Dustin Diaz Photography

317/365. Park & Ride — and take 'er for a spin

Haven't brought out the stubby in a while, and I think it's been a few months since I shot a bike. So I was only due.

On the Twitter front, I've slowly been building up a decent Photography List that you can subscribe to.

Lastly, if you've been following my work this year; and you still sorta like my work, vote for me for Flickr Photographer of the year - it would mean a lot.

Other than that, let's get to the important stuffs...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

165/365. California here we come ~ Phantom Planet (right back where we started from)
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This shot is from yesterday (a day late uploading). Erin and I were invited to do a shoot an event out near Stanford called Tour de Cure. We packed plenty of light, but clearly the big fireball in the sky was on our side this time.

Anyhow, I was most impressed with the D3's dynamic 3D AF tracking (the D700 has this too). I had only fooled around with it out of curosity but never had a real use for it until this day. It now makes much more sense why you saw crowds like this at the superbowl. 10 / 10 shots came in focus every time I shot a cyclists. I was very impressed.

Finally, what most come for, there is no strobist setup info. Just me with my camera, snapping away on the sidelines.

See ya in a few hours for todays photo.

105/365. Why should anyone steal a watch when he could steal a bicycle? ~ Flann O'Brien

This bicycle belongs to a friend of mine named Trent. He traveled down from Vancouver (by plane) with his bicycle because, yes, he is totally that hardcore.

This shot was taken near 21st & Mission, just underneath the big "Mission" sign.

Happy Wednesday Everyone. Nerdy folk read on:

strobist info: see here

{update} this photo has been featured on the Flickr Blog! Woot.

Again, as my 365 project approaches, here is my 2nd photo before the project officially begins on January first. This was shot in downtown San Francisco near Market and Powell as I waited for Erin and Stephanie to finish shopping in a nearby department store. There wasn't much outside aside from the thousands of people (which I mostly wanted to avoid). Instead there was this lonely red bicycle which begged to be shot. I only took one photo of it, then casually walked away — surprisingly it turned out to be the best of the night.

Oh, and one more thing, Happy Bokeh Wednesday Eve! (yes, it's still Tuesday in California)
Explorer'd!

Every morning after getting off the bus, this guy gets on his pirate bike and pedals away to his office.