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		<title>Skips Summer School Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/09/09/skips-summer-school-las-vegas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had Bambi Cantrell and Roberto Valenzuela who both are very inspirational and motivating speakers. Roberto in particular really "spoke" to me about shooting in shadows and how to use them. I find myself shooting a lot in the middle of the day or on really bright locations. One take away from Roberto is that you need to shoot, you need to practice and you don't need alot of to practice with. His case in point is shooting with his trademark melons and bananas. You practice shooting to get the lighting with them and then when it's for real, you already know how to do it and you don't waste time. 
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		<title>Behind the scenes of a photoshoot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=2262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photographers love to show of images from their last photoshoot. Everyone likes to "ohhhh and ahhhh" over the images that are retouched, mashed up and worked over in a good way we hope. But, personally, I love to shoot the behind the curtain shots. You know, the things that make a photoshoot what it really is and can have you really appreciate all the more the very cool image when the environment is anything but cool.]]></description>
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		<title>Playing director on a shoot</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/03/17/playing-director-on-a-shoot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=2244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One skill that any photographer of people needs to work on and constantly improve, is the ability to direct clients/models/subjects to be where you want them, how they need to look and generally for them to feel comfortable with you. After all, you are shoving a camera in their face and most normally people are not used to that sort of thing. Professional models are more used to it but even they only give you what you ask of them.]]></description>
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		<title>A Scanners Tale</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/12/01/a-scanners-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=1942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paper is the bane of my office. I have magazines that I want to keep articles from, torn sheets from magazines that have ideas for shoots, bills, reference paperwork  such as maps from travels and more. All this information, no way to search it, no way to catalog it and no up to now, no way to digitize it quickly or easily.
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		<title>Why I do not accept PayPal</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/10/27/why-i-do-not-accept-paypal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=1780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been asked several times if I take PayPal and each time I tell the client, no, I do not. They look quite surprised since most have used PayPal for eBay and other web purchases. Each time I have to explain to the client that PayPal is not nearly as safe as they would like you to think it is.]]></description>
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		<title>Lights, Camera and Action!!</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/10/17/lights-camera-and-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=1814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh yeah.. baby loves video :)  So I finally bite the bullet and bought ProShow Producer by Photodex. I used some images from the Westcott photoshoot at Photoshopworld as a test for a quick and dirty slide show. I tossed this together without reading ANY docs, just ran the wizard, clicked around a bite and off we go. In less than an hour I had pretty much made this show which included finding music on the internet.]]></description>
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		<title>Atlas, Pocket Wizard Clones by Phottix</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/10/09/atlas-pocket-wizard-clones-by-phottix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=1733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the signs of "making it" for a budding professional photographer is the purchase of some PocketWizard wireless triggers. When you trade in the ebay specials that you learned on to the pro gear, it's a really nice feeling. But, that feeling can be costly with a PW costing about 170.00 USD each. The company called Phottix has developed and released a new wireless trigger that looks and feel alot like a PW trigger. Same shape, same size, mostly the same controls but some differences. The biggest is the price, the Atlas costs about 90.00 USD and includes cables plus a set of brand name AA batteries. The unit itself also has some differences for the better and I will detail them in a few moments. One difference to point out right away is the metal hotshoe!!  No more cheap plastic hotshoes which are the bane of the Pocket Wizard.]]></description>
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		<title>The art of selling</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/09/28/the-art-of-selling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling? selling what you ask? Isn't that the same as the photography business? Not so much as it turns out. To be a professional photographer is as much or more about selling than it is your images. Sounds a bit off doesn't it? I mean images are my stock in trade, it's how people judge me, right? Not exactly as it turns out. When you are trying to sell a wedding for example, you are selling something of a dream to the bride. She wants her day captured in the best possibly light and in a style that she likes. But what she does not understand or at least most dont, is that she is also judging you, the photographer. How well you relate to her, how well you two can talk and laugh and most importantly, how much she trusts you in order to pay a fair amount of money for something she wont see till after the wedding is over and the guests have gone home.]]></description>
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		<title>Call of the iPad</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/09/18/call-of-the-ipad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I've had my iPad for a few months now and my impressions are pretty much the same as they have been when I first got it. I still view it as a toy because of some limitations.  It has some outstanding features but the issues are important too.  I should preface this with the fact that I have about a dozen Macs around here and everyone in the family (the adults at least) all use iPhones and I have and love my AppleTV. So you might consider me something of a "fanboy" of Apple products. So when I complain about the iPad, it's not a non-apple person whining, it's a strong supporter of Apple products who feels that Apple seriously dropped the ball.]]></description>
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		<title>Westcott Model Shoot</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/09/04/westcott-model-shoot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vendor, Westcott, sell various lighting and light modifiers to photographers and studios. They are a constant vendor at Photoshopworld and other Photography related shows. One of the most popular features of their booth has been the model shoot where a rep will demo product using a live model and then allow photographers to try [...]]]></description>
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