<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440227872717516574</id><updated>2010-02-03T16:29:24.580-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Phoquess Photoblog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Caroline Steele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05756461778614475295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440227872717516574.post-648555883094177427</id><published>2008-12-16T15:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T15:35:47.111-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Coco Rocha — Expressions</title><summary type='text'>THIS is an amazing model. If you can model like this, I want to shoot you.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/feeds/648555883094177427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/12/coco-rocha-expressions.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/648555883094177427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/648555883094177427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/12/coco-rocha-expressions.html' title='Coco Rocha — Expressions'/><author><name>Caroline Steele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05756461778614475295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07236042232411447349'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440227872717516574.post-7234766568417286396</id><published>2008-10-26T11:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T06:55:38.767-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoot'/><title type='text'>Heather photoshoot</title><summary type='text'>Shoot date: October 17th 2008Another video of the shoot, this time shot by my assistant and sister, Cassidy Steele. Note: Cassidy was holding my mini-flash during most of the shots, so that's where my second light came from, if you want to reverse engineer my setup. I don't talk a whole lot during my shoots, as you might be able to tell from my video; I'm not big on giving a lot of direction </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/feeds/7234766568417286396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/10/heather-hazzan-photoshoot.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/7234766568417286396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/7234766568417286396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/10/heather-hazzan-photoshoot.html' title='Heather photoshoot'/><author><name>Caroline Steele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05756461778614475295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07236042232411447349'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oq3MB_T8tZM/SQS7BYUEQxI/AAAAAAAAAEA/CnmWLqFavvY/s72-c/20081017-360-Edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440227872717516574.post-2217536649857315937</id><published>2008-10-22T19:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T06:56:04.110-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='processing'/><title type='text'>Post processing, Photoshop</title><summary type='text'>Recently I've noticed that, as my photography skills improve, people comment more and more often about my Photoshop use—usually that I use "a little too much." So I wanted to clear up some misconceptions. As I get better as photography, I've started to use LESS Photoshop, not more—and people usually pick my most (and poorly) photoshopped photos as the very opposite.So some examples: original on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/feeds/2217536649857315937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/10/post-processing-photoshop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/2217536649857315937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/2217536649857315937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/10/post-processing-photoshop.html' title='Post processing, Photoshop'/><author><name>Caroline Steele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05756461778614475295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07236042232411447349'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oq3MB_T8tZM/SP_olLDzRgI/AAAAAAAAADQ/22Z5A2F3tbI/s72-c/kim1_pre.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440227872717516574.post-146620813874291647</id><published>2008-10-12T19:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T20:48:55.608-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoot'/><title type='text'>Evelyn shoot, October 4th 2008</title><summary type='text'>Model: Evelyn Makeup artist: Nikki Assistant/videographer: Whitney There were two sets in this shoot: the purple-y images against my white wall, and the silver images against the fabric background. The wall, of course, was easy; the silver fabric was, too. It's crinkly silver lamé (I think), and overtop, some gauzy grey stuff embedded with rhinestones. It provided exactly the starry, textured </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/feeds/146620813874291647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/10/evelyn-shoot-october-4th-2008.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/146620813874291647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/146620813874291647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/10/evelyn-shoot-october-4th-2008.html' title='Evelyn shoot, October 4th 2008'/><author><name>Caroline Steele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05756461778614475295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07236042232411447349'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440227872717516574.post-2587157242146946645</id><published>2008-07-24T22:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:35:08.031-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brittani'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='look'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoot'/><title type='text'>Older shoot, LOOK</title><summary type='text'>Model: BrittaniWell, we originally started with a completely different idea for a more conceptual shoot... but things got in the way of that one. (We're still going to shoot it though.) So after some brainstorming and closet-searching, we started shooting the LOOK set.I shot against a black background (black bedsheet from Wal-Mart, ha!) that had been held up against my desk/bookshelf. I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/feeds/2587157242146946645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/07/older-shoot-look.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/2587157242146946645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/2587157242146946645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/07/older-shoot-look.html' title='Older shoot, LOOK'/><author><name>Caroline Steele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05756461778614475295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07236042232411447349'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oq3MB_T8tZM/SIlmcAR6syI/AAAAAAAAAAg/gsfE1fqBWCs/s72-c/IMG_7946.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440227872717516574.post-7007515901605251842</id><published>2008-07-24T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T22:35:08.019-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='equipment'/><title type='text'>An Introduction, and stuff</title><summary type='text'>Hi there.I'm a young'un in the world of photography, but don't let that stop you. I'm certainly not going to let it stop me. :D This is my blog for how I did everything.So, to start off: my equipment and setup.Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D): my basic tool. I'm a cheap student and even though this isn't top-of-the-line, it gets me the photos I need. It's very easy to use. I usually shoot on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/feeds/7007515901605251842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/07/introduction-and-stuff.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/7007515901605251842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5440227872717516574/posts/default/7007515901605251842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.phoquess.com/2008/07/introduction-and-stuff.html' title='An Introduction, and stuff'/><author><name>Caroline Steele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05756461778614475295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07236042232411447349'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>