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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
Before you hit the record button for an interview

Before you hit the record button for an interview

by Stanley LearyApril 6, 2019September 1, 2025

[Fuji X-E2, 18-55mm, ISO 400, ƒ/4, 1/100] I have been teaching some form of photography my entire career. Each time I teach, I discover one more thing that can be tweaked and improved. Often I…

Taking it to the next level

Taking it to the next level

by Stanley LearyApril 2, 2019September 1, 2025

"The advanced level is the mastery of the basics."Ray Mancini [NIKON D5, Sigma 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 2000, ƒ/4, 1/200, Focal Length = 28] So often, we think that getting to the next level and…

Multimedia Guide using Adobe Premiere Pro

Multimedia Guide using Adobe Premiere Pro

by Stanley LearyMarch 28, 2019September 1, 2025

Nikon D5 Video Settings The first thing we need to address is setting your camera when shooting video. Your camera's options for video can limit your choices. Also, please remember that the higher the resolution…

Storytellers Lukas Benson and Nate McClain: Homecoming

Storytellers Lukas Benson and Nate McClain: Homecoming

by Stanley LearyMarch 27, 2019September 1, 2025

Storytellers Lukas Benson and Nate McClain were a team from Cedarville University. During spring break, they went to Trinidad to learn how to tell a multimedia story of missions. Nate McClain & Lukas Benson are…

Storytellers Lane Yoder and Nathan Hiser: Hopeless Evangelist

Storytellers Lane Yoder and Nathan Hiser: Hopeless Evangelist

by Stanley LearyMarch 25, 2019September 1, 2025

Lane Yoder and Nathan Hiser took their first Storytellers Abroad Multimedia Missions Workshop in Trinidad with other Cedarville University students during their Spring Break. Storytellers Lane Yoder and Nathan Hiser tell Ashmir Mohammad's fantastic story…

Storyteller Hannah Dunlap: Simple Service

Storyteller Hannah Dunlap: Simple Service

by Stanley LearyMarch 24, 2019September 1, 2025

Hannah Dunlap took her second workshop in Trinidad with Storytellers Abroad Multimedia Missions Workshop. Her first trip was to the Balkans two years ago. Reeanna - Works and ministers at the drug and family rehab…

Storytellers Carrie Bergen and Sara Slater: Creative Servant

Storytellers Carrie Bergen and Sara Slater: Creative Servant

by Stanley LearyMarch 23, 2019September 1, 2025

Lauralie Brock, missionary to Trinidad, talks with Carrie Bergen and Sara Slater, a storytelling team, while we are at our base camp Trinidad & Tobago Urban Ministries. [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 100,…

Nikon Z6 & Sigma 24-105mm ƒ/4 or Nikon 28-300mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 perfect for travel

Nikon Z6 & Sigma 24-105mm ƒ/4 or Nikon 28-300mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 perfect for travel

by Stanley LearyMarch 18, 2019September 1, 2025

When I started my first newspaper job with the Hickory Daily Record in 1984, I loved the prime lenses that I carried. My parents were generous and helped equip me with the first camera kit…

Cutting wasted time with video interviews

Cutting wasted time with video interviews

by Stanley LearyMarch 13, 2019September 1, 2025

What was thing big Ah – Ha! moment with students during the Storytellers Abroad Multimedia Missions Workshop in Trinidad? How important it was to spend more time on the pre-interview. Naz Mohammad [Blue Shirt] -…

Student’s Butterfly Lighting Examples

Student’s Butterfly Lighting Examples

by Stanley LearyMarch 2, 2019September 1, 2025

I love teaching at the School of Photography, run by my good friend Dennis Fahringer. I think it is the best school of photography I have come across. Here is a link to learn more…

Student’s 3:1 Lighting Ratio Headshots

Student’s 3:1 Lighting Ratio Headshots

by Stanley LearyMarch 1, 2019September 1, 2025

I love teaching at the School of Photography, run by my good friend Dennis Fahringer. I think it is the best school of photography I have come across. Here is a link to learn more…

Environmental Portrait enhanced with off camera flash

Environmental Portrait enhanced with off camera flash

by Stanley LearyFebruary 26, 2019September 1, 2025

Teaching off camera flash and mixing with available light [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 100, ƒ/5.6, 1/100, Focal Length = 24] I was teaching the School of Photography 1 students at the University…

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