Day Two Hundred Fifty Six
September 13th, 2009 | 63 Comments| [permalink]
365, sunday, strobist, portrait, fashion, erincaton, stubby, 200mmf20g, nikon, d3, betseyjohnson, sanfrancisco, downtown, city, dedfolio, featured, dress, alley
256/365. Downtown woman — better catch a cab
Today I had the privledge of being featured by Yahoo! as an avid Flickr user. In the next couple days or so (not really sure when), that'll show up on the Y! Corp Blog :)
Regarding this shot (and the other two that follow it) were taken somewhere near Market, Mission, and 1st.
The whole experience was interesting seeing as how Erin and I are both photographers, and we were being shot & filmed. It's one thing if I'm behind my own camera (or Erin's) and vice versa for Erin... but it was a bit crazy coming up with interview answers while being filmed (Erin snapped one off of that happening) and being waken up before 10am on a Sunday.
ANYWAY, this happened because of you all, the awesome Flickr community....
which brings us to a final point why most end up on my photo stream... yep, just admit you're a strobist setup junky ;)
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
Day Two Hundred Twenty
August 8th, 2009 | 90 Comments| [permalink]
365, saturday, strobist, me, selfportrait, skater, missiondistrict, hdrish, dorky, hipster, sanfrancisco, alley, dedfolio, featured, sb900, bareflashes, nikon, d3, 1424mmf28g, wideangle, action
220/365. Skate or look stupid — or do both at the same time
It was only a month ago that I took a skater shot (even included a strobist video). This time I had to do one that was a little less serious. Slightly different setup to suit the framing, but all flashes still at full power to combat the severe brightness. Maybe one in a few years I'll actually invest in one of those "big flashes" I keep hearing about.
Regarding post-production: some minor color adjustments, tone mapping, and spot removal (there's a spot on my 14-24 that just won't go away no matter how many times I wipe it down).
setup, camera, strobist info: I recommend just watching the previously linked video.
Day One Hundred Thirty Two
May 12th, 2009 | 130 Comments| [permalink]
365, broom, skateboard, portrait, selfportrait, me, buckets, dumpster, alley, sanfrancisco, missiondistrict, roses, flowers, trash, dof, bokeh, dustindiazcom, featured, dustindiaz, hat, glasses, strobist, lighting, nikon, d700, sb900, twolights, tonyhawk, didthismakeanysense, letshopeso, pocketwizard, project365, night, dedfolio, tuesday
132/365. I consider skateboarding an art form, a life style and a sport ~ Tony Hawk
It's no secret that I love skateboarding. Been doin' it since preschool. Nevertheless, tonight was frustrating despite it being perfect weather and zero traffic in this alley (I could have posed nude (Ha, yea right)! The exposures just weren't turning around right... and I finally figured it out in the end, that I never set the ISO (it was at 1,250)... even that rim light at 1/128th was coming out too bright (I thought). Oh well, the life of a 365 goes on.
One particular thing to note is that everything else you see (broom, roses, detergent buckets)... they were all found lying around in the alley. Figured I could make good use of 'em.
Other than that, you strobofenes can read on...
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
Merry Christmas
December 10th, 2008 | 5 Comments
nikon, nikkor, d700, 50mmf18d, bokeh, christmas, holiday, shopping, basket, cart, recycle, missiondistrict, sanfrancisco, homeless, alley, trash, urban
Sadly this is how many people around the world will be spending their Holiday season.
Olde Style
October 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments
nikon, d700, nikkor, 85mmf14d, missiondistrict, sanfrancisco, night, evening, alley, dustindiazcom
Alley on Palo Alto
October 7th, 2007 | No Comments
paloalto, alley, phoneboothe, trash
It's a strobist birthday
March 8th, 2009 | 5 Comments
davecohen, portrait, grafitti, alley, sanfrancisco, missiondistrict, strobist, lighting, humor, nikon, d700
This is Dave, celebrating his birthday strobist style in a deserted Mission alley. Feel free to give 'em a shout out.
strobist info: SB-900 thru Westcott 28" softbox @ 1/1 at camera right about 10' away
camera info: Nikon D700 | 14-24mm(ƒ/2.8G)@14mm | ƒ/9.0 | ISO 200 | 1/200s
wardrobe info: super elite costume, only one made in the universe
Day Fifty Five
February 24th, 2009 | 16 Comments| [permalink]
365, project365, tuesday, sanfrancisco, missiondistrict, nikon, d700, sb900, strobist, flash, 1424mmf28g, portrait, bw, dustindiaz, night, evening, alley, fence, dustindiazcom, featured, foliolight
55/365. I'm not giving up ~ Less Than Jake (Al's war)
There's a tiny gut feeling inside that makes me smile anytime I get to pair a selfy with a Less Than Jake quote (a band I've loved since 1996).
On another note, I finally pulled the trigger on the SB-900 (to have it in time for SouthBy). It will be a great compliment to my SB-600 as it can make the perfect two light setup. Erin rounds out the lighting family with a Genesis 200 and a Vivitar 285Hv. Between the two of us we're doing well in pwning the strobist world (although it's no David Hobby collection).
On a final note, I hope everyone is enjoying the Quickr Flickr script. There are some known issues that I'm working on fixing soon enough. Cheers. Happy Tuesday everyone.
Strobist info: SB-900 @ 1/4 triggered via CLS (grrr — it was being picky tonight). Zoom head @ 135mm with 1/1CTO gel (although worthless since I went BW anyway). Light was 5' from me (camera-right if it wasn't obvious) on a 7' tripod (not lightstand — my wife took them for the day).
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 14-24mm(f/2.8G)@24mm (cropped in PP) | f/4.0 | 1/4s | ISO 1000
25th
October 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments
sanfrancisco, alley, mission, neon, lights, night, evening, street, urban, decay, tattoo
