Mark Stall

@photojack @Apple @neewerofficial @SmallRigs @AnkerOfficial @TELESIN_Global @rodemics @sandmarc @lexarmemory @Freewell_Gear @ReeflexCamera Wow🔨🔧🔩

Here’s a shortlist of the gear I most often use and recommend to take and make iPhone photography and video. @Apple @neewerofficial @SmallRigs @AnkerOfficial @TELESIN_Global @rodemics @sandmarc @lexarmemory @Freewell_Gear @ReeflexCamera Camera App Native Apple Camera App Editing App Native Apple Camera App iPhone Models iPhone 17 Pro Max iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 14 Pro Max Magsafe Everday Case Neewer PA134 neewer.com/products/neewe…¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23405812059&gbraid=0AAAAAC_Zp87VZxJxPA-qTKVvmVkN0G6fB Strap SmallRig-FilMov Phone Shoulder Strap smallrig.com/FilMov-Phone-S… @stalman Metal Cage Neewer PA144 neewer.com/products/neewe…¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23329000969&gbraid=0AAAAAC_Zp843H4Uyk221mgd1RkzFn9mAc Power Bank Anker Nano Power Bank (5K, MagGo, Slim) anker.com/products/a1665… Mini Tripod Neewer TP29 neewer.com/products/neewe… Aluminum Tripod adapter Neewer PA002 neewer.com/products/neewe…¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21956253968&gbraid=0AAAAAC_Zp86k4xyo9E_Xqomjv_tJSTqqt Phone Tripod Selfie Stick Neewer TS05 neewer.com/products/neewe…¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21956253968&gbraid=0AAAAAC_Zp86k4xyo9E_Xqomjv_tJSTqqt Vertical Tripod adapter Stalman Clamp kondorblue.com/products/stalm… Full-Length Tripod K and F-T254A7+BH-28L kfconcept.com/KF09.119-alumi… Grip/Bluetooth Shutter Telesin Master Grip telesinstore.com/?ref=lybkvwni&… Wirless Audio Kit Rode-Wireless Micro rode.com/en-us/products… SSD with HUB Lexar-2TB SSD with HUB lexar.com/global/product… Tetraprism Lens Sandmarc-Telephoto 48mm - Tetraprism Lens sandmarc.com/products/telep… Conversion/Attachment Lenses Reeflex-Full set of lenses reeflexstore.com/en-us/products… Gimbal Insta360 FLOW insta360.com/product/insta3… AirPods Apple AirPods 2/3 apple.com/airpods/ Mini LED Light Neewer RGB61 neewer.com/products/neewe… Selfie Grip Freewell-Bluetooth Selfie Grip freewellgear.com/products/versa…

@photojack I can read more details in A than B.

Which of these do you think is a more effective way of treating and showing a specific Setting/toggle on the iPhone. Help please. A (left) B (right)

@photojack I still like it when I don't want to work on my mac mini station at night. I also teach workshops on it as well. It's easy to use & change its layers all done on our iPhones!

@MarkStall I don't hear many talking that much anymore about Snapseed. I'm wondering if its day has come and gone. I don't know, honestly. I use to use a lot. But rarely use anymore.

iPhone photographers, which of these ecosystems do you mostly use for editing your iPHONE Photos?

@KevG163 This was the day of my wife Nancy & my wedding. We thought we were so smart making it the Thanksgiving weekend. We spent our honeymoon in Door County enjoying the snow!🥂

40 Years Ago Today December 1, 1985 THE LAMBEAU "SNOW BOWL" A foot of snow falls prior to kickoff, and another half-foot falls during the game. The #Packers outgain the tropical #Buccaneers 512 yards to 65 in a 21-0 victory — one of NFL history's all-time classic weather battles. #GoPackGo

@photojack I'm planning on turning in my 15PM for one soon. AND there are about three of us from the Treasure Coast Photo Center interested in our Cuba trip! I'll keep you posted🇨🇺

Got hands on, finally, an iPhone 17 Pro. It's awesome. Really and truly. Can't wait to test my own iPhone Pro max in the wild, soon.

@John_Dukes Great lighting & capture John!📸

Stormy skies on the Oregon Coast set the perfect mood for me to capture this photo of the wreck of the Peter Iredale. ⚓️🌊 Run aground in 1906, her rusting hull still rests on Clatsop Beach—a timeless reminder of the sea’s power. 🌩️ #OregonCoast #PeterIredale #PNW #Shipwreck

@photojack That’s me. Ive had a 15PM for 2 years so looking forward📱

Here's the deal, if you are the sort of person that upgrades your iPhone every year, you are likely going to feel that the 17 upgrades are somewhat incremental and minor. But, if like most, you tend to upgrade, say, every 3-4 years, you will find this iPhone 17 series camera upgrades HUGE and significant! @mcmillanmedia @stalman

@photojack 🤣😆😄

I am so so so sick of seeing, on my social feeds, AI generated women-plastic, fake, weirdly shaped, retouched. STOP PLEASE. This is crazy.

📱 iPhone Camera Workshop
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@normansavigar October 5-15, 2025-Duh. My bad.

@photojack @mcmillanmedia @brendajohima @mobiography @stalman @fotopunctuation @TheAppWhisperer @AlexStankie @ricksammon @jeffersongraham @normansavigar @iFilmmakers Like every other photog the longer tele lens & the 48mp capture is a plus finally. My two yo 15 PM battery sucks!!⚡

What new feasture on the iPhone 17 camera are you most looking forward to testing and experimenting with @mcmillanmedia @brendajohima @mobiography @MarkStall @stalman @fotopunctuation @TheAppWhisperer @AlexStankie @ricksammon @jeffersongraham @normansavigar @iFilmmakers @ScanmyphotosC @moment @neewerofficial @ulanzi_official @SmallRigGlobal @shiftlens @sandmarc @jlperez67 @ReeflexCamera @Freewell_Gear @lexarmemory @AnkerOfficial @Tiffentweets @manfrotto_tweet @jobyinc @bhphoto @adorama @samyscamerasf @GlenBMulcahy @MarcSettle

@photojack With a long background in photography & filmmaking, I enjoy turning images into slideshows with music & don’t like showing the cropped slides, so I opt for horizontal over verticles! I questioned you about verticals on our Havana trip in 2024. You made a good case to consider.

Horizontals? Last night, at the photowalk, someone asked me a question that used to be obvious but now feels oddly complicated: “Do you still shoot horizontals?” I laughed and said, “Yes, of course I do… sort of.” But the truth is, I don’t shoot them as much anymore. Not nearly as much. And I don’t miss them either. This might sound sacrilegious to a lifelong, career photographer who spent three solid decades shooting almost nothing but horizontal frames. Back in my commercial big-camera days, horizontal was the default. The expected. The required. Clients, art directors, and magazines designed for the spread. For the layout. For the billboard. For the brochure. All horizontal. All the time. So I got good at it. Really good. I learned to tell stories from left to right. I knew how to weight a frame, balance foreground and background, move the eye through the horizontal expanse. I could build a shot like a carpenter framing a house—measured, methodical, mathematically sound. I was fluent in the language of landscape orientation. But when I picked up the iPhone in 2011, everything changed. Almost overnight, I started seeing in vertical. Feeling in vertical. Shooting in vertical. And it wasn’t just a rebellion against the decades I’d spent glued to the horizontal frame. It was also that verticals—these once-maligned, awkward, clunky compositions—suddenly felt more intuitive. Especially with a phone in hand. Look around: most people hold their phones vertically. Most apps are designed for vertical scrolling. Instagram, TikTok, Reels, Shorts—they all favor vertical. It’s how we consume media now. Vertical isn’t just a format anymore. It’s a cultural posture. An ergonomic default. So when I shoot, I tend to default vertically, too. Not because I’m trying to be trendy or optimize for social, but because that’s just how I see now. And if you’ve followed my work for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that trend. My Instagram grid is a towering forest of verticals. My photobooks lean heavily on portrait orientation. Even when I shoot landscapes, I often turn the phone upright and capture them standing tall, not sprawling wide. It’s not a hard rule. I still shoot horizontal when the subject or the story demands it. When the lines run long. When the horizon stretches out in a way that begs for more breathing room. When there’s symmetry to be found between left and right. Or when I just want to challenge myself to break the habit. But horizontal is no longer my go-to. It’s a tool, not a crutch. Now, to be clear, I’m not here to start a format war. There’s nothing inherently better about vertical or horizontal. They’re just different visual languages. Different rhythms. Different shapes for different stories. But here’s what I’ve noticed: horizontal asks you to step back. To widen your stance. To take in the whole. It invites landscape. Group shots. Context. Room. Vertical, on the other hand, pulls you in. It’s tighter. More focused. More intimate. It’s great for isolating subjects, for exaggerating height, for stacking foreground and background in meaningful ways. It demands less space, but offers more intensity. It can feel like a portrait of the world, rather than a panorama of it. And with iPhone photography—especially for someone like me who travels light, works fast, and rarely uses add-ons or accessories—vertical just fits. It works for the way I shoot, the way I move, the way I share. There’s also this: vertical feels more human. Maybe that sounds strange, but hang with me. When you stand a phone upright and frame a vertical photo, it mirrors the posture of the human body. Head to toe. Eyes forward. We are vertical creatures. When we look at a vertical portrait, it’s like looking into a mirror. There’s something personal about it. Present. Emotional. Now, I can already hear some old-school photographers grumbling in the background: “Verticals are lazy.” “Verticals are for social media addicts.” “Verticals crop out too much of the story.” And hey, I get it. I used to think that way too. I used to feel like verticals were a compromise. A concession. Something you did only when you had to—usually because of layout requirements or a narrow subject. But the truth is, verticals aren’t lazy. They’re deliberate. They’re crafted. They require a different kind of discipline. You can’t just lean on wide-angle drama or background sprawl. You have to work harder to make the composition sing. To make the frame hold meaning. In fact, I’d argue that shooting vertically has made me a better photographer. It’s sharpened my eye. It’s forced me to be more selective, more intentional. It’s taught me how to compose with constraint. How to see the world in slices rather than sweeps. And let’s be honest—when you’re photographing with an iPhone, verticals just feel better in the hand. They balance better. Stabilize better. Your elbows tuck in. Your stance tightens. Your shooting becomes more agile, more reactive, more intuitive. Even when I shoot video—which I still do mostly horizontal out of habit—there’s growing momentum around vertical formats. Look at all the major platforms. Look at how Apple frames its iPhone campaigns. Look at the trend lines. The world is tilting vertical. But here's the thing: none of this should be driven by trends or technicalities. It should be driven by the image. What does the photo want to be? What does the subject demand? What does the story ask of you? Sometimes the answer is vertical. Sometimes it’s horizontal. Sometimes it’s square, panoramic, or even unconventionally cropped. The format is a frame—but it should never be a cage. So yes, I still shoot horizontals. But they don’t own me anymore. I use them when I need them. When they serve the scene. When they open up possibilities. But they’re no longer my photographic identity. These days, I follow what feels natural. What feels true. And for the way I move through the world now—with a phone in my hand and a lifetime of images behind me—vertical just feels like home. Still, I never rule anything out. There’s always room to go back. To revisit. To reframe. To surprise yourself. And sometimes, when the light is right and the subject sprawls across the landscape just so, I’ll turn the phone sideways and let the image breathe. And in those moments, I remember why I loved horizontals in the first place. Why they mattered. Why they still do. So no, I haven’t given up on horizontals. But I have rethought them. And that, my friends, is the joy of living a photographic life. You’re allowed to change. You’re allowed to evolve. You’re allowed to see things differently. Frame by frame. Orientation by orientation. Always learning. Always looking. Always shooting. Click. Jack. P.S. I’m showcasing horizontals here just to let you know I still shoot, every now and then, horizontals

@photojack I downloaded a copy & starting to work with it. 10x lens close-up looks really good📲

Adobe’s Project Indigo Helps Your iPhone Photos Look More DSLR-Like diyphotography.net/adobes-project…

@photojack @Apple These were my two favs!

I probably stand in a small group on this but the @Apple "long exposure" trick, using Live Photos, is so gimmicky. I've yet to see anything, even remotely, that I could use. Its soft and unusable. And, to me, looks damn fake. Not sure what the fuss is about the trick. Way better to use a @ReeflexCamera dedicated app for long exposures.

@mcmillanmedia @photojack Jagoff. I can tell when I approach someone at a light that doesn't take off when it changes or when I approach someone who doesn't even hid that they are. No reason for it!

Still texting while driving? Unfortunately, I still see people do it far too often. Nothing is THAT important that you have to endanger lives - yours or those who don’t ask to be killed. Use CarPlay or Android Auto. Pull over. Or just wait. Be smart. DON’T text and drive. Period.

@photojack @mojofestival Really looking forward to my first fest! My wife Nancy & I will add another week in Ireland!

Hope Ya'll are excited about the upcoming @mojofestival in Dublin. It's right around the corner. Fun, fellowship, and a hell of a lot of #mojo learning. Start your engines.

@sunsungirly Yes to Ukraine 🇺🇦

Do you still support Zelensky? Simple yes or no.

@TheOnlyEsta Yes

This is Rachel Maddow…. She has been a big voice against TrXmp and his policies. TrXmp now wants her removed. Do YOU support Rachel against him? YES or NO

@photojack Well said again!🤟

Take Off the Armor I’ll be honest: I am fragile. I am vulnerable. I am weak. And if you are human, so are you. We all are. It’s part of the deal. It comes with the territory of being alive. But somewhere along the way, society decided that showing this side of ourselves—this soft, tender, and real part—was a liability, a flaw, a deficiency. We were taught that to be strong, we must be impenetrable. That to be successful, we must be stoic. That to be admired, we must never let them see us sweat. But that’s a lie. And a damaging one at that. The "strongman" approach to life might work well if you’re a general commanding an army. But for the rest of us—everyday human beings navigating relationships, work, and personal struggles—it’s both unhealthy and isolating. Real strength isn’t about brute force or never admitting fault. It isn’t about talking over others, refusing to listen, or acting as if you are the smartest, toughest, most unbeatable person in the room. That’s not strength—that’s insecurity dressed up as power. We are drawn to people who are real. We are moved by those who allow us to see their struggles, their uncertainties, their moments of doubt. We don’t fall in love with perfection—we fall in love with authenticity. And yet, so many of us go through life wearing armor, pretending we don’t feel, don’t hurt, don’t break. We think this makes us stronger, but in reality, it makes us lonelier. Less relatable. Less human. There’s a word that often gets confused with weakness: meekness. We hear it and assume it means being timid, powerless, or passive. But true meekness is something else entirely. It is strength under control. It is power that doesn’t need to be flaunted. It is confidence that doesn’t demand validation. And if we’re being honest, isn’t that the kind of strength we admire most? So here’s a spoiler alert for life: Pretending not to be weak, fragile, or vulnerable doesn’t make you strong. It makes you unapproachable. It repels rather than attracts. Because the truth is, we don’t admire people for their invulnerability—we admire them for their ability to own their humanity. Look around at the people who truly inspire you. The ones who make you feel seen, heard, understood. Chances are, they’re not the ones pounding their chests, never admitting fault, never revealing doubt, always trying to sell you something. They’re the ones who aren’t afraid to say, “I don’t have it all figured out.” They’re the ones who remind us that imperfection is not only okay—it’s beautiful. And as photographers, we should understand this better than anyone. The best photographs don’t come from perfect conditions. The most moving images aren’t born out of sterile, flawless environments. They come from real life—the raw, the unfiltered, the imperfect. A portrait with an unguarded expression. A landscape that’s been weathered by time. A moment that’s slightly blurred but full of meaning. These are the images that speak to us. These are the ones that last. So why would we live any differently? Perfection is an illusion. And more importantly, it’s uninteresting. What makes us compelling—both as people and as photographers—is our ability to embrace the messiness of being human. To let the light in through the cracks. To understand that strength isn’t about being unbreakable; it’s about having the courage to be seen as we truly are. So take off the armor. Show the world your softer side. It won’t make you weaker. It will make you unforgettable. Click. Jack