Dustin Diaz Photography

365/365. The End (and making of)

Good bye everyone.

359/365. I am Santa — and I like apples

Except of course, not this one - because it's wrotten.

Hey, who said my ideas would start to make any sense by the end of the year?

Anyway, Merry Christmas folks. Don't waste your time here. Go play with some new toys ;)

Or of course, see the details...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

354/365. Perchance to dream — Ay, there's the rub

Had a Christmas present shoot today which was a gift from Linda (shown in photo) to Stephen (the other half). This was shot in the Montgomery Mall center thingy place... outdoor... place... yeah. You'll also see Erin holding a lightstand in the setup shot too. 'Twas a great end to a long weekend.

11 more days!

... and of course, you lighting folks that made this such a great year... let's do this.

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

349/365. Love — be spontaneous

Everyone, meet Megan, Claude, and their Moms. They just got married.

Continuing along with the end of the year favorite photographers, I wanted to call out Maxime Villalonga, a Paris based Photographer from whom I've also gathered much inspiration and has heavily influenced my own photography. Give his work a look and click back a few pages.

strobist: SB-900 @ 1/16 @ 17mm w/ 1/2 CTO thru 50" big mama softbox. front left of frame.

344/365. Suicide — this is my subtitlte that links to a larger version

Ok. Everyone in the world knows how to create shots like these. So I'm purposefully disabling comments (yeah yeah, "nice bokeh" bla bla). You want to see some who is actually talented at this? Everyone, see Roger Lim. Hands down, best out-of-focus photographer. See you tomorrow.

341/365. I am not a permanent — and the only thing keeping me dry is where I am ~ Postal Service

I can feel my throat getting dry.... which means I shouldn't be taking photos like this outside in the freezing San Francisco weather. As I'm typing this I may have finally caught that cough I've been avoiding all year.

Anyway, today was a Monday. This is how Monday's go.

Lighting geeks, do your thing :)

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

334/365. Untitled — view large

"When you can't get a day off, you get an off day in return" - Me

See you tomorrow.

324/365. Hot to the touch — so wear some gloves

Sorry for the wait folks. Major thanks to those who have been voting for me (for Flickr photog of the year)! You guys rock! And of course if you haven't had the chance yet, you still can. It's crazy to know that 2009 is coming close to an end and this 365 will sadly be discontinued.

Anyway, here's a classic of Erin for ya. She is damn hot; this I know.

And now for the rest of the goods...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

291/365. I will destroy you — and really, who's going to argue with that? ( << view large! )

There was a few things that made tonight feel right, and this photo was part of it. It's beginning to get dark out earlier, and I've had too long of a rest from the city (with a camera). Erin and I didn't travel far, but it we got the job done.

Alright now. let's do this lighting thing....

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

and for the sake of submitting this to strobist pool:
2 lights. one SB @ 1/16 camera left. one SB @ 1/128 camera right ;)

290/365. Me & Light & Sunglasses — I know, what's new? Right?

After this, I need to get back outside and do some 'ol fashion street photography.

strobist info: you've seen all too many like this — figure it out ;)