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		<title>This weather is rubbish!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
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		<title>Fifty years of the Centre for African Studies</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/05/15/fifty-years-of-the-centre-for-african-studies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came home yesterday to find a copy of a booklet celebrating 50 years of Edinburgh University&#8217;s Centre for African Studies, and it included my portrait of Sengalese musician Soriba Kanout, performing in Edinburgh in autumn 2011: He was performing &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/05/15/fifty-years-of-the-centre-for-african-studies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3825&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rob Hudson&#8217;s reflections on landscapes and the idea of the muse</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/04/29/rob-hudsons-reflections-on-landscapes-and-the-idea-of-the-muse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To my immense frustration, I&#8217;ve had a frantically busy work time recently, and have neglected not only this blog, but also my cameras: I&#8217;ve simply not had time to get out and make any photographs at all recently.  I hope &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/04/29/rob-hudsons-reflections-on-landscapes-and-the-idea-of-the-muse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3775&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Something a little different</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/03/24/something-a-little-different/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helmsdale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent outing to Helmsdale, I made this: Made with a Lensbaby selective focus lens, it is one of the few times I&#8217;ve really managed to use the lens in a way that resulted in a meaningful image, rather &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/03/24/something-a-little-different/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3738&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with Lightroom 4&#8242;s black and white conversion</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/03/14/playing-with-lightroom-4s-black-and-white-conversion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monochrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t convert many colour images to black and white. In general if I want a black and white image, I tend to use black and white film. I know that there are many people who use specialist conversion software, &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/03/14/playing-with-lightroom-4s-black-and-white-conversion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3442&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on my muse</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/03/04/musings-on-my-muse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[model]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Tait]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This title was just asking to be used&#8230;! What is a muse? What is a muse for me? I have regularly referred to my good friend Stephanie Tait as my muse, and as I am presently hoping she&#8217;ll be visiting &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/03/04/musings-on-my-muse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3402&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iona, Helmsdale, Winnipeg</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/02/23/iona-helmsdale-winnipeg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Isle of Iona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June this year I shall be participating in a conference in Winnipeg, Canada, representing the Iona Community, of which I am a Member.  I shall be there with another Member, and we have been asked to make a presentation &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/02/23/iona-helmsdale-winnipeg/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3387&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New old images</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/02/10/new-old-images/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alan Ross]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally took a whole lot of film away to be processed, and have started scanning some of it.  This is a slow process, as I am also very busy with work things at the moment, but it will gradually &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/02/10/new-old-images/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3349&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The darkroom comes a step closer&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/28/the-darkroom-comes-a-step-closer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[darkroom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I began to think that in 2012 I&#8217;d like to start developing and printing my own film again &#8211; the last time I did this was in the early 1990s &#8211; and today this came a little step &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/28/the-darkroom-comes-a-step-closer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3342&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One of the great things about being an academic&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/27/one-of-the-great-things-about-being-an-academic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is that it feels completely normal to do things that some other people might think rather strange.  For example, for many years I have been adding to my collection of old missionary biographies and related items.  I&#8217;ve acquired them from &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/27/one-of-the-great-things-about-being-an-academic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3452&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nakedness, breasts, &#8216;art nudes&#8217;, sex and photography</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/10/nakedness-breasts-art-nudes-sex-and-photography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alex Boyd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to return to some issues relating to responsibility in portraiture that I have touched on briefly before (for example, here and here). In particular, I want to offer some reflections on the photographic portrayal of nudity, or semi-nudity. This &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/10/nakedness-breasts-art-nudes-sex-and-photography/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3257&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the beach with the Rolleiflex</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/08/on-the-beach-with-the-rolleiflex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ilford FP4 plus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is there not to like about winter? I fell out of bed at 7:15 and was on the beach at the bottom of the road twenty minutes later &#8211; marvellous! In the summer, I&#8217;d have to be up at &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/08/on-the-beach-with-the-rolleiflex/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3281&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow morning&#8230; beachscapes with the Rolleiflex</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/07/tomorrow-morning-beachscapes-with-the-rolleiflex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ilford FP4 plus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather is looking good for early tomorrow morning, and so I think I&#8217;ll take the old Rolleiflex down to the beach and try out some monochrome beachscapes (I have Ilford 125 film in it just now). And I must &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/07/tomorrow-morning-beachscapes-with-the-rolleiflex/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3251&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The text of a letter inviting the &#8216;taxman&#8217; (or &#8216;taxwoman&#8217;?!) to lunch to discuss my taxes, following Goldman Sachs&#8217; example</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/06/the-text-of-a-letter-inviting-the-taxman-or-taxwoman-to-lunch-to-discuss-my-taxes-following-goldman-sachs-example/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the text of a letter I wrote to HMRC yesterday, requesting a meeting to discuss paying less tax. My request follows the example offered by Goldman Sachs: if they can negotiate lower taxes over lunch, I don&#8217;t see &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2012/01/06/the-text-of-a-letter-inviting-the-taxman-or-taxwoman-to-lunch-to-discuss-my-taxes-following-goldman-sachs-example/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3455&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Ross&#8217; photography and his #PostAPhotoFriday idea</title>
		<link>http://marten.org.uk/2011/12/16/alan-ross-photography-and-his-postaphotofriday-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Marten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To my considerable astonishment, Alan Ross recently started following me on Twitter.  Although I had come across his images before, I didn&#8217;t know he was on Twitter until then; I am (of course!) following him now too.  I really like &#8230; <a href="http://marten.org.uk/2011/12/16/alan-ross-photography-and-his-postaphotofriday-idea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marten.org.uk&#038;blog=9017757&#038;post=3183&#038;subd=tpdv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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