Tonight was an interesting case where I had full intentions of doing the usual selfy albeit uninspired and tired. Not to mention I’ve been a bit out of my rhythm not having my own camera while I borrow my wife’s 5D2. The controls are not intuitive (for me) and I’m still not use to the color rendition entirely. But that’s a topic for another post.
So to the point, after setting up my entire scene, a man walks up to me and inquires what I was up to (to make a long story short). To avoid extra conversation, the easiest thing to do is simply ask people if they want their picture taken. This usually makes people stray away — and then you’re back to work. But on the slight chance that they say yes, then you’ve got yourself a model! But be willing to shell out a few dollars. It’s only right.
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It’s a big lame that I have to go with such a trite phrase, but it’s true. After tonight’s photo of day 151, I had to cut a piece of commentary from the video (due to Flickr’s 90 second cut off time) that I’d like to share in this post. It has to do with finding just average, random objects on the street, and making them look cool with light. Keep reading to find out more…
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First and foremost, let me just tell you that there is no set rule on what applications Google employees can or can’t use. Even as a web developer on Google apps, I’ve been an avid Flickr user well before I joined the troops to take over the world (kidding, sort of).

Nevertheless, there need not be more preface than that. So straight and to the point, I wrote a Greasemonkey script that does a few of my favorite things in one. Hit the jump to see how my script can make your flickr life easier.
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With the most unbiased thoughts I could gather, I wrote a basic comparison review of Canon’s 5D Mark 2 versus the Nikon D700 with a strobist twist. That article can again be found on SLR Geek: See 5Dmkii vs. D700; Strobist Edition. Comments are welcome, and please, by all means necessary, don’t let this turn into a brand debate. I hope that the article is at the least, informational. In the end, the decision is up to you for what camera you buy. There is no “one camera fits all,” but I thought it would be fun to compare features directly related to flash photography due to a recent high spark of interest these last couple of months. Cheers.

Today I wrote a post over on SLR Geek titled Flash photography, and pwning the inverse square law. If you’ve been considering buying a flash, or you own a flash and have no idea how it works and have never bothered to take it of i-TTL mode (which is basically auto), then this article is for you. Granted, there is some math involved, but hopefully well worth your time. And of course in due time I’ll have regular articles on my blog as well! Cheers.

Every blog needs to have a first post. This is that one, right now. Unfortunately I don’t know the formula for writing one since I haven’t had many blogs in my life. Everything I knew and did up until now has mostly been poured into the site that supersedes this one which is DustinDiaz.com, a super geeked-out nerd blog about JavaScript. Fortunately many years of hard work has brought me a high readership as Feedburner is reporting that I have about 8,000 subscribers.

Well, this blog is not about JavaScript, but rather, photography. The spelling is derived from ‘photography’ but pronounced as “photo graphy.” I figured I would spell it differently as “Foto Graffy.” But as you may have noticed, it’s spelled “Fofo Graffy” which is actually another typo done completely on accident. I liked it, went with it, and kept it without correction.
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