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		<title>Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Photographer</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelalbany.com/2010/06/questions-to-ask-before-hiring-a-photographer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point everyone hires a photographer or knows someone who will. In many cases it is a portrait or wedding photographer. At other times you may need a photographer to shoot images for anything from real estate to advertising. So how do you know which one is right for your needs? Most people start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portraits? Decisions, Decisions. A Pro Can Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when you played dress up as a kid? You would put on your parents clothes and pretend to be an adult.  Maybe you wore your mother’s apron or your father’s jacket and tie. The idea was to show you in a different way. Perhaps you were showing what you wanted to be when you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of the regular readers of this site know, I am a huge fan of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. I love how you can create images that really pop and have deep, rich saturation of color.  In many cases, it can be over done to the point of surreal and almost (and in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hear That Noise? – More 1 Handed Photoshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s video tutorial I take a look at noise and the different ways to reduce it. In the past, I thought that Photoshop, Camera Raw or Lightroom could clean up noise fairly well, and they can. Severe noise was another story and I thought I was just stuck with it. But then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Itailian Press &#8211; Thank You.</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelalbany.com/2010/03/itailian-press-thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the &#8220;Free Business Portraits for the Unemployed&#8221; is a great topic of discussion in the Italian media. I found out this morning that yesterday I was featured in a blog about jobs and employment. The article is here: blog.cercalavoro.it. I have been in some of Italy&#8217;s top newspapers and I will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 Handed Photoshop Part 3 &#8211; Edge Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photoshop - Lightroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portrait Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I am still in a cast and I am still doing everything one handed. The advantage I have over last week is moving my fingers is easier so i may be able to get this post typed in in less than a day! Check back at the end and see how I did. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Albany in Itailian is Michael Albany</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portrait Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I received a message from a Facebook friend this morning telling me that they saw my Free Portraits for the Unemployed on an Italian web site. You can view that article (and a slide show) here: la Repubblica.it. Here is the English translation: &#8220;Just a photo to beat the crisis? Maybe not, but Michael Albany [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Handed Photoshop &#8211; Basic Retouching</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelalbany.com/2010/02/one-handed-photoshop-basic-retouching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelalbany.com/2010/02/one-handed-photoshop-basic-retouching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photoshop - Lightroom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s Monday and I have another One Handed Photoshop Tutorial for you! I apologize for the length of time it takes to make these. The videos themselves only take a few minutes its the typing the blog post that takes time. I am typing one handed after all. Drat! Now its Tuesday! Anyway, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not photography related&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelalbany.com/2010/02/not-photography-related/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But it is photographer related (well I am in it anyway)! See me on Fox 29 or watch it here: Happy Shooting! Share on Facebook]]></description>
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		<title>One Handed Photoshop – Make The Image Pop!</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelalbany.com/2010/02/one-handed-photoshop-%e2%80%93-make-the-image-pop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelalbany.com/2010/02/one-handed-photoshop-%e2%80%93-make-the-image-pop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HDR]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably know already that ice is slippery, but did you know it’s sneaky too? It is when its black ice. It was hiding in my driveway last week and it took my feet right out from underneath me. I remember hearing a distinct snap too. Then I realized that snap was my wrist. So [...]]]></description>
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