026

The Video Isn’t the Strategy

by Stanley LearyOctober 2, 2026October 2, 2026

The Storyteller’s Fiduciary Duty: Keeping Organizations Faithful to Their Mission

October 7, 2026October 7, 2026

Your Decline Is Inevitable. Your Misery Is Not.

October 5, 2026October 5, 2026

Isolate or Include? What a Black-and-White Street Photographer Taught Me About My Own Approach

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026

The Video Isn’t the Strategy

October 2, 2026October 2, 2026
Collaborate

Collaborate

by Stanley LearyAugust 28, 2019September 1, 2025

[NIKON D4, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Manual, ISO 200, 1/160, ƒ/2.8, (35mm = 14)] The difference between two parties who compromise or collaborate is enormous.  They are compromising leads to disappointment for all parties. …

Writing With Light

Writing With Light

by Stanley LearyAugust 26, 2019November 3, 2025

Available Light, no flashes at night. We’re headed to the corn maze! Jumpee pillow, hayride, smores, and corn cannon, too. [NIKON D3S, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 12800, 1/80, ƒ/2.8, (35mm =…

The Creative Photographer

The Creative Photographer

by Stanley LearyAugust 23, 2019September 1, 2025

Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. [NIKON D2X, Sigma APO 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG HSM, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 200, 1/160, ƒ/10, (35mm = 183)] We often talk about being either an amateur photographer or…

Vacation Photo Tips

Vacation Photo Tips

by Stanley LearyAugust 21, 2019September 1, 2025

Using flash at sunset in Jamaica Not using the flash outside is one of many people's biggest mistakes with their vacation photos. Probably the one place for vacations that could use the flash more than…

Shooting Too Little

Shooting Too Little

by Stanley LearyAugust 19, 2019September 1, 2025

Getting started “You need to take more photographs.” This is almost always my number one observation when viewing portfolios of students and emerging professional photographers. Kodak has told us this for years. However, with film…

Photography is more than the HOW

Photography is more than the HOW

by Stanley LearyAugust 16, 2019September 1, 2025

[NIKON D100, 24-120mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 , ISO 400, ƒ/6.7, 1/180, Focal Length = 67] Cameras have improved a great deal over the years. With digital cameras and all the new improvements, one might think an idiot…

Photographing Children

Photographing Children

by Stanley LearyAugust 14, 2019September 1, 2025

Remember standing in your new clothes in front of the hedge, squinting into the sun, while dad or mom backed across the yard, pointed to the camera, and told you to smile? Our family has…

Hats & Headshots

Hats & Headshots

by Stanley LearyAugust 13, 2019September 1, 2025

My wife just got her fire helmet for her role as Chaplain for our local fire department here in Roswell, Georgia. I wanted to get a good photo of her in it for her to…

A Memory Jogger or Communication?

A Memory Jogger or Communication?

by Stanley LearyAugust 12, 2019September 1, 2025

[NIKON D4, 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8, Mode = Manual, ISO 4000, 1/250, ƒ/8, (35mm = 70)] I have been asked to speak to various groups about photography through the years. Many of these groups are photo…

360 Panoramics

360 Panoramics

by Stanley LearyAugust 9, 2019September 1, 2025

Many years ago, I started doing 360-degree panoramic photos. They were first done with Adobe Flash. Today we can use html5. HTML5 is the latest evolution of the standard that defines HTML. The term represents two…

Pray for wisdom

Pray for wisdom

by Stanley LearyAugust 5, 2019September 1, 2025

Look at the border fence from Agua Prieta, Mexico, to Douglas, Arizona, US. [NIKON D3, 24.0-120.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 500, 1/2000, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 120)] Three mass shootings this past week.…

A Picture of Faith

A Picture of Faith

by Stanley LearyAugust 3, 2019September 1, 2025

Storyteller Michael Dulaine talks to Jaime Palma as he shows him his work in magazines. [NIKON Z 6, VR Zoom 24-105mm f/4G IF-ED, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 18000, 1/200, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 24)] Michael…

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