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		<title>Important things to remember</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2012/01/07/important-things-to-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a short piece today.. I found an awesome short video that reminds us of the important things. Enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>How to show off your images in a retro viewmaster reel</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/07/29/how-to-show-off-your-images-in-a-retro-viewmaster-reel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=2591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So why am I bringing this up? Because I was trying to work out in my head the other day how to show off some pictures from my 4th of July party and I was inspired to make and fake a View Master picture wheel as a prop of sorts.]]></description>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=2581</guid>
		<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>Shooting Portraits with vintage cameras and film</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/04/03/shooting-portraits-with-vintage-cameras-and-film/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who says film is dead? Not by a long shot around here. I just got a roll of 120 Ektacolor Kodak Pro 160 film back from the lab and scanned in a few of the negs. I shot this roll of film using my 1958 Yashica model D TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) camera. This camera is older than I am by a few years and after 90 dollars for refurbishing, it takes awesome pictures with that great vintage depth of field and "feel" to the picture.]]></description>
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		<title>How to prepare for your portrait session</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/03/29/how-to-prepare-for-your-portrait-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=2306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your  best portrait will occur when you collaborate with me on your objectives for the portrait. This way if you have specific interests or goals for your portrait, I can work towards achieving them. We can meet in person which is best or we can discuss on the phone. I find that email is not [...]]]></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>Reflections of Light</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/03/08/reflections-of-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/?p=2228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, not what you think. I'm talking about using a reflector to bounce some light into or onto your subject. I had a chance to shoot a fun family portrait session a few days ago and I walked into it not really knowing what to expect. I ended up at a public facility on the base without any trees or shade to speak of at 10AM on a bright day. I did find some shade by a gazebo and so I set up shop there. I was on soft grass and a bit of slope with a three year old running around so I was not comfortable in setting up a softbox with my SB800s so I went another way. I tossed a diffuser on the SB800, put it on the camera (yes, I hear the howls already about the evils of on camera flash) and set the camera to manual. The flash was set to TTL but that varied from -1 stop to +1.5 stops. ]]></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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		<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>Hollywood Glamour and Noir Portraits</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/02/13/hollywood-glamour-and-noir-portraits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is one very important detail among everything else that the hot lights excel at. And that is the small fact that since the light is continuous,  you can shoot as fast as you can hit the shutter. So when the model hits her/his stride in providing the EMOTION of the shot, you can catch it without fear of the strobe being in the middle of recharge cycle. Most strobes require a second or two to recharge unless the photographer is shooting with multiple strobes and the power levels dropped down to encourage the faster recharge rate. Or the photographer is shooting with very expensive packs that can recharge very fast. Either way, speed costs money, how fast do you want to go?This does not really apply if the photographer is shooting posed shots where the model is set in place and needs to hold that pose specifically, I'm talking about the more organic style of shooting where the model has some latitude on the pose. In the static poses, you can afford to wait the 1-2 seconds between pops of the flash since the model's job is to stay still till told otherwise.]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Portraits</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelsweeneyphotography.com/blog/2011/01/25/winter-portraits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahh.. Winter.. brightly burning logs, toasted marsh mellows, hot coco and snow. Really bright snow in the daytime that completely confuses your automatic camera into thinking its about 2 to 3 stops too bright.  So many pictures taken in the winter by people end up looking like blown white outs and very dark stick people or serious racoon eyes from the nasty shadows under the eye sockets. Trying to shoot in the snow in unlike anything else other than maybe the Gobi dessert. It's cold, batteries die an early death, your fingers freeze, it is incredibly bright and people dont want to sit still very long. So is it impossible to get good portraits in the snow? Not at all, it's very possible so long as you follow some basic rules.]]></description>
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