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	<title>Mark Tantrum Photography</title>
	
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		<title>Next generation of photographers came to visit my studio</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/05/next-generation-of-photographers-came-to-visit-my-studio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 08:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News/ Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Class]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellesley College]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had a group of students from my old school, Wellesley College come to visit my studio. It was organized by the boys art teach Eve Owen. Eve taught me art when I was at Wellesley. It was such a positive experience that it helped shaped my career path towards being a full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porirua installs the first earthquake safety valves in New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/05/porirua-installs-the-first-earthquake-safety-valves-in-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portraits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Leggett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Porirua City Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new type of protection for the cities water supply spurned on by the Christchurch earthquakes. Like a ball joint in a 4WD car, these joints allow for movement between the reservoir and the water pipeline, both of which remain inflexible. &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Wellington City Council’s draft long term plan 2012-22 cover</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/05/wellington-city-councils-draft-long-term-plan-2012-22-cover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 06:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News/ Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long term plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Published work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellington City Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marktantrum.com/blog/?p=3052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I noticed the cover of the draft long term plan that is circulating around at the moment gathering feedback from ratepayers is sporting one of my Summer City photos from last year. These two kids had just had their temporary tattoos done and I remember asking me for them to show them to me for a photo. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Light Panels to craft the light in my portraits</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/05/diy-light-panels-to-craft-the-light-in-my-portraits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 02:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Steel Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe McNally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lastolite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lighting Panel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toi Poneke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ulrich Aluminium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I did a shoot recently where I needed to light full body portraits. I found that regular umbrellas and softboxes fall short in getting the entire body illuminated consistently. After reading about National Geographic Photographer Joe McNally&#8217;stechniques of shooting with lighting panels, I have researched getting some for myself. The purpose of these panels is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean, green “Cargo Bikes” in Wellington, May 2012…</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/05/clean-green-cargo-bikes-in-wellington-may-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 02:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News/ Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cargo bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celia Wade-Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominion Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain Buggy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multi Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positively Wellington Venues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Associates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wellington has surprised me again for thinking out of the box, using tried and true technologies like pedal power to get goods around town. Positively Wellington Venues has set up two bikes that are capable of carrying 100KG in a weather sealed cargo space. The bikes are designed and built in Europe. According to the comments on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellington’s top Chefs rally together to support Neonatal Trust</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/wellingtons-top-chefs-rally-together-to-support-neonatal-trust/</link>
		<comments>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/wellingtons-top-chefs-rally-together-to-support-neonatal-trust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News/ Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Launch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cook Book]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mojo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mojo Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Neonatal Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welcome Home]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[12 of Wellington&#8217;s top Chef&#8217;s including Al Brown, Simon Gault, Martin Boseley, Laurent Loudeac joined forces to produce a cookbook, the proceeds of which will go to help families of premature and sick newborn babies. The direct link to buy the book for $39.95 is here. I was asked to help out and donate some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Face to Face with the future: Video Games are cool</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/face-to-face-with-the-future-video-games-are-cool/</link>
		<comments>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/face-to-face-with-the-future-video-games-are-cool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News/ Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weta workshops]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Little old New Zealand can innovate! On Tuesday night, Anna invited me along to the Gamefroot Launch party at City Gallery in Wellington. It is an online gaming platform where anyone can go online and create a 2D based game. It&#8217;s so simple, even the kids are experts! At the launch party, a pannel of kids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parkor Session in central Wellington, 14 April, 2012.</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/parkor-session-in-central-wellington-14-april-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had photographed the Parkor Wellington crew late last year as part of a film project. We had kept in touch since about setting up another session, this time just stills. I thought a good idea to do location scouting and for me to learn more about the sport would be to follow the guys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some of my sports shots appear on Marathon Photos International homepage</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/some-of-my-sports-shots-appear-on-marathon-photos-international-homepage/</link>
		<comments>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/some-of-my-sports-shots-appear-on-marathon-photos-international-homepage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Published Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Challenge Wanaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karapoti Classic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was just checking the Marathon Photos website to see the shots we got of last years Real Women&#8217;s Duathlon in Wellington. I was pleasantly surprised to see two of my photos appeared amongst the 6 featured images on the home page of their site, which includes events from all around the globe. In fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My new portrait lens, the Nikkor 50mm f1.2</title>
		<link>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/my-new-portrait-lens-the-nikkor-50mm-f1-2/</link>
		<comments>http://marktantrum.com/blog/2012/04/my-new-portrait-lens-the-nikkor-50mm-f1-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nikkor 50mm f1.2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portrait]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have long admired the wedding and portrait work of Canon shooters who have taken advantage of the new ultra fast f1.2 lenses. These lenses are ridiculously expensive but deliver results that are uniquely stunning. The look is &#8216;cinematic&#8217; with only a tiny part of the image sharp, the rest quickly falling off to beautiful blur. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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