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		<title>Repurposing a light box to be a light table</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/07/17/repurposing-a-light-box-to-be-a-light-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a very interesting blog posting on how to shoot flowers using a light box. I took a different approach since I did not want to build a cardboard box so anything else. I took my large softbox and flipped it upside down. I could do this because I use C stands with boom arms and it becomes very easy to change the orientation of a modifier. I just made sure that the legs were in the right position to take up the low weight and added a few sand bags for good measure.]]></description>
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		<title>Retouching a bride for a vintage look</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brides are beautiful and because of that, the bride puts a temendous amount of effort and money into this one day. One of the jobs of the wedding photographer is to see that beauty in the bride regardless of circumstances or environment. It also means that at times you need to shoot knowing full well you will be doing something specific in post to make the vision a reality.  This bridal shot which I took at Serra Plaza was one of those moments that I knew I had to shoot with postprocessing in mind and adjust accordingly.]]></description>
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		<title>Always be looking for the shot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 02:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what does a farm B&#038;B and a orange Challenger have in common? Not too much till I came back to the farm one afternoon and saw a cool photo op by moving the car a few feet into the front of the barn and shooting with scene. I shot knowing full well I would need to photoshop the image since the light was not the best and rain had just started to mist down so everything was a dull blue tint. But I managed to rip off several images and by paying attention to details that I could control like the placement of the car, angle of the shot and waiting for the chickens, I got a good image to work with.]]></description>
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		<title>More hotlights and vintage portraits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the last entry on this subject was about shooting with a single light and this week, I've taken it to two lights. The idea is to provide some fill and highlights. And lest you think that one needs an expensive studio or alot of room for this style of shooting, that could be further from the truth. The sample shot I have included this week was taken in a 5x5 space right in front of my front door entry way with some white polarplus gaf-taped to the wall. Pretty low tech if you ask me.]]></description>
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		<title>SSD and the need for SPEED</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faster, everyone wants to go faster, have a faster computer, a faster disk drive or a faster application. Once a VERY expensive option, the SSD (Solid State Drive) drive has become mostly affordable now they are being made in large volumes. You can get them in all kinds of packaging so you can put the drive into a PCI-E slot or replace an existing hard drive. The most common use for photographer is either as a extra volume or a replacement system volume.

Before we look at the speed of a the SSD, we need to understand how they work and what makes them differently than a traditional hard drive with a rotating plater. The traditional hard drive for years has been made with a motor of some kind spinning a metal or glass platter(s) in a rigid cast metal chassis. They were heavy, took a fair around of electricity to move the platters and it took time to move the heads across the platters. Over the years, the motors were improved, the platters were made lighter and higher capacity and throughput was improved with the new interfaces like eSATA (enhanced  Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) and SAS (Serial Attached SCSI). But even with all the improvements such as 15K RPM drives, glass platters, low power electronics and very sophisticated storage algorithms, they were still a very slow device  when compared to the lighting fast access times of a memory chip.]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected photoshoots</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just the other day I was talking about taking advantage of shooting in unplanned circumstances. And so it came to pass, I got a call from a friend telling me about a way to get inside one of the old airship hangers in Tustin here Orange County. The base is still owned by the Navy and had been used as a Marine helicopter base and a blimp base among other things. I have taken pictures over the years of the hangers from the outside but I have never been able to get on the inside. So I get a call saying that there will be a tour on saturday and it's now friday.
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		<title>Why Film? and Why Medium Format?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/12/24/why-film-and-why-medium-format/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the advent of digital camera came the keening of film's death song. I mean, who in their right mind would every want to use film again? I have a plastic card that is the size of my thumbnail and it hold hundreds of pictures and costs 20 bucks. A roll of film before processing is 4 bucks and then 15 more just to get it developed and maybe some prints. And you still need to scan it to DO anything with it? So why film? Whats the draw to film?
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		<title>Long Live the Pocket Camera, the Pocket Camera is dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another single use device has bitten the dust or I should say, is biting the dust even as I type this. The "pocket camera" or "Point and shoot" is dying a fast and unlamented death. The cause of death is the smart phone of which no matter which one you use, iPhone, Droid etc, now have a reasonable camera built in. It's the old "good enough" syndrome of the consumer. The smart phone hits the mark in convenience and is good enough for most consumers to grab that snapshot.]]></description>
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		<title>Review of Knoll Light Factory for Photoshop</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/11/22/review-of-knoll-light-factory-for-photoshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was given the opportunity to try a new plugin for Photoshop by Red Giant Software called "Knoll Light Facotry for Photoshop". It's a pretty nifty plugin that gives you access to all kinds of flare and lens reflections. These open up a new creative angle for your images. They can add a whole new dimension or they can enhance flare already there. You can even build up your own preset.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s all about the eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/11/13/its-all-about-the-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eyes, the windows to the soul, dark pools to lose one's self, the one thing that can seriously make or break your portraits. Radstone Creative Workshops is working with RedGum studios in Anaheim to bring good training at a very cheap price in a world class studio. This saturday, November 13, 2010, we had a four hour session that was all about the eyes and how to really shoot a portrait to show off the eyes. We also got BBQ burgers and ice cream out of the deal so for 20 bucks, it was a killer deal. If you want in, drop a line to either RedGum Studios by way of Darin at redgumstudios dot com or Richard Radstone ]]></description>
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