I often struggle to pay my bills on time. And to stay completely connected in group conversations. Focus. My mind wanders and isn’t always interested in taking care of those tasks as well as I would like. I’m painfully aware of my faults and shortcomings. I have no illusions or delusions about these things. That I know of. I’m honest with myself. Who [...]

My buddy David Newsom took this tonight. Out on some lonely hillside. I’m not sure if I’ve ever looked quite so cool.   Tweet

Yes, I clock in for work like this on most days lately… Photo by Matt Powers   Tweet

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Four new film festivals to announce for the music video, “Let Me In”. I was the Cinematographer for director Matt Schutt. You do so much work that just disappears out there. It feels good to see something that you and a lot of other talented people worked very hard on get an audience around the [...]

The wheels of fate are turning and there is much to speak of. Much to contemplate. Much to prepare for. But for now I leave you with only this commercial I shot recently for director Behnam Mokri. Hope you like it. – Staley Out Tweet

So this one is for my Mom. She gets impressed by this stuff. I stopped into the Academy of Country music yesterday for some brief business and as soon as I walked in it was, “Show Ben, show Ben!” Someone pulled out their (The ACM’s) magazine, highlighting the show I helped em with a few [...]

Waves. Busy. Travel. Many hotels in the last month. Downtown Los Angeles. Las Vegas. Newport Beach. Starpower. Strange birds and seashells collected. Friends discovered and enemies embraced. New endings and old beginnings. Inspiration and the lack there of. Resolve. New discovery. Rejection. Last night, the premier of a movie I shot. It was pretty. But [...]

The festival run for Let Me In continues. Below you will find a complete list of all the festivals so far. The cool thing is that it’s going to be in LA’s own Dances With Film Festival in June. This is cool because a feature I shot was in the festival last year. So this [...]

I shot a couple fashion commercials for director Benham Mokri last weekend. Ben is a visionary talent and great to work with. He’s also a good friend. This is a still taken from the Red One in between takes. Good times. Tweet

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I had a lot of fun shooting this video for director Matthew Shutt and I really like Kellys song. I hope you do too…. Tweet

Ben Staley: Cinematographer Tweet

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