Dustin Diaz Photography

253/365. Passion — got some?

Yeah, this is a sign of a mid-week photo where I go off experimenting again... but this is what I intended the project to mostly be anyhow :)

I plopped on a snoot that was meant for a studio strobe right on top of the SB-900... it did the job.

On the news front, Erin and I will be doing a shoot for San Francisco Magazine for a story that will be covering night life. If anyone's checked out the print version, it's filled with a lot of beautiful photography — thus it will be an honor to shoot for them!

Next up I'm going to be featured by Yahoo! in regards to Flickr! How cool is that?! I better get a haircut before Sunday :/

Alright, 'nuf with these words, the lighting crew can grab a drink and carry on...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

251/365 These are my words — You can see them visually here

It's posts like these that I don't really enjoy, but things must be said again.

Somehow, my work has been awkwardly placed at the center of attention of which became yet another heated debate amongst the strobist community. I normally ignore these, but since my name was attached to it (sigh), I have to say something :/

I received a very kind, unobtrusive message from a moderator letting me know that my photos would no longer be accepted to the strobist pool due to new rules.

This is fine.

Groups grow, rules change, exceptions shouldn't be made for one person.

(side note: i can't believe i'm actually talking about this, my eyes are rolling as i'm typing this)

The fact of the matter is, I'm not going to change my format. I hold the right for my stream to keep photos as photos, and setup shots as setup shots. This way it's easier to discuss each 'separately' — and clearly, it's been working for me, and more importntly, for you. It was my strobist info setup shots that landed me the strobist interview to begin with.

Regarding "'text info' only" posts, I often get confused even reading my own — which is why I started these setup images to begin with because it helped 'me' refer to what the hell I've been doing the whole time.

So, for the end of this story, I'll keep doin' what I'm doin', you just won't find 'em in the massive group pool. And thass cool (really).

Ok, enough with these silly words, let's get on with stuff that's more fun....

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

250/365. Teresa — I beg your pardon

This is Teresa, a friend of Erin's. Had a long family weekend... I have half the will to explain it and I understand I'm back by a few days. Live will go on. Baah.

On a astrisks note, I will no longer be posting to the strobist info group as per new rules which require text additions. In the meantime, I will continue to post fully documented photo setups....

speaking of that....

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

246/365. King without a crown ~ Matisyahu — free your beatboxing soul

This is Matisyahu. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't.

He is one of the few people I've seen live that can beatbox as well as I can... had only there been an extra mic, we could have jammed.

strobist: SB-900 tucked up in the far corner @ 1/16 @ 50mm — via PW2's

"She said I am the one" — Michael Jackson (Billy Jean)

as mentioned, tonight was a twopher. And yes, you must view this photo large

strobist info:
SB-900 @ 1/16 @ 17mm w/ 1/2 CTO into 60 in. umbrella high camera right
SB-900 @ 1/64 @ 50mm directly behind Tina

camera info: Nikon D3 | 200mm(ƒ/2.0G) | ƒ/2.0 | ISO 1600 | 1/125s — Handheld via Pocket Wizard II's

242/365. This is Tina — visit the train station yourself

Todays photo features a "twopher" (yeah, that means two for one... or something like that). Be sure to view the subsequent photo.

Erin and I (or I should say Flash Bullet) had the opportunity to work with Tina, a model from the Bay Area via a new contact of ours, Phu Nguyen, who provided the dress, and his wife did the makeup.

This photo was taken in front of the Trolly stop at Market & Powell, San Francisco inbetween trollys coming and going (and as you can see, one is coming right behind Tina).

You strobaholics.... get on with your thing...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

241/365. Love at first sight — see for yourself

It's shots like these where everything clicks. This includes Erin, the BART station, the D3, the 85mm, and a few margaritas... and of course being in lurve.

240/365. Erin — yep, always hot

It's always great when coming home from work and Erin's just wearing somethin' fancy. I had to prompt the question...

me: "where are we going?"

erin: "nowhere, I'm just dressed"

me: "!"

and to the drawing boards...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

239/365. Emptiness — or just staring at a blank wall

Don't be fooled by the empty expression, I was just trying out some moods and as you'll find out later on in the strobist info, I had a smile on my face.

Anyhow, on the news front, FlashBullet (our joint husband/wife Photography biz) has just confirmed a wedding in Australia, another in Pebble Beach California, as well as a Bride Model shoot this weekend in San Francisco.

For the strobaholic anonymous group... continue the medicine...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

238/365. I'll be back — meet the Governator in high-def

This is Arnold @Schwarzenegger. This shot was taken right darn near 3m 20s in this video during his tour of the Twoffice. The photographer you see in the video is the "official governors photographer" whom asked me to take an official head shot of him (the photographer) before the event started. He was very cool and just getting into strobist kinda photography. We worked well together and avoided getting in each others photos.

At exactly 1m 38s during the video you'll see me snapping a few holding up an SB in one hand and a D3 in the other.

I posted a few others on the Twitter office flickr account for anyone interested in checking those out.

The other thing I wanted to mention about this shot is the irony of catching Arnold behind his security guard with those terminator eyes... I mean really, who would mess with him?

Other than that, I apologize for the 2nd day in a row without having a strobist shot... but you just can't pass up having the Governator himself being part of the 365.

Hasta la vista mañana.