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	<title>Benjamin Kanarek Blog &#187; philosophical issues</title>
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		<title>The State of The Artist # 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marvin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marvin Kanarek I was going to do something else right now. I was outside having a smoke. Something came in again. So I’m sitting here getting it out before it goes away. Three words: - Sacrifice, Selfishness, Balance. When that “moment arrives” it’s only you tapping into and following that energy (Muse?), before it [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>The State of The Artist # 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marvin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marvin Kanarek So what is this Muse? I won’t take the time to look it up right for fear that it will break the rhythm/flow that I’m feeling right now. I know it’s here guiding my thought and words. As I said, I will only write when it “visits”, otherwise my explanation will be [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>A short story about a photographer&#8230; By Gerardo Jacques Wuhl</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I always say, I was born with a camera under my arm (maybe you know the Latin expression &#8220;he was born with bread under his arm&#8221;). My dad is a photographer, and like any son in the world, I admire his work. My first steps with photography were with a P&#38;S Canon camera, but [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>DO NOT Take the AVIAN &amp; SWINE FLU Vaccine by Dr. Lenny Horowitz</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Canadian-French Documentary Televised in France and Canada The Swine Flue Scare of 1976 Avian Flu Fright: Politically Timed for Global “Iatrogenocide” A Public Health Warning and Political Essay by a Harvard-trained Author of Fifteen Books Including the American bestseller, Emerging Viruses: AIDS &#38; Ebola-Nature, Accident or Intentional? Leonard G. Horowitz, DMD, MA, MPH Abstract [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Photography Teachers?</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/09/07/learning-photography-classes/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=learning-photography-classes</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently noticed several advertisements of those that are &#8220;teaching&#8221; photography.  At a school of photography as a guest speaker I was asked what my thoughts were regarding the whole &#8220;I can teach you photography&#8221; thing. Well here goes. I don&#8217;t subscribe to that concept for many reasons. One is how to stunt the [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;How Did You Do That?&#8221; Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;How Did You Do That?&#8221; Question I am often asked the question, &#8220;How Did You Do That?&#8221;  I could very simply answer the question which I often do and the results that person gets isn&#8217;t what he/she was expecting.  If I talk about post production, yes the actions on the image will be as [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Great Advice about Everything and Anything Creative&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just watched this incredible three part interview with writer Harlan Ellison that I wanted to share with you.  For all of you seeking the secret, formula or Holy Grail to success in any creative endeavor, watch this short series. Score: 0 (0 votes cast)<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>“Why I Won’t Shoot for Free”…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share my RANT with you via this incredible Video with Author Harlan Ellison.  One of the Sci-Fi Greats. He mirrors my sentiments perfectly.  The only difference is I would swear a lot MORE!!! I think I have paid my dues.  Don&#8217;t insult my intelligence and ask me to do a job for [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Shooting for a Bad Magazine Good?</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/08/11/is-shooting-for-a-bad-magazine-good/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=is-shooting-for-a-bad-magazine-good</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on a generalist Photo Forum under the Portrait Fashion category, someone from a small independent and in my opinion based on what I saw on their web site, not very good fashion magazine, placed an ad for photographers for their magazine. Now that seemed strange in the first place, which I go on to [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Straw that Breaks the Camel&#8217;s Back&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to share a little Visual Rant about how I was feeling momentarily towards someone who really rubbed me the wrong way&#8230; I never, ever go out of my way to offend anyone, but when my family or I are slandered, defamed, attacked spiritually, emotionally or physically, you really don&#8217;t want to play ball [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Pro Photographer? Or perhaps a New Business Model?</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/08/09/selling-out-and-the-stock-photography-dilemma/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=selling-out-and-the-stock-photography-dilemma</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling Out and the Stock Photography Dilemma! Someone on a photography forum called Fred Miranda Forum, stated that a photographer sold their image for a cover of TIME Magazine for $30.  It was sold through a stock photography agency called iStockPhoto.  That is sadly unfortunate. It also represents the present state of affairs for many [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Umbrella Light&#8221; Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/08/06/the-umbrella-light-brolly-controversy/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-umbrella-light-brolly-controversy</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Umbrella Light&#8221; (Brolly) Controversy I never would have expected that sharing my &#8220;GENERALIST&#8221; view of a lighting technique could cause such a stir.  In fact it was based on a personal preference only and was NOT written for any other reason but to challenge you to think about the why and how one might [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Contribute to My Blog?</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/08/03/seeking-article-contributors-in-fashion-and-fashion-photography-field/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=seeking-article-contributors-in-fashion-and-fashion-photography-field</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am Seeking Contributors in Fashion and in the Fashion Photography Field as well as articles related to the &#8220;BIZ&#8221;.  I would love to have other contributors to my Blog and would love to see some interesting, quirky and inventive articles coming from you.  If you feel so inclined to do so, please e-mail me [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting Débutante Models&#8230; A Few More Little Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If things are getting a bit stale when shooting a débutante model, what I often do is frame the image move my eye from the camera and say to the model that &#8221; I want you to take a deep breath and break for a second&#8230;&#8221; It is often at that moment I take the [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>The Benjamin Kanarek Camera Waves Internet Radio Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/31/my-camera-waves-radio-interview/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my-camera-waves-radio-interview</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my interview by Phillip Skulte for Camera Waves Radio which was done about two and a half years ago.  I talk about how I got started.  The ups and downs of the &#8216;Biz&#8217;.  My different sponsorships.  Photo gear, Fashion and all kinds of other tid-bits you may enjoy&#8230; Part1 Part 2 Part 3 Hope [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Only the &#8220;Great Groups&#8221; Leave France</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only the &#8220;Great Groups&#8221; Leave France Here goes&#8230; and I have been wanting to say this for such a long time&#8230; and yeah, this is to YOU the French Music Industry.  Nepotism works&#8230; If you don&#8217;t believe me, look at the artists being signed and those that don&#8217;t or finally have to leave France to [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>some of my music stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess being creative, is being creative, no matter what the tool is.  The tool is just the device allowing you to express yourself through it.  It is the interface allowing you to get out physically that which you could not otherwise.  All creative exercises need tools that act as the interface between the idea [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Why is Editing as Important as the Photo Shoot?</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/24/why-editing-is-as-important-as-the-photo-shoot/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=why-editing-is-as-important-as-the-photo-shoot</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Editing is as Important as the Photo Shoot I decided writing this essay after going through and editing close to twelve hundred (1200) images this afternoon. Why? Because I want to share with you the importance of editing and how it defines what your style is and  what your state of mind was at [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I HATE Ummm&#8230;brella Lighting</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/19/why-i-hate-umbrella-lighting/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=why-i-hate-umbrella-lighting</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why I HATE Ummm&#8230;brella Lighting&#8230; If you want to get me to fall asleep, just show me some images shot with umbrella lighting. Now I am not talking Richard Avedon, because Richard Avedon did a lot more than capture images with a single  umbrella, he captured a moment that is so his signature, that anyone [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>To Tell Me about the Creative You</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/17/i-want-you-to-show-and-tell-me-about-you/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=i-want-you-to-show-and-tell-me-about-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecclectic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am asking you to tell me about how you see yourself creatively, about what tools you use to express yourself, what your impressions are about the different modes of expression available, whether it be a camera, a pen, an instrument, a pattern or a menu. I would also appreciate you adding a link to [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>The End of &#8220;Haute Couture?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/16/the-end-of-haute-couture/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-end-of-haute-couture</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the good old days, the &#8220;Haute Couture&#8221; shows were the most anticipated of all of the collections. It was akin to the Formula 1 of the fashion world.  It is unique to Paris and all of the greatest designers the likes of Hubert de Givenchy, Christian Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Jean-Louis Scherrer, [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Killing Creativity Before it is Birthed</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/13/killing-creativity-before-it-is-birthed/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=killing-creativity-before-it-is-birthed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This question was asked on a forum I frequent and I felt compelled to reply with the following  response. But first the question&#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;m looking for ideas or concepts such as &#8216;Trash the Dress&#8217;, or &#8216;his shirt your way&#8217;. What other great ideas are there that You know about? This could keep people busy!..&#8221; I [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between…Part 6</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/12/continuous-vs-flash-lighting-and-everything-in-between%e2%80%a6part-6/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=continuous-vs-flash-lighting-and-everything-in-between%25e2%2580%25a6part-6</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between…Part 6 In this section, we will discuss the importance of scale. In the last sentence of Part 5 I said &#8220;that there might be some additional lighting or perhaps another modifier that you wish to introduce, especially in very wide angle shots for this scenario.&#8221; What I [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Some of My &#8220;Remote Viewing&#8221; Experiences and included Documented Proof&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/11/some-of-my-remote-viewing-experience/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=some-of-my-remote-viewing-experience</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, pardon for the following post that was written in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.  It was written before I knew about Internet etiquette and that it means speaking loudly or screaming. That was not my intention. Remote Viewing is the capacity to tune in to the past, future or present without leaving the physical place [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between… Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/09/continuous-vs-flash-lighting-and-everything-in-between%e2%80%a6part-5/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=continuous-vs-flash-lighting-and-everything-in-between%25e2%2580%25a6part-5</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything inhttp://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-admin/edit.php Between… Part 5 In Part 4 we were left facing the subject, we had tested the light and had to determine the difference between the foreground and background intensity. That was a very personal decision.  You also had to decide how much of the principal subject was going [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Michael Jackson Memorial&#8221; by Marvin Kanarek</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/08/michael-jackson-memorial-marvin-kanarek/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=michael-jackson-memorial-marvin-kanarek</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marvin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Idol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marvin Kanarek Today I was briefly sucked into the vortex of “THE” tawdry daytime soap-reality show. The Staples Center was smothered with the syrupy shallow superficiality of an American Idol episode!. Pandering to human frailty and morbid curiosity, &#8220;The Hollywood Media Machine&#8221; pulled it off with predictable ostentatious aplomb. I was sickened but not [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Shoot for Vogue Brasil</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will probably be one of the shortest posts I have ever written.  I am really excited to announce that I will be shooting for VOGUE Brasil tomorrow.  Ah, the perks of the Fashion Business&#8230; Thanks Ben Score: 0 (0 votes cast)<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between… Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between… Part 4 Now that you have your light set up for the model and the reflection of the object on the background, it is time to determine the ambiance your wish to create.  If you are looking for a more &#8220;Cinema Noir&#8221; look you may wish to [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Was asked &#8220;What Kind of Photographer are You?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is a difficult question to answer. I am not your classic photographer. By that I mean, I never intended to be a photographer.  It just kind of happened by accident. It was literally an accident. Never studied, never assisted, never took it seriously until I took it seriously. When I bought my camera after [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>A Father</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her hair was up in a ponytail Her favorite dress tied with a bow. Today was Daddy&#8217;s Day at school, And she couldn&#8217;t wait to go. But her mommy tried to tell her, That she probably should stay home. Why the kids might not understand, If she went to school alone. But she was not [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between&#8230;Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/07/01/continuous-vs-flash-lighting-and-everything-in-between-part-1/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=continuous-vs-flash-lighting-and-everything-in-between-part-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Above Image Model: Irina Lazareanu Light is a very fickle entity.  Why do I say that?  Because light can play many tricks on us and is often elusive in it&#8217;s ethereal state.  It has many frequencies and understanding those wave lengths might help us understand the grand palette of nuances available that we can play [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>a thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Thought&#8221; There is no Black or White There is ignorance and enlightenment And perhaps even these notions are but an Illusion of our limited understanding Of the vast multi-verse around us And where do we stand in all of this We engulf it It embraces us all and we melt into its trembling arms [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Through the Eye of a Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children have incredible talent.  This image was taken by my daughter Lewanna 13 at the time, now 14 of her younger sister Angèle with a point and shoot Pentax Optio camera. I know this may sound biased, but in my opinion, the ambiance, cropping, feel and quality is as close to perfect as one might [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Which Camera?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which Camera? I have had the opportunity to be on several photographers forums and one of themes that captures the imagination, visceral reactions and high end emotion is &#8220;Which Brand is the Best!&#8221; Back when film was king and in most cases, any 35mm SLR could provide a professional photographer the tools required for doing [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Psychologist Therapist Alice Miller on Child Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it? Humiliations, spankings and beatings, slaps in the face, betrayal, sexual exploitation, derision, neglect, etc. are all forms of mistreatment, because they injure the integrity and dignity of a child, even if their consequences are not visible right away. However, as adults, most abused children will suffer, and let others suffer, from these [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>For Michael&#8230; By Michael&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Morphine&#8221; He got flash, baby Kicked in the back, baby A heart attack, baby I need your body! A hot kiss, honey He dug the ditch, baby You make me sick, baby So unreliable! I&#8217;m such a swine, baby All down the line, baby I hate your kind, baby So unreliable! A hot buzz, baby [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Better Safe than Sorry&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being that we are living profoundly in a digital age, it is imperative that I share with you my concerns about how to keep your images safe for future generations to have the opportunity of viewing your catalog of work.  In the past there were negatives, positives (slides) and prints which, if taken care of [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An homage to those demonstrating in Iran for their right to be heard and counted. Peace&#8230; Score: 0 (0 votes cast)<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Questions… Perhaps Some Answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be available to answer your questions to the best of my knowledge regarding the biz, techniques, lighting, photographic approaches and the politics of our metier.  Feel free to pose your questions.  I&#8217;ll get to them as soon as I can with my perspectives. Ben Score: 0 (0 votes cast)<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Funny Thing Happened to Me In the Camera Store&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wish to share this little story with you that you may find interesting&#8230; I want to shake you ALL up&#8230;I never studied photography&#8230;I never wanted to be a photographer. I studied architecture and played drums in a punk rock group. I literally fell in to photography by ACCIDENT.. Everything I learned was by experimenting. [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Plagiarism&#8230;What Goes Around Comes Around!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, I was seeing an Art Director with whom I had worked with frequently. It was a well known French fashion magazine. As you may already know, in all magazines the credit to the photographer is often on every second page either in the gutter or along the vertical edge of the [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Camera as an extension of the &#8216;Id&#8217;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Above Image Model: Irina Lazareanu It has been a long time since I was aware of the fact that I am actually holding a device between myself and the subject I am shooting. I think the device is called a camera or a digital capturing device. I can&#8217;t really recall. When that phenomena happened in [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Commitment is why I don&#8217;t do Critiques&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a photographer with about 27 years of experience behind me, I make it my practice NOT to critique other &#8220;Human&#8221; forms of expression captured in Imagery, Music, Painting etc. You are in your own way unique in the way in which you capture the moment that you have decided to encapsulate. It is that [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Take that Photo, Yet!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Kanarek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many people out there that believe in very hard fast rules when it comes to taking a picture and feel that if those rules are not followed, that their images will not be considered &#8220;GOOD&#8221;. Well, let me totally destroy that notion in one phrase. All of the greatest photos ever done BROKE with [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0" /></div><div>Score: 0 (0 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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