Dustin Diaz Photography

290/365. Me & Light & Sunglasses — I know, what's new? Right?

After this, I need to get back outside and do some 'ol fashion street photography.

strobist info: you've seen all too many like this — figure it out ;)

287/365. Salvation — is life by choice

I have been severely "out of it" these last few days. By the time I get home I have enough energy to chat with my wife, eat dinner, then burning desires to crash overcome me.

Not this time.

It's nearing 2am which tells me I've made it back to my old schedule.

Anyhow, this is me. Don't get it confused with that Megadeth album ;) That Hundred Pushups iPhone app is really taking its toll so I'm making sure I get this documented right.

On the topic of lighting, this is, I believe, my first "evenly lit" photo of the project, using two equally spaced umbrellas. Needless to say, the lighting was the easiest part.... aside from maybe holding my breath... (nah, the lighting was easier)

Off topic, if you have a blog/website, and you're on Twitter, we just launched our brand new Favorites Widget! If you decide to use it, drop me a tweet, I'd love to check out where people are using it.

And finally, back to the diagrams....

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

282/365. The coffee maker — would you like a taste?

This is how coffee should be brewed. The end.

279/365. The Hero of Time — is just a boy

This is Link, The Hero of Time, whom remains one of my all-time fantasy heroes. Over time, I've found many similarities between myself, and this fictional character. Thus the reason my profile avatar has remained unchanged for the last seven years. But for time reasons, I won't go into detail on that stuffs now.

Anyhow, still a day behind and basically need to do another shot tonight before falling asleep (still jet laggin').

and now for lighting geeks...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

278/365. Lucidity — yet irrational

Still getting back on track while overcoming jet lag. I was up near 6am this morning with nothing to do and fell asleep last night before getting a chance do something.

Anyhow, this is another shot inspired by Soon Magazine, a fashion magazine we picked up in Paris. And thanks to the 100 pushups iPhone app, I can decently look the part. Not to mention perhaps one day after having kids, they can know that their Dad wasn't always just skin and bones.

Alright, see y'all tonight with another.

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

277/365. This is my skateboard — take off your wheels

So, I returned from vacation last night and had no real access to the internet for the last ten days. Thus, I have a backlog of photos, but I wanted to make sure I got right back and track and got up a photo for today. I may never get to posting them, but rest-assured it's time to get back to our regular schedule :)

On another note, I've been quite inspired by the fashion magazines, ads, and general culture of Paris that I've been wanting to experiment a bit more in our studio — thus, this photo of me and my skateboard (deck) that Erin gave me for my birthday last June.

On a final note, I wanted to give a big thanks to my European Twitter followers that sent tons of @replies while we toured Amsterdam, Brussells, Paris, and London — you guys were awesome with the recommendations of places to visit as we went to many of them :)

And alas... the good stuffs...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

258/365. Meet Mr. Flickr — he's a friendly guy

Kay, so I'm not actually claiming to be Mr. Flickr, but I am wearing my Flickr t-shirt. This shot was taken after at least 20 shots and 5 light adjustments... much past the point of sanity at 1am.

Let's do this...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

257/365. Here come the bastards — they're definitely on their way
~ Primus

Oh it's monday. Let's just get on with this...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

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

255/365. This is 1994 — remember?

Dunno what happened to yesterday, but we're back on track today.

Tonight Erin and I did a shoot for San Francisco Magazine. Had a couple good ones... but none that I could technically post here since I'm sending those to the editor.

I picked this one out since it was outside the context of what they were looking for.

Many folks were dressed up in their best 90's outfits, including this woman. They even passed out slap-on wrist bracelets, how awesome is that? You know you remember those too.

Anyhow, I wasn't able to snap a setup shot. I suppose I could have if I tried a little harder... but somehow I think since it was a paid gig, "getting the setup shot" sorta went out the door. In the meantime, this louzy text will have to suffice...

strobist info: SB-900 @ 1/4 @ 17mm w/ 1/2 CTO into 43" white umbrella tucked up high in a corner.