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A standard rotational matrix method is described for determining the k-space components of photoelectrons emitted from a crystal surface, which is arbitrarily oriented with respect to the experimental frame. This simplifies the analysis of angle-resolved photoemission data from a crystal surface not aligned to the experimental chamber axes.