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We had been talking about it for almost a year. Last night and into the early morning hours we finally shot it. We spilt fire and water and blood. I wish I could share some screenshots but I won’t. Saving them for the end result. I think it will be good. Tweet

Sometimes in the morning Azure and I sit and draw together. She draws little dancing fairies in exquisite detail and I draw strange lumpy people(?) Tweet

I don’t know where this stuff comes from. These ideas. I think that the thing I’m most scared of in life is that someday there wont be any more ideas. For me, that is. Hard to believe that I made this over 4 years ago now. I was an inch away from calling it off. [...]

In 2002 I decided to start putting my art and photography on the web. I was still learning to use a computer. Learning Flash and Photoshop and various other software. I was learning photography. I had been shooting for years (mostly in the mountains on climbing trips) but knew nothing of real technique or lenses [...]

Yesterday BOY|MAN was accepted into 2 more festivals. That’s three this week. Pretty darn cool. Here’s what we know so far: International Family Film Festival – Hollywood – February 26th – March 1st, 2009 Women’s International Film Festival – Miami – February 27th – March 8th, 2009 Cleveland International Film Festival – Cleveland – March [...]

Lately I’ve been listening to podcasts at the gym instead of music. I have a 10 dollar iTunes gift card burning a hole in my pocket but in these lean economic times I don’t want to waste it on just anything. And I cant seem to find any music, new or old that I really [...]

Chase Jarvis posted this on facebook. He’s one of my “friends” so I happened to see it. I thought it was so cool I had to repost it here. This guy makes cameras out of (among other things) human skulls. I would love to learn how to make cameras. Not necessarily out of human skulls [...]

We Staley’s are creative people. By we I mean the only other two Staley’s I know. And since this is the Daily Staley, they will undoubtedly be written of more and more. My brother David is an artist. And this is my Azure. She’s happy for hours with some paint or pencils or markers or [...]

Photography is one of the things in life I have a real passion for. I could spend every day taking pictures all day. I am making no attempt whatsoever to make my living at it however. But I sure wouldn’t mind. I have been paid to do it a few times and it felt pretty [...]

When Dani & I started Present Day Pictures a few years ago, this is one of the first things we did together. It’s a little profile of infamous photographer Justice Howard. Justice is a true one of a kind. A real artist. And these words I use not lightly. She’s also a hell of a [...]

When we visited in July I think it was only half done. So I took some pictures when we passed through last week on our way home. Mike & Cherri Carver (and Cherri’s brother Monte) are some of my oldest and dearest friends. I’ve known them since I was six years old and could fill [...]

In case your new to this blog, this is Danielle Jacobs, my partner in crime. I snapped these during our recent 5 day production push. Dani is a brilliant actress as well as an accomplished producer and director. It’s pretty much always a safe bet that she’s gonna be the best looking person on set, [...]

Technology really is wonderful. I shot this yesterday in about 15 minutes. Then spent about an hour doing this little edit. All in less than 2 hours. It’s fun to play…. For the more technically minded reader, here’s what I used. A Nikon D90 w/50mm f1.4 lens – I had the ISO at 1000 and [...]