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		<title>On the road again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been pretty lucky this fall that I&#8217;ve stayed busy with a lot of shooting, but haven&#8217;t had too much travel beyond the Northeast.  I do enjoy, in theory (and usually in practice) the idea of traveling for work, but I often hate the hassle of airport travel with lots of gear, connecting flights, etc.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/12/on-the-road-again/</link>
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		<title>Honoring a Legend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently completed a project for Rosie&#8217;s Place, a homeless women&#8217;s shelter in Boston, for their annual &#8220;Funny Women, Serious Business&#8221; fundraising event.  This was the fourth video I had created for them (including this piece that I did last year).  Earlier this year, Kip Tiernan, the founder of Rosie&#8217;s Place, passed away, so they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/11/honoring-a-legend/</link>
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		<title>The Big Ole Lens Test Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This all started because on a daily basis, it seems, my Twitter feed is chock full of discussions about how lens X is SO MUCH better than lens Y, etc, etc.  People talk about how much better a certain lens looks over another and I just don’t buy it.  I mean, I would guess that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/09/the-big-ole-lens-test-party/</link>
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		<title>Keeping Up With The Joneses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been all quiet on the blogging front the last few months.  It’s not a big deal really, and I’m sure my loyal readers (hi, Mom!) have gotten over it.  But I just feel annoyed when I look at my site and see that I’ve posted nothing in the last few months.  When I started [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/08/keeping-up-with-the-joneses/</link>
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		<title>And yet another&#8230; 48 Hours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So if my memory serves correct, two weekends ago I shot my SEVENTH 48 Hour Film.  (For those unfamiliar with the quite popular, international filmmaking competition, the 48HFP gives filmmakers the opportunity to write, shoot, score and edit a 4-7 minute film in, you guessed it, 48 Hours.)  I actually get fairly preachy about how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/05/and-yet-another-48-hours/</link>
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		<title>Lighting With What &#8216;Cha Got</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve written about before, I like shooting interviews, and it&#8217;s sort of the mainstay of my work.  I know it&#8217;s odd, but I sometimes imagine the perfect interview setting, with the perfect wall colors, the perfect background props, the perfect lighting, the perfect audio, etc.  It&#8217;s weird, I know.  Someday I&#8217;ll reach this nirvana [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/05/lighting/</link>
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		<title>NAB 2011 Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So when I got on the plane to return to Boston after several days in Vegas and at NAB, I had this sinking feeling that I had missed a lot of things and people that I wanted to see.  I&#8217;m not sure if it was mis-management of my time, my hurting back or the constant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/04/nab-2011-recap/</link>
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		<title>Welcoming the AF-100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I recently received my newest addition to my camera collection, the Panasonic AF-100.  There are countless sites and blogs that talk about this camera, so I will not go into lengthy details on what this camera does, etc.  Most of you that are reading this post probably know a fair bit about this camera [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2011/02/welcoming-the-af-100/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s that time of year again, but alas, the holiday season is in full swing and the end of the year is coming quickly.  Both personally and professionally this has been a highly eventful year, certainly highlighted by the birth of our first child, Owen.  My wife, Kate, and I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/12/happy-holidays/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel like a lot of my blog posts recently (as well as many on other people&#8217;s blogs that I read) have been very gear oriented.  That&#8217;s not bad; I like to read about new gear, but I think all this talk about gear gets us further away from discussing and sharing WHAT we are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/10/the-power-of-words/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s small, it&#8217;s HD!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So back in April I wrote my recap of attending my first NAB conference.  I discussed how one of the items I was checking out to buy was a new HD field monitor.  I wanted something to work with my 7D (which I was starting to use more then) and my EX-1 (as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/09/its-small-its-hd/</link>
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		<title>Cost of Entry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It costs money to make money.  In most cases that is true.  To be a doctor, lawyer, etc. you need an (often expensive) education.  To own a machine shop you need tools.  To work in video production you need equipment. It seems that nowadays, though, that cost of entry into the professional field of video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/09/cost-of-entry/</link>
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		<title>The Sound of Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s talk about music.  I&#8217;ve been thinking about this post for a while now but am finally getting down to writing it.  Music is arguably one of the most powerful mediums we have; it can so strongly help to create a mood or emotion and can stay with you for hours or days (even when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/08/the-sound-of-music/</link>
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		<title>The New Addition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you may know, my wife and I just had our first child, Owen, about 3 weeks ago.  These early stages of parenthood have been amazing and magical.  I looked back today at the video we shot on the day we found out that Owen was on his way, and it is unbelievable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/08/the-new-addition/</link>
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		<title>A Nice Set of Legs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t planning to do a review of my new purchase, but some Twitter buddies were curious about my new tripod, so I thought I&#8217;d post a little overview. It just arrived yesterday and has not gone on a shoot yet, but I played with it a bit today and can go over some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/08/a-nice-set-of-legs/</link>
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