Dustin Diaz Photography

Day Three Hundred Sixty Three

December 29th, 2009 | 46 Comments| [permalink]

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363/365. City Morning — get out of bed

This is what my morning commute looks like. Had a weird hunch before I left for work... and thought to myself "I should bring my camera"

Anyway, this is the view from the Yerba Buena bridge looking north/east toward the bay.

Stay tuned... just two more days ;)

Day Three Hundred Two

October 29th, 2009 | 125 Comments| [permalink]

365, strobist, thursday, me, dustindiaz, selfportrait, portrait, wideangle, 1424mmf28g, nikon, d3, sanfrancisco, embarcadero, sky, bridge, bay, dedfolio, featured

302/365. Resting. In Peace. — Come relax

So you thought I had left. Wrong. I was just resting. And awaiting that big, beatiful, Mama. Yep. 50 inches of big, gimassive light.

Yeah. It arrived this afternoon.

Yeah.

I was able to rush out to the Bay by 6:30 and managed to put together this shot in roughly 5 minutes before all hope was lost and my pink sky vanished.

Anyhow, be sure to check out the info on this shot - it makes me laugh everytime I look at it because the softbox is bigger than me!

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

Day One Hundred Forty Two

May 22nd, 2009 | 107 Comments| [permalink]

365, portrait, erincaton, boat, imonaboat, cruise, sanfrancisco, nikon, d3, sb900, onelight, strobist, cuteshoes, cutefeet, heels, bay, bayarea, ocean, featured, dedfolio, 2470mmf28g, skull, poison, thighhighs, yeahthoseareprettyhot, hot, erinishot, sofreakinghot, friday

142/365. Everybody look at me 'cuz I'm sailin' on a boat ~ Saturday Night Live
(view it large! so worth it!)

As part of our anniversary weekend, Erin and I went on a boat cruise. We waited, waited, and waited long enough... and the infamous pink skies never came. But I was determined to get a photo anyway simply for the plain fact that we were on a boat!

Funny story though, we almost had a near strobe death experience. Apparently I didn't tighten the flash as much as I should have, and it fell right off the adapter and 'almost' into the ocean! The batteries did spill and we lost one of the AA rechargables (we are now awful tree huggers). But as usual, I always carry extra batteries in the SB-900 case (I love these cases!!).

Anyway, enough with this sappy story, I have wine and cheese that must be eaten — you strobo junkies, do your thing.

setup, camera, strobist info: see here. Thanks to this gal for holding the light

Pier 1

November 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment

sanfrancisco, baybridge, bridge, night, evening, longexposure, nikon, d700, nikkor, 2470mmf28g, bay, water, reflection, lights, city, purple, color, pier1, gmt

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November 30th, 2008 | 10 Comments

sanfrancisco, baybridge, bridge, night, evening, longexposure, nikon, d700, nikkor, 2470mmf28g, bay, water, reflection, lights, city, purple, color, dustindiazcom, featured, stars, sky, wideangle, tenof08, gmt, dedfolio

Having lived in the Bay Area for nearly four years now, I finally managed to get out and take some pictures of the city during the evening hours.
This one was shot near the Embarcadero at Pier 1 showing the famous Bay Bridge, which I think is actually a lot prettier than the Golden Gate Bridge... but whatever. I'll soon make my way down that way too.
24-70@24mm f/4.5 25s ISO200.
I would have shot at a smaller aperture, but f/4.5 was able to get me just under 30 seconds before using the bulb setting (I forgot my remote).