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My name is Stanley.
Some of my photographs are a reflection of my state of emotion, many photographs are simply life, some photographs are my world travels, and the rest are those things I find interesting enough to share.

I'm from Michigan.

I shoot with a Canon Rebel XSI - my first DSLR that I got as a present from my parents :)

My Goal: 500,000 photographs in 7 continents
(approx. 35,000 in 3 continents so far)

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what photography means to me...
it's that moment. the moment right before you press that anxious but always steady index finger so gently down to hear that click and pursuing flash of a shutter speed. where it seems like that little moment in life will be captured for eternity. not just on film, but in your mind and in your heart. it's that moment where you stop breathing and a million memories flow through your mind of what you want life to be and all those flashes of thought come down to a single moment in time. you hold your breath as if you think this will be the moment you will always remember. the moment that will be burned into your brain as the lasting image of life. the moment that will change your life forever. the moment that shows your first love's true smile as if it were the single greatest memory in life. or that moment where a soul is lost. or that moment that shows happiness truly has overcome fear. or the moment where no words can or even want to be spoken because the ensuing photo will exude life's unexplainable occurrences. it's that moment that keeps building every second like every moment you click up to the top of a roller coaster waiting for that moment where everything is out of your control and you feel that sudden but everlasting jump of a heartbeat. that moment in which you feel a sudden rush of fear and sadness and happiness, joy, love and heartbreak all at the same time. it's that moment, that feeling and emotion that keeps you going before you attempt to capture life's eccentricities into a single shot. it's that moment where you forget all your worries and fears because that sudden emotion that runs through every part of your blood stream as it injects into your heart for a final push to overcome what you fear might come out of that moment, something short of what you've imagined. that single moment that seems to bring out every emotion you've ever felt from the deepest of days to those shinning moments you'll never forget, as if comparing the two moments side by side couldn't possibly be achieved except for in that moment. that single moment of eternal forgiveness and thoughtlessness that is undeniably persistent to the point of no return. that moment where you've reached the end, the final moment of happiness where you know that this coming shot isn't just a photograph, but a journal, a diary of life's ranging emotions all built into one moment. that one moment that seems to have a soundtrack of life playing along. it's that moment, that only moment where you know how to express your true feelings that have been locked up since forever. that moment where the overflowing emotion has nothing left to do but flow out of your heart, not as a seeping volcano, but that of a flash flood, one that cannot and will not be stopped as it pours unto it's canvas. it's that moment, that only moment in life right before you feel a sighing relief of content because you know, like they say, that everything truly will be alright. that moment where you can't resist the temptations of a moment too early...or too late. that moment that after it's over, it can't be undone. that moment right before you feel an accomplishment in life so great it seems to rival any other moment in life so as to exude the power of love. it's that moment, that single moment right before you press that anxious but always steady index finger so gently down to hear that click and pursuing flash of a shutter speed. it's that moment.

on a lighter note...
"a Photographer's Rhyme"
Ya know... alotta girls be thinkin my photography is about them.
This is not to get confused.
This ones for you...

I spit my rhyme like Kanye, Cudi n friends,
but my lyrical spark is a portrait thru a 55mm lens.
My piece is a Canon Rebel XSi,
and that shit gonna keep producin magic til the day I die.

They call me twista cuz my shutter so fast,
but ladies don't be confused cuz I make my aperture last.
Like a continuous long exposure as you see the lights pass.

You shoot with shit,
err I'm sorry I mean that nikon kit,
it aint nothin but aesthetics n cheap plastic,
And I can't think of anything that rhymes except drastic.

I'm a wolverine at heart and its why I got the loot,
but I be travelin to E.L. cuz I know the state girls be easy...to shoot.

My black lens be at 250 when I fully extend,
that's right, so long i gotsta conceal when I travel to south bend.

My creativity is a combination of spontaneity and technique,
that's why you don't see it comin 'til its flowin' thru your news feed.

I spit it with a beginner body n lens while supposed professionals I outclass,
but don't you worry cuz my equipment got the trigger finger that'll surpass.

My flash make kanye's flashin lights look like an underexposed pic,
and now I see your face drop cuz my god-given talent is just so ridiculously sick.

My photos are not meant to be captured and reminisced,
they're there for you to see life as it is and not to be dismissed.

Like Jay-z n Alicia say, these flashin' lights will inspire you,
its only a matter of time before my magic blow yo mind too.

I'm a gangsta photographa,
I say things like fosheezy, lens-weezy
High speed funk
and yo cameras krunk
Let's keep it real while I'm shootin yo girl in the top bunk

I'm like the paparazzi, ima shoot it right,
from sunrise in the D til sunset in Chicago's great heights.

I'm an explora like dora, I'm all over the place.
I do it ridin camels in egypt and boats in venice,
I can't imagine anything else but creating a photographic menace.

I love when people doubt cuz thats where the deep inspiration lay,
it's like gettin' Miley's memo to nod yo head and party in the USA.

Just keep open your eyes
cuz watchu bout to see aint fulla lies...

(and yes, this is a joke)

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