Dustin Diaz Photography

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

It's Santa Mow! Yesterday was our 1 year anniversary for Erin and I. The camera never really came out. So here's another one from the archives.

This was our Christmas card from 2008 — it's our cat, Meow meow meow... in a Santa outfit. She ignored us for a good 3 hours after that.

Christmas Eve is in just a few hours. Erin bought these great plant seed berry thingies and set them on the table. I wandered about the living taking pictures of everything "except" this. I filtered through all the pictures on the camera and decided to take a few more. This shot was one of those and it turned out well. Merry Christmas Eve Everyone.
strobist info: SB600@1/8, to left — ceiling bounce

shown in a window below our apartment. last shot of the night before retiring for the night.

231/365. Put a cork in it — you know you want to

Everyone, meet Santa Claus, and Chewbacca. I asked them to do something interesting, and they performed. No one was harmed except for some minor issues with some cork getting stuck in Chewy's beard afterward. We had a good laugh afterward and I'm slightly delirious right now.

Just... click on the thing at the bottom of the thing...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

This man was a security guard at Union Square watching the Christmas tree as hundreds of people took their pictures next to it.

Erin's Christmas gift taken with my Christmas gift (a nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 :)