Day One Hundred Sixty Two
June 12th, 2009 | 121 Comments| [permalink]
365, thursday, strobist, me, dustindiaz, hat, missiondistrict, portrait, selfportrait, selfy, nikon, d3, sb900, 85mmf14d, dof, bokeh, sanfrancisco, pocketwizard, dedfolio, featured, postalservice, longdayafterwork, fedora, cap, threelights, umbrella, softbox, holycrapiwasonstrobist, okimustsleepnow
162/365. This place is a prison ~ Postal Service
A few things... (deep breath)...
I was featured in an interview for Strobist.com. Thank you David Hobby — I am infitnitly honored.
This shot was taken after one of those longer kindof work days. This photo mostly explains it.
Now to talk about a few geeky things (this is where normal folks stop reading).
I thought a lot about the similarities between new age web design (I'm not calling it web 2.0) and location photography. It nearly mirrors a quote Doug Bowman mentioned on Twitter — "the challenge of designing around user-customization is the new 'designing around dynamic content'".
In the world of location & strobist photography, our dynamic content is each and every location. But as time goes on, we shoot similar locations, and they can become somewhat predictable. However the customizations that happen on-spot, is wind. It's always hard to tell what weather is going to do — but we use precaution...
Here are some precautions I take.
1) setup lights first (attach gels, pocketwizards) "without" umbrellas, softboxes, octaboxes, etc.
2) Secure stands with weight
3) Setup camera, adjust exposure appropriately.
4) attach light modifiers (umbrellas etc) — then raise lightstands to appropriate height.
5) shoot quickly, then immediately tear down.
all this stuff said, setup junkys read on...
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
Day One Hundred Three
April 13th, 2009 | 58 Comments| [permalink]
365, monday, hat, style, electricity, missiondistrict, sanfrancisco, cap, dustindiazcom, featured, bokeh, dof, strobist, lighting, sb900, nikon, d700, 200mmf20g, stubby, project365, city, fashion, night, evening
103/365. Department of Electricity, or Department of style
Today was a tired-like day. I even slept on the bus ride home which isn't normal (that's usually on the way 'to' work).
Anyhow, as usual, I put off taking a photo until the last second... threw on an episode of Doll House and let Erin do her episode watchin' while I snapped this photo down the street. It was only by chance that I brought this hat (Erin's Easter gift for me)... I took a photo of maybe 3 or 4 different things on the way, then found this thing... took a few more photos of it... then just for the helluvit, I put my hat on it, and that sealed the deal.
Good night everyone, hope you had a good Monday. Techy folk read on
camera, strobist, and setup info: see here
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December 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment
erincaton, pole, red, hat, beanie, knit, cap, nikon, nikkor, d700, 85mmf14d
Erin celebrates her new hat by doing dances.
Googley Me
September 16th, 2008 | 20 Comments
dustindiaz, portrait, selfportrait, nikon, d700, explorer, flickrexplorer, red, google, strobist, beanie, cap, hat, 50mmf18d, dustindiazcom, dedfolio
strobist info: SB-600 @ 1/8 - side (to the right (your left)) bounce. There was also a tungsten light source from directly above about 5 feet away.
{edit: 2008/09/17} Found in Explorer 2008/09/16 set
Noogler cap
July 8th, 2008 | No Comments
noogler, googler, google, hat, cap, spin, wheel
My Cederholm Hat
January 23rd, 2006 | No Comments
personal, impersination, dan, hat, cap, cederholm
Black and white and the whole shabang.
