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		<title>Solar flares make interesting backdrops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Always put the sun behind your subject. For one thing, it means they won&#8217;t be squinting in the picture. But another reason is to get cool backlight effects. Usually you can get a nice bit of rim lighting or some nice highlights on the hair, but when the sun is very low and you stick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/03/solar-flares-make-interesting-backdrops/</link>
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		<title>Simple studio portraiture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night Brence and I spent some time tidying up the home studio and putting up a new dark background I made of navy blue fabric. I fired off some test shots of Brence to see what it looked like &#8211; and it looks pretty good and works well in colour or b&#38;w.
We started out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/03/simple-studio-portraiture/</link>
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		<title>Dramatic clouds over the Port Hills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we had some dramatic clouds over Christchurch. We often get interesting cloud formations here, but these were particularly dramatic and I thought it&#8217;d be worth taking a drive up the Port Hills to see what the view was like. When I got up to Summit Road and got out of the car, it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/03/dramatic-clouds-over-the-port-hills/</link>
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		<title>Coffee Culture commercial interior shots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christchurch-based cafe chain Coffee Culture is one of my favourite clients. I&#8217;ve photographed six of their cafes over the past few years, as well as producing a custom panoramic image of Lyttelton Harbour for their Lyttelton premises.
This week I shot the interior of the Merivale Coffee Culture, which has just undergone a refurbishment. The place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/02/coffee-culture-commercial-interior-shots/</link>
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		<title>Fred and Oakley engagement portraits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frederique and Oakley recently got engaged, and they took advantage of my &#8216;Summer Nights&#8217; portraiture special to have some engagement portraits done.
Fred told me that as well as being engagement portraits, she wanted the pictures to be a snapshot of their lives in Christchurch right now. Fred is originally from Montreal, Oakley is from Germany, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/01/fred-and-oakley-portraits/</link>
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		<title>Family portraits at Riccarton House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently did a lifestyle family portrait photoshoot at the beautiful Riccarton House grounds in Christchurch. Kat and her mum Mandy were over from the UK visiting Kat&#8217;s sister Emma, who lives in New Zealand. It&#8217;s rare that these three lovely ladies are together, and Kat and Emma bought the photo session package for their mum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/01/family-portraits-at-riccarton-house/</link>
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		<title>Close encounters of the duck kind&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to visit my friend Jos and her wee boy Seb at Hagley Park today. I had my 5D with 70-200mm lens with me and grabbed a few shots of them feeding the ducks. Seb is quite entranced by the ducks and would have liked to have petted one I&#8217;m sure!

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		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/01/close-encounters-of-the-duck-kind/</link>
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		<title>Night bus environmental portrait</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brence and I spent a month visiting my folks in Canada over the recent Christmas and New Year&#8217;s holidays. We took a ba-zillion photos which I have yet to sort through properly, but I wanted to post a quick pick.
I took this of Brence riding the bus in Vancouver one cold rainy night. It was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/01/night-bus-environmental-portrait/</link>
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		<title>Dog portraits of Bella the Cane Corso</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My previous post was a selection of photos of my brother&#8217;s beautiful Cane Corso dog, Buddha. Here&#8217;s a selection of photos of his other dog, Bella (also a Cane Corso).
My brother lives in Chilliwack, B.C. Canada, and is going to breed his two dogs &#8211; anyone in the greater Vancouver area who would like a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/01/dog-portraits-of-bella-the-cane-corso/</link>
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		<title>Dog portraits of Buddha the Cane Corso</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My brother Mike lives in Chilliwack B.C. Canada and has two utterly gorgeous dogs. I was visiting for the holidays and Mike requested some professional portraits of his dogs for his website &#8211; www.canadiancanecorso.com &#8211; where he intends to promote the breed and his upcoming litters of purebred puppies for sale.
His dogs Buddha and Bella [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharonblance.com/2010/01/dog-portraits-of-buddha-the-cane-corso/</link>
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