Whether shooting video in a foreign country or helping raise his two children, Steve Albert always had the same advice:

Stay calm and have fun.

For close to 30 years, Albert brought the news to thousands of South Floridians as a photographer with WPLG-ABC 10. He died on Wednesday at age 57.

The cause of death was unknown, his wife, Beth Albert, said.

Albert was born July 22, 1949, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He moved to Florida when he was about 4 years old, Beth Albert said.

For 29 years, Steve Albert worked with WPLG’s photography team. He was stationed in the Broward bureau but assignments took him to Israel, Haiti and the heart of Hurricane Andrew’s destruction in Homestead.

”He was just the ultimate professional, always calm and cool under pressure. He made it happen night after night,” WPLG Broward bureau manager Kerry Weston said. “I never worried about him.”

The hours were long. Albert could go months without seeing his family, daughter Erica Albert said.

He sneaked in clues that he was OK, walking through the background of shots and giving a quick wave, she said.

”He was never gone for too long from our sight,” Erica Albert said.

And Steve Albert always got home to Skylake in North Miami-Dade. He never missed anything important, son Robbie Albert said, even making it to all his baseball and basketball games growing up.

”He just did it. I can’t even tell you how,” Robbie Albert said. “He knew where his priorities were.”

His advice to Robbie before taking the Florida Bar Exam — have fun.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. today at Temple Sinai of North Miami-Dade, 18801 NE 22nd Ave. The phone number is 305-932-9010.

Instead of flowers, the family asks donations be sent to the Stephen Albert Foundation, care of attorney Steven Klitzner at 2627 NE Ives Dairy Rd., Suite 213, North Miami Beach, 33180.