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	<description>Creative Director // Graphic Design Consultant // Web Development Consultant</description>
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		<title>Couple of new shots.</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2010/03/31/couple-of-new-shots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Wright Venue Promos</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2010/02/26/the-wright-venue-promos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought i&#8217;d post some design stuff as I haven&#8217;t posted anything design related in a while. Here&#8217;s a couple of new promo flyers/posters for The Wright Venue. I have tried to stick with the gradient mapped effect for as much as I can. In this example it only really worked for the wedding pic. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovin the 5dMkII!!</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2010/02/09/lovin-the-5dmkii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just took this in the kitchen with a sigma 50mm f1.4 EX prime. Love the combo. Really feeling the need to get out and shoot stuff!]]></description>
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		<title>Purchase My Photos! [beta]</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2010/02/09/purchase-my-photos-beta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having been asked several times if I was going to add the ability to buy photos from my site I have finally got around to testing some solutions. Current solution is a very basic one. Simply add the photograph you want to purchase to the basket and then checkout via paypal. You can see the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something old, something new. Photoshop clean-up</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/12/07/something-old-something-new-photoshop-clean-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have a nice contract in at the moment that&#8217;s allowing me to do some pretty cool clean-up work on some old B&#38;W images. This one wasn&#8217;t so bad as the B&#38;W image source was very clean to begin with. The file was enormous and was obviously worked on quite a bit already. Still, it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now Hiring!</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/11/11/now-hiring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to massive increase in the amount of work I have recently acquired I have decided I need help! I&#8217;m looking for a young, eager to learn, talented graphic designer who has been eating, drinking and sleeping Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign for a few years. This person will need to be able to take direction from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wright Venue Website</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/07/20/the-wright-venue-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently completed my latest web project for The Wright Venue. Following on form the brand, The website was the next installment of this project. The idea here was to try to encapsulate the essence of the night club. A purpose built 3 story multi-level &#8216;super club&#8217; at Airside in Dublin. There were basically 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilbert &amp; Wright Website</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/05/07/gilbert-wright-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just launched latest website for a pub chain called Gilbert &#38; Wright. Overall I&#8217;m happy with the result. I wanted the site to achieve an overall feel for the actual venues themselves and judging by the client&#8217;s reaction it seems to achieve this. Thankfully! On the face of it there doesn&#8217;t seem to be much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More photography&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/04/27/more-photography/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/04/27/more-photography/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a great day weather wise yesterday but I decided to scout a couple of locations I had wanted to shoot up in Glencree Co. Wicklow, plus i knew Mina would enjoy the trip and the walk. Took these as prelim shots as I didn&#8217;t have tripod or decent lens with me. These were quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liscannor Bay Sunset</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/04/16/liscannor-bay-sunset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/04/16/liscannor-bay-sunset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m not mad on typical sunset photos I though there was an interesting perspective on this shot. The sun picked up and illuminated the haze behind Liscannor village outlining the buildings nicely. Then to add to this it also manages to pick out O&#8217;Briens Tower on the Cliffs of Moher which lies directly behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bray Promenade</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/03/26/bray-promenade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/03/26/bray-promenade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managed to get a few minutes today to take a couple of pics along Bray Prominade. The sky was nicely wild (as I like them) and so it added a slightly different aspect to an otherwise normal shot. I also got lucky with the lack of any human or canine interruption! I also removed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Camera! Canon 400D</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/03/10/new-camera-canon-400d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/03/10/new-camera-canon-400d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally got myself a new Camera, well, new to me that is. A beautiful Canon 400D. I managed to take a few pics with it over the weekend and am delighted with the results. The camera is 10.1 Mega pixel and i&#8217;m thankful for the extra resolution as previous camera was 6 mega pixels. Don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Site update&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/03/10/site-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/03/10/site-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately I had to watermark all of my images. Well, all in the photography section anyway. 2 of my images turned up on another site without my permission. Apologies if it messes up the viewing for users.]]></description>
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		<title>Work update&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/02/25/work-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/02/25/work-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully all&#8217;s well on the work front. My current work load is, quite frankly, fantastic &#8211; especially in the current climate. After spending almost 10 years working for a publishing company it feels great to be able to spend time on projects that require a much higher creative input. It&#8217;s also great to be working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Explorer 6 and the developer</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/02/12/internet-explorer-6-and-the-developer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/02/12/internet-explorer-6-and-the-developer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any web dev knows the biggest pain in the ass is getting your site cross platform / cross browser complient. As I&#8217;m currently working on rolling out 4 websites I once again find myself using a ridiculous amount of time getting the site to look perfect in IE6. So. I&#8217;m faced with troubleshooting for 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hi, and thanks for dropping by!</title>
		<link>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/01/23/hello-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.markjgriffin.ie/2009/01/23/hello-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'll be regularly uploading comments and idea on all aspects of design in here. I'll also be available to answer any questions anyone might have on any design or web related issues...]]></description>
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