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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
How To: Christmas family photo where everyone will look great – Even pets!

How To: Christmas family photo where everyone will look great – Even pets!

by Stanley LearyDecember 28, 2017September 29, 2026

Christmas Family Photo [Nikon D5, Sigma 24-105mm ƒ/4, ISO 400, ƒ/8, 1/200 – (2) Godox V860II + Godox X1NT with MAGMOD MagSphere] This is a family photo we took this year with my wife's family.…

Breaking Tradition to experience Christmas in Sparta, New Jersey

Breaking Tradition to experience Christmas in Sparta, New Jersey

by Stanley LearyDecember 21, 2017September 1, 2025

Christmas in Sparta, New Jersey. [Fujifilm X-E3, 18-55mm, ISO 12800, ƒ/4, 1/60] We are celebrating Christmas in Sparta, New Jersey, this year. This is my wife's hometown. She hasn't been home to celebrate Christmas since…

Over the digital learning curve and on a plateau

Over the digital learning curve and on a plateau

by Stanley LearyDecember 18, 2017September 1, 2025

First Snow for Winter 2017 in Roswell, Georgia. Christmas Tree with our Magnolia tree in the backyard. [Nikon D5, Sigma 24-105mm ƒ/4, ISO 400, ƒ/14, 1/40 – Godox V860IIN with MAGMOD MagSphere] One of the…

What is an “Image Library” photo shoot?

What is an “Image Library” photo shoot?

by Stanley LearyDecember 12, 2017September 1, 2025

Do you have an “image library” for your organization? What is an “image library”? It is a pool of pictures that you commission that will be used in many different ways for mainly internal and…

The First Snow of Winter 2017 in Roswell, Georgia

The First Snow of Winter 2017 in Roswell, Georgia

by Stanley LearyDecember 9, 2017September 1, 2025

Roswell Fire Department is monitoring a tree whose branches are in the transformer, causing some arcing from power lines. [Nikon D5, Sigma 24-105mm ƒ/9, ISO 81275, ƒ/4, 1/100] Just two days ago, the local television…

Sports Action That “POP!”

Sports Action That “POP!”

by Stanley LearyDecember 4, 2017September 1, 2025

Action shot of soccer player in Oxnard, California. [Nikon D4, Nikon 14-24mm ƒ/2.8, ISO 50, ƒ/11, 1/200 – (2) Godox V860IIN + Godox X1NT] I had a lot of fun this weekend shooting some soccer…

True Thanksgiving Requires True Sadness

True Thanksgiving Requires True Sadness

by Stanley LearyNovember 27, 2017September 1, 2025

This is the Macchiato I was drinking at a restaurant during our Storytellers Abroad Multimedia Workshop in the Balkans. A Caffé Macchiato or Espresso Macchiato is a shot or two of espresso, with just a…

The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera

The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera

by Stanley LearyNovember 20, 2017September 1, 2025

Daddy Daughter Date Night at the Memphis Zoo [Nikon D5, Nikkor 14-24mm ƒ/2.8, ISO 3200, ƒ/4, 1/15 – Godox V860IIN + Godox X1NT] “Photography is not like painting,” Henry Cartier-Bresson told the Washington Post in 1957.…

The Important Role of Dad in Daughter’s Lives

The Important Role of Dad in Daughter’s Lives

by Stanley LearyNovember 17, 2017March 21, 2026

It is capturing the memory that is cherished for a lifetime for daughters. It was a great Chick-fil-A Daddy Daughter Date Night held at the Memphis Zoo on November 16, 2017. [Nikon D5, Sigma 24-105mm…

Photographers should be like Firefighters

Photographers should be like Firefighters

by Stanley LearyNovember 15, 2017September 1, 2025

Roswell Fire Department [Nikon D5, Sigma 24-105mm ƒ/4, ISO 7200, ƒ/4, 1/100] I have two fellow photojournalists that I love to hire when I need help. One is Robin Nelson, and the other is Michael…

Your Camera Takes Great Photos

Your Camera Takes Great Photos

by Stanley LearyNovember 13, 2017September 1, 2025

The camera that takes great pictures How often do you feel insulted when some say your camera takes excellent pictures? The reason so many people think this is because they treat photography like a commodity.…

Looking for the shot

Looking for the shot

by Stanley LearyNovember 8, 2017September 1, 2025

This is the brand new Chick-fil-A at the bottom of the Ferris Wheel Skyview and along the tracks of the Atlanta Street Car in Downtown Atlanta, GA. [Nikon D5, Nikkor 14-24mm, ISO 400, ƒ/8, 1/500]…

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