D_Nguyen

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    • Name: Diem_Nguyen
    • Country: United States
    • Birthday: 11/24/1936
    • Gender: Male
    • Member Since: 1/5/2004

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Monday, May 12, 2008

  • Diemphotographer.com is LAUNCHED!!

    Thanks to everyone that has been so supportive of me while I was working on my website. =) I truly believe this is a very big step in my photography career. I would love you guys to stop by Diem Photographer and give me some feedback on here. Spread the word guys! Thanks again for the love and support and new photos will be posted soon! =D

    Cheerios!,
    Diem

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

  • New and exciting!

    There will be new and exciting pics in the coming months in preparation for my website! I'll keep you guys posted on that as soon as it launches!! Here are a few teasers, if you will, of a few sessions I had the past few weeks. Sorry for the short post, I'll be back to add more later. I'm poop'd!








    -Diem

Thursday, April 03, 2008

  • My kiddos (nephews)

    I moved into an apartment last August an sadly, this put distance from me and my dear nephews. But no fear! I come back to the house on average 3 days out of the week to come visit them. My nephews come visit me every now and then also. =D I took these a few weeks back. Some of you guys that have facebook have seen these. I felt bad leaving my subscribers hanging. I still have much love for you guys. =)

    I'm starting my plans to head back to Laguna to visit my adopted family this summer. I missed the weather and scenery there. But most of all, I really miss the people that took care of me during my time there. I keep seeing Mary, Matt, Eric, and Skunk post their photog adventures, I had to at least really think about going back.

    I also started to do plyometrics 3 times a week in addition to my lifting at the gym. If you guys hate running on the treadmill or get bored of doing those ellipticals, TRY PLYOMETRICS!!! Markus introduced me to this intense cardio workout. I'm not exagerrating but my jump is about 1.5 - 2 inches higher since i started doing squat and tuck jumps. Thanks mark! Anywho on with the photos:::

















    more later!
    -Diem



Thursday, March 27, 2008

  • A little photography outing

    So I know it's been almost 2 months since my last post. And I apologize. Seems like I've barely picked up my camera the past couple weeks. This quarter is the hardest quarter yet for me so bare with me. =) A few weeks ago, I hosted a little photography get together to, you know, relieve some stress and to enjoy the GREAT ~70 degree weather. Ah, reminds me of the good Laguna days. We started off with breakfast at IHOP, then head straight to downtown following with the museum district. And thinking about it, we're actually setting another one up soon before the summer heat comes rolling around. If any of you bloggers are in the Houston area and want in, message me. =) Other than that I finally finished my first wedding!!! =) I'll post pics of those later!
    On a side note, Did you guys know there are radio streams on itunes?? I found this out a couple months ago and It's awesome! Just giving a heads up to anyone that uses itunes.

    Ok on with the photos:::

    1

    We just found parking and one of the guys wanted to test out the D3 i was using that day.
    2

    Most of the group minus me and John
    3

    Sometimes shadows are better angles. =)
    4

    someone got a good shot :thumbsup:
    5

    "skyline"
    6

    Anish. Good buddy of mine I met like half a year ago. He was a model for us, didn't he do a great job? =D
    7

    Slow-mo of metro train downtown. Look closely and you can see me!
    8

    This shot reminds of the security guard trying to kick us out when I was taking this shot. Hehe, he was jk.
    9

    Farah. She was also 'forced' to model for us that day. Thanks farah!
    10

    I love her converses!
    11

    Gigi. I met her when I was still working for the Ornogah, HBU's yearbook staff.
    12

    Clay. New friend I met in this adventure. Still trying to master the lens flare!
    13

    We have our serious times but this definitely wasn't one of them. =)
    14

    Pretty much all of us minus me. =( We were preparing for the 'still jump'
    15

    Attempt 1
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    Attempt 2
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    Attempt 3. I think I like attempt 1 best just because this attempt was overexposed. =\

    Decided to take some headshots of everyone
    18

    Clay
    19

    John
    20

    Anish
    21

    Farah
    22

    Gigi

    And of course what's an outing with a few nature shots?
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    Hoped you guys enjoyed these!
    -Diem


Friday, February 15, 2008

  • MASSIVE workflow

    ...with a side of smoothness all comes with my wiiiiiiiidescreen 24' iMac. Wanna give you guys a glimpse of what my post processing life is like nowadays. =) I remember my 12' powerbook days where I could barely open a full page word document w/o squinting my eyes to read it. This setup shows cs3 and LR open at the same time and I still have room to spare. Oh and if you guys haven't noticed, yes, I'm telling you guys to get an iMac.



    -Diem