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	<description>photography by zarek rahman</description>
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		<title>Smackclown!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clowns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a super fun image I put together this weekend after going through my Halloween pics. This was a totally unplanned composite and took quite a lot of work, but I really enjoyed doing it and I am planning on doing a lot more stuff like this in the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Halloween!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just photos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ronald mcdonald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The clowns hit London town on Saturday night for a spot of Halloween fun. Perfect opportunity for some portraits&#8230; Technical info: - Shot with 24-70mm at f/5.6 for individuals all the way up to f/11 for the groups. - For the individual portraits there are two direct lights, the main at 1/4 power at camera [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[composite]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever been treated badly by the attendant at the local service station? A super duper huge thank you to Pete Zarria on Flickr who shot the original image of the gas station, which I found through a creative commons search. I took one look at it and instantly imagined what you see above!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Do you use flash for everything?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/10/24/reader-question-do-you-use-flash-for-everything/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=reader-question-do-you-use-flash-for-everything</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got this great message from reader Candace yesterday and thought it might be helpful to others to answer her questions on a blog post: Let&#8217;s tackle these one at a time: Absolutely not. It took me a little while to come to the realisation that lighting equipment/camera gear are simply tools which should help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using an ND filter with flash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blurry background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elinchrom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nd filter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to use flash outdoors in the daytime you are usually limited to a maximum sync speed of 1/250s or so, and so if you want to dim the ambient light then all you can really do is close down the lens to a smaller aperture like f/11. A small aperture means more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hijabi Heroine #1: Ophelia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fine art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hannah habibi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hogsmill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mica gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[millais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ophelia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a collaboration I did with my friend Hannah (she&#8217;s the model too) which we entered into a competition to be exhibited and a limited run of prints to be sold at the Mica Gallery on King&#8217;s Road (Sloane Square end), London in a few weeks. The theme for the exhibition is religious art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheapo eBay Bowens to Elinchrom mount adapter review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear related]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adapter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bowens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elinchrom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quadra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I bought into the Elinchrom system a little while ago when I found a used Quadra kit for an insanely low price. Despite the little head on that kit being as powerful as it is, it can&#8217;t do everything and like any light, needs modifiers to get the most out of it. The problem is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Club style&#8217; flash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct flash]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever been to a club and had your photo taken by one of their photographers, or seen photos of your friends taken in clubs and plastered all over Facebook, you&#8217;ll be familiar with this kind of image. Generally speaking a club photographer wants to be able to move around quickly and not be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The case for the Nikon J1/V1 CX system</title>
		<link>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/09/25/the-case-for-the-nikon-j1-v1-cx-system/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-case-for-the-nikon-j1-v1-cx-system</link>
		<comments>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/09/25/the-case-for-the-nikon-j1-v1-cx-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear related]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[j1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mirrorless]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zarekr.com/?p=1564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not a fanboy by any stretch of the means. I&#8217;ve had all sorts of camera gear ranging from Sony to Canon to Olympus to Panasonic before finally settling on Nikon for my go-to professional equipment. Despite this, I have had a lot of fun with Panasonic&#8217;s Micro Four Thirds cameras (particularly the GF1 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boneheaded clients who don&#8217;t value your work</title>
		<link>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/09/23/boneheaded-clients-who-dont-value-your-work/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=boneheaded-clients-who-dont-value-your-work</link>
		<comments>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/09/23/boneheaded-clients-who-dont-value-your-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I normally do following a job, I sent a selection of images for proofing to the concerned parties before any touchups had been carried out. In my mind, there were to be six touched up images to be prepared for publication in Mag A, and that was it. Of course, it&#8217;s never that simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A super vibrant Sikh wedding</title>
		<link>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/07/25/a-super-vibrant-sikh-wedding/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-super-vibrant-sikh-wedding</link>
		<comments>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/07/25/a-super-vibrant-sikh-wedding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian wedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boreham house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borehamwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sikh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had an absolute blast shooting the super vibrant wedding of Harvi and Gurpreet, who really looked the part. This was a really long day and I covered all of the celebrations from the groom&#8217;s side, which is the side you don&#8217;t usually see. I also managed to steal them away from the 500 guests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blurry backgrounds for creative effects at an engagement dinner</title>
		<link>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/06/22/blurry-backgrounds-for-creative-effects-at-an-engagement-dinner/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=blurry-backgrounds-for-creative-effects-at-an-engagement-dinner</link>
		<comments>http://www.zarekr.com/2011/06/22/blurry-backgrounds-for-creative-effects-at-an-engagement-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aperture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blurred]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bokeh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full frame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wide open]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are occasions where you turn up at a venue and find it to be a rather uninspiring place. A few weeks ago I was booked to shoot a very low key engagement dinner at an Indian restaurant in West London. When I arrived it was &#8211; how do I put it &#8211; rather bland [...]]]></description>
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