Dustin Diaz Photography

137/365. The stale taste of recycled air ~ The Postal Service

Today Erin and I did a photo shoot of a graduation at UC Berkeley. I gotta admit, I really like this D3. The smaller form factor and thick grip makes it comfortable to hold (compared to D700 + MB-D10).

Anyhow, this shot was taken much later in the night after sun has passed and the air was finally chilled. It even fulfills my weird photo fettish of fire hydrants (except calling it a fettish sounds gross). One small note that you might find funny — Erin pointed out that she found out where my inspiration comes from: Chuck! Go ahead and watch a brief recap of season 1 to get a good idea of where the influence comes from (especially the night scenes). A common pair of lights you'll see is CTO fill, and bare bulb (blue w/ cool white balance) for rim. One could even call it the "two light pony". It's 'very' common, but more importantly, makes a huge difference in the "rad" department.

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camera, setup, strobist info: see here

Photo by Michael Leggett. Photo shown here is "as is," straight out of the camera on Program Exposure (and I fine job it did) on vivid, high contrast. The timing and angle was all Michael. The goofball flying up the air, well, that was me.