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		<title>Retouching a bride for a vintage look</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/06/08/retouching-a-bride-for-a-vintage-look/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/05/25/always-be-looking-for-the-shot/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/02/27/more-hotlights-and-vintage-portraits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=2218</guid>
		<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>Unexpected photoshoots</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/01/22/unexpected-photoshoots/</link>
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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>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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=1519</guid>
		<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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		<title>Photoshop World 2010 Las Vegas Dispatch Weds</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/09/02/photoshop-world-2010-las-vegas-dispatch-weds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here at Photoshopworld at the vendor Expo, Westcott did something very cool. They brought in four models (five counting the still life) and had them rotating between live demos to posing sets. Anyone with a camera could walk up and shoot the set/model from any angle you could get to. You could not change the lighting but you could have the model pose differently for you.]]></description>
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		<title>Further Development</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/07/18/further-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I love digital painting. I love taking a sharp and detailed photograph and turning it into a painting or close to a painting that lacks the sharp details but has a wonderful texture and feel to it that a photograph is lacking. I will also add that a Wacom or other graphics tablet is pretty much required to do this well. A mouse is painful to use when you want to paint and you will get frustrated with it. In my case, I did try painting without the tablet and then I bought a used tablet for a cheap price to see if I really wanted to stay with it. I just bought a new medium Intuos 4 Wacom so I have committed myself to this style of post processing.]]></description>
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		<title>The making of a Lightroom preset</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/07/03/the-making-of-a-lightroom-preset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now just what is in a preset? A preset for Lightroom is just a text file that has all the settings that Lightroom will apply to the image when you "develop" it. These changes are non-destructive which is why you have these text files. If Lightroom had been made several years ago, they would have edited the image directly which is why some of us have alot of copies of the same file scattered around because you never, ever edited the original. This way is much better! Here is the contents of a preset file. I have hightlighted in yellow a couple of setting we all know and love. Both of which I changed in my development of the preset. This file captures those changes and will apply them each time I apply the preset.]]></description>
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		<title>Color to High Key Black and White</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2010/06/26/color-to-high-key-black-and-white/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now I see B/W more but I see really bad conversions where the folks end up with a monochromatic middle grey image and call it "Black and White" because that is what the preset says it is. With this thought, I'm going to write up a few entries on my ideas of B/W and how I got to certain pictures that I really like. My first one is a high key look where it's dark blacks, stark whites and very little grey. It's also a study in how to salvage an image that otherwise was not much to look at.

So lets start with the original image, no retouching or other processing. It's got a bit of lens flare since I was shooting a 1.4 50mm wide open against the bright white background.]]></description>
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