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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>BendFilm Festival Image Update</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/10/14/bendfilm-festival-image-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello to all you good people &#8230; looking for images from this past weekend&#8217;s BendFilm Festival! Welcome!
Obsidian Stock is hard at work to bring you complete visual coverage from the event -our fabulous team has created thousand of images we now need to edit and upload. So please be patient with us!


The images will live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BendFilm Festival Coverage - Day 1</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/10/10/bendfilm-festival-coverage-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday night was the Opening Night of the BendFilm Festival. The Tower Theater was sold out, the feature movie &#8220;The Great Buck Howard&#8221; had the audience roaring with laughter, and a good time was had by all.

Image by Simone Paddock
Stay tuned for more images in the next days.
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		<title>Obsidian Stock to Cover BendFilm Festival</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/10/08/obsidian-stock-to-cover-bendfilm-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Has a year already gone by again? Is it really that time - again?
Indeed. Look at that. We blinked - and the BendFilm festival appeared once more out of thin air. Unbelievable.

Like last year, Obsidian Stock has been chosen to be the exclusive provider of event photography for BendFilm. Eight of our most talented shooters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Image Theft on Flickr</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/03/13/beware-of-image-theft-on-flickr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So you have a little portfolio of your images on Flickr. Whether or not you are a professional photographer, this latest blip below should make you think twice about displaying any of your images on the Net without a watermark - and working with a stock agency like iStockphoto whose anonymous mass of contributors can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symbolism in Imagery</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/03/12/symbolism-in-imagery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stock imagery is frequently about symbolism - finding that *exact right* image that communicates a feeling, a thought, a message rather than just sitting there, looking pretty.
Every so often, an image comes across my desk that is just like that: not necessarily beautiful in the common sense - but rather inviting the viewer to study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Random Image: Spring</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/03/08/random-image-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring seems finally just around the corner in Central Oregon, and Obsidian Stock is celebrating that with a totally random image&#8230;.

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		<title>Obsidian Stock Photographer Wins Honor</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/02/19/obsidian-stock-photographer-wins-honor/</link>
		<comments>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2008/02/19/obsidian-stock-photographer-wins-honor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Obsidian Stock congratulates its contributing photographer Rob Jenkins for winning an Honorable Mention in the PX3 International Photo Contest, based in Paris, France.
The topic was &#8220;The Human Condition&#8221; and this funny, uplifting shot was rightfully selected:

Well done, Rob!
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		<title>BendFilm Kicks Off</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2007/10/12/bendfilm-kicks-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For some people, BendFilm is all about the movies, the independent films, or maybe the clever shorts, or perhaps the gutsy features. For me, it&#8217;s all about the parties. And this year&#8217;s kick-off parties did not disappoint. BendFilm Feed, the exclusive kick-off party for the festival, was held last night at Les Schwab Amphitheater.

That&#8217;s outdoors. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obsidian Stock to shoot BendFilm</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2007/10/10/obsidian-stock-to-shoot-bendfilm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This one&#8217;s for the &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this cool?&#8221; category &#8230;
Obsidian Stock is proud to announce that we&#8217;ll be providing and coordinating all photography surrounding the 4th annual BendFilm festival this year.
The festival starts this Thursday, October 11th, and will end Sunday, October 14th (for more info, movie schedules and supporting events, see here: bendfilm.org). Check out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win One of 10 Holga Cameras and Get Creative!</title>
		<link>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2007/05/10/win-one-of-10-holga-cameras-and-get-creative/</link>
		<comments>http://obsidianstock.com/talk/2007/05/10/win-one-of-10-holga-cameras-and-get-creative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 18:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oregon&#8217;s premier photo stock agency, Obsidian Stock, has partnered up with Absolut Vodka&#8217;s Lomo campaign to bring you one of the coolest, hippest tools of the photo trade: the Holga camera.
We are raffling off 10 of these hot little gadgets in an effort to inspire, mobilize and spark creativity among Oregon photographers. The contest is [...]]]></description>
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