Dustin Diaz Photography

240/365. Erin — yep, always hot

It's always great when coming home from work and Erin's just wearing somethin' fancy. I had to prompt the question...

me: "where are we going?"

erin: "nowhere, I'm just dressed"

me: "!"

and to the drawing boards...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

171/365. Never, never gonna give you up ~ Barry White
have a dance

Despite avoiding "Crazy Mike" (a drunkard passer-byer who wouldn't leave us alone), we managed to grab a shot for the night. Erin bought this new under dress thingy (that's the technical term) from Betsey Johnson (same place where the wedding dress was purchased), and it makes for pretty awesome twirling! :)

But of course it was freezing and windy outside so this had to be done quick.... so this is one of four shots we got out of the series.

Alright... and on with some Q & A from emails...

Q: "The distances, flash power settings, aperture, and ISO settings don't match Guide Number (G.N.) of your flashes in your diagrams... help me understand?"

A: Anyone curious enough to break down my shots from the strobist info set may often scratch their head around the numbers.

If you've tried to duplicate these setups, take special note that there are other things that contribute to altering light such as light modifiers themselves. This includes the umbrellas, softboxes, and gels. Not to mention in other cases you have to account for feathering, whereby when a light is not directly pointed at a subject, but simply feathered off in another direction.

Q: "What font is that in your photos?"

A: Although answered a dozen times, it's Trajan Pro. It's a very pretty serif font. I recommend "if" you're going to use it in your photos, you should at least buy it (I did). There are a million other fonts out there, try some of those.

And finally, for the strobaholics, read on...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

170/365. A metaphor for many things ~ Me
try 'em on for size

These are our wedding rings. There is a long back story to how we arrived to these ones... but... not for here.

I also had about a thousand quotes going through my head for this photo... all a bit funnier than the previous.

Regarding details on the rings themselves... you'll have to ask Erin. They're made of a metal of some sort... and I'm sure that's a diamond on hers.

Finally, if you're curious on wanting to make your jewelry look like this, read on...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

114/365. Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? ~ Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Well, it doesn't get any more official than being on TechCrunch. At least it is featuring a photo taken by me. It's like I get to do my own promo shots avoiding the press altogether.

Anyhow, I know what you're actually thinking... we've had enough of the nighttime strobist bokeh. This may have run to an end for the interim; but good news is that I have a week vacation! Look forward to some "possible" --NATURAL LIGHT-- (and that's a tiny possible 'maybe'). On the other hand, Erin just had the roll of seemless (photo backdrop) shipped in, so I'm sure we'll be taking advantage of that for some (actual) studio portraiture. This will help save a few trips out into the wild for a bit.

Lastly, I need to give Angela and Lindsey some credit for helping out with the lighting and shutter-pressing for this photo.

setup, camera, and strobist info: see here

67/365.
We're off to see the wizard... the wonderful wizard of Oz

Today was a good lazy relaxing Sunday. We had brunch at Foreign Cinema then watched cartoons and took pictures the rest of the day. Yeah. Pretty good day.

strobist info: Nikon SB-900 thru Westcott 28" softbox @ 1/1 to camera left angled slightly down about 5' from subject

camera info: Nikon D700 | 14-24mm(ƒ/2.8G)@15mm | ƒ/9.0 | ISO 200 | 1/250s

model: Erin

You complete the title!

Erin dressed up for New Years Eve Explorer'd! Thanks everyone.

Originally debuted at last years Christmas party