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		<title>Success for Rob Birrell at the Annual North East BIPP Awards!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was extremely pleased with my unprecedented success in this years Annual Regional BIPP Awards. In my first year of entering I took 1st and 3rd places in the Commercial Category of these prestigious awards. Winner &#8211; Commercial Category This year’s annual Photography competition for the North East region, held by the British Institute of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2009/12/success-for-rob-birrell-at-the-annual-north-east-bipp-awards/</link>
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		<title>Review of Canvas Print Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently approached by MCanvasPrints.co.uk to review their service. Now I&#8217;m not a huge fan of canvas prints, being slightly of the mind that canvas is for oil paintings not photographs. However, recognising that some folk like this format and with nothing to lose I thought, why not? So I selected a landscape that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2009/11/review-of-canvas-print-service/</link>
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		<title>Durham Photographer, Rob Birrell Selected for Shot Up North Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my images &#8220;Mobile Phone&#8221; has been selected for this year&#8217;s Shot Up North (SUN) Awards. The SUN Awards &#8211; now entering its 20th year &#8211; recognises and rewards the best commercial photography in the UK regions, working in the disciplines of Advertising, Design, Fashion or Editorial Photography. The 50 chosen images are currently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/11/durham-photographer-rob-birrell-selected-for-shot-up-north-awards/</link>
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		<title>RobBirrell.com Updated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve finally got around to a long overdue update of my commercial website, Rob Birrell Photography at RobBirrell.com. Along with a new colour scheme you&#8217;ll find loads of new images that hopefully better describe what I do. Let me know what you think, if it works for you and how it could be improved further.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/11/robbirrellcom-updated/</link>
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		<title>Durham City Baths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month I had the privilege of photographing the old 1930s Durham City Baths just prior to their closure in July 2008. They have been replaced by a swish new pool and leisure complex called Freemans Quay which I hope to be able to photograph at some stage in the future. Thanks to Kay Smith [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/08/durham-city-baths/</link>
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		<title>Valves, Bells and Whistles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently completed a commision for a German Engineering company who asked me to shoot some images of a valve assembly before it shipped out to their customer. Problem was that the assemblage was about the size of a mini and could only be shifted about with a fork lift truck. Well the sub-contractor, VA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/08/valves-bells-and-whistles/</link>
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		<title>55° North</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet another personal project &#8230; I&#8217;ve been working in a series of urban/hard landscape photographs. They started off loosely based within about 100 yards of the 55 degrees north roundabout in Newcastle Upon Tyne but I&#8217;ve extended the remit to include some photos of Durham and the University Running Track. Click through on any of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/08/55%c2%b0-north/</link>
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		<title>Ripon Races</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently visited Ripon Races with my friend Anne with the intention of doing a little recreational photography. Well it proved to be more difficult than I anticipated especially in the overcast conditions. I had hoped to get more people shots but timidity got the better of me. The shots of horses were hampered by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/08/ripon-races/</link>
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		<title>Accepted for Cravens Art Prize / The People Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to say that the above image of mine has been accepted into the 2008 People Show (formerly known as the Cravens Art Prize). The exhibition is open to painters, printmakers, sculptors, photographers, film and ceramic artists who live in the North East of England. It&#8217;s running at the Northumbria University Gallery until September [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/08/accepted-for-craven-art-prize-the-people-show/</link>
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		<title>Bookshop goes online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to take an opportunity to share some thoughts on what photography books I like and/or have found useful by adding a book shop to my blog website. Hopefully you will something useful and inspirational here too and if you click through from this website it will serve to bolster my meagre income in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robbirrellphotography.co.uk/2008/06/bookshop-goes-online/</link>
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