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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
Meet Storyteller Josh Hart

Meet Storyteller Josh Hart

by Stanley LearyJanuary 20, 2019September 1, 2025

Josh Hart Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Lima, Peru [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 28800, ƒ/4, 1/200, Focal Length = 24] Mr. Positivity is how I would describe Josh Hart. He was the first…

Shocking Blog Stats

Shocking Blog Stats

by Stanley LearyJanuary 17, 2019September 19, 2026

So I was working on my resume, which some clients wanted, when a friend asked me about my blog. I hadn't put it on my resume. He pointed out that I had a pretty broad…

Look for Audience before Story

Look for Audience before Story

by Stanley LearyJanuary 15, 2019October 26, 2025

ESPN is broadcasting from the Fanzone at the Georgia vs. Alabama SEC Championship game at the Georgia World Congress Center. [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm ƒ/4.0, ISO 2500, ƒ/5.6, 1/80] When you first begin your…

Storytellers Abroad Peru Workshop

Storytellers Abroad Peru Workshop

by Stanley LearyJanuary 14, 2019September 1, 2025

Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Lima, Peru [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 2000, f/8, 1/200, Focal Length = 24] This was a whole week for the team in Lima, Peru. We were getting up…

Why you should be data-informed and not data-driven

Why you should be data-informed and not data-driven

by Stanley LearyJanuary 2, 2019September 1, 2025

Storytellers Abroad Multimedia Workshop [X-E2, XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS, ISO 400, ƒ/4.5, 1/150, Focal Length = 83] In data-driven decision-making, data is at the center of the decision-making. It’s the primary (and sometimes, the only)…

Nikon Z6 & Fuji X-E3 Contemporary Worship Service

Nikon Z6 & Fuji X-E3 Contemporary Worship Service

by Stanley LearyDecember 31, 2018September 1, 2025

Photo Above Data [NIKON Z 6, Sigma 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0 ART, ISO 16000, ƒ/6.3, 1/200, Focal Length = 95] Contemporary Service at Roswell Presbyterian Church on Sunday, December 30, 2018, in Roswell, GA. [NIKON Z…

Nikon Z6 & D5 at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Nikon Z6 & D5 at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

by Stanley LearyDecember 30, 2018September 1, 2025

Top photo specs [NIKON D5, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, ISO 20000, ƒ/5.6, 1/4000, Focal Length = 17] Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl 2018 Florida vs. Michigan [NIKON Z 6, 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, ISO 450, ƒ/5.3, 1/100, Focal Length =…

Focusing & High ISO with Nikon Z6

Focusing & High ISO with Nikon Z6

by Stanley LearyDecember 25, 2018September 1, 2025

First Christmas Eve Contemporary service at Roswell Presbyterian Church [NIKON Z 6, 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, ISO 51200, ƒ/3.5, 1/50] The main reason I bought the Nikon Z6 over the Z7 was to have the extra…

Too Much BOKEH

Too Much BOKEH

by Stanley LearyDecember 20, 2018September 1, 2025

Christmas Ornaments [NIKON Z 6, Sigma Art Zoom 24-105mm f/4.0 DG OS HSM, ISO 100, ƒ/4, 2.5] When shooting wide open aperture and getting as close as a lens will let you get to the…

Headshot for Opera Singer

Headshot for Opera Singer

by Stanley LearyDecember 16, 2018September 1, 2025

Milo Clements, one of my daughter's good friends from the church youth choir, asked me to help her with some headshots. She is a soprano majoring in voice. She is in her junior year of…

Nikon Z6 vs Fuji X-E3

Nikon Z6 vs Fuji X-E3

by Stanley LearyDecember 14, 2018September 1, 2025

Comparing Fuji X-E3 vs Nikon Z6 [NIKON Z 6, Sigma 35mm F1.4 ART DG HSM , ISO 8000, ƒ/4, 1/100] This is just a quick comparison shooting some ornaments on my tree. First, this is using…

Learning to “Peel the Onion” in Storytelling

Learning to “Peel the Onion” in Storytelling

by Stanley LearyDecember 9, 2018September 1, 2025

Stanley is teaching at the University of Nations in Kona, Hawaii. [top photo by Dorie Griggs, bottom photo by Robin Nelson] [Nikon D810, 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8, ISO 3200, ƒ/7.1, 1/60] While majoring in social work…

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