Dustin Diaz Photography

293/365. Hero of Darkness — join the evening

I brought my camera to work this morning in hopes to catch some nice downtownish shots. It was too foggy. So I waited until after work and let what the D3 does best.

Regarding this shot, believe it or not, only took about 5 takes.

However the best part is that you're usually not allowed to do commercial photography in this area, yet I was able to get the security guard to take my setup shot!

Kay. Let's do 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

"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

98/365. A Happy Place ~ for Cheryl & Scott

I think tonight I've finally pushed my limits for a while in regards to taking out the stubby with a portable strobist setup in-a-bag. It took near 45 minutes to complete the entire thing, from buying a newspaper (80 cents), to travel (BART - $1.50), scouting an area (this trolly stop), and having a homeless teenager snap the photo ($3).

In the end it was worth it. Hope everyone had a great Wednesday. Techy dorks read on:

setup, camera, and strobist info: see here

{EDIT}: You can buy these shirts at the Molt:n shop.

50/365. These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do.
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you. ~ Nancy Sinatra

So I've made it to day fifty. Can't think of a more fitting photo than to march (ha, get it!) on the Capital!

So today I've been asked to be a guest blogger on SLR Geek which ought to be fun. It will be a great place for me to nerd out with other gear heads. Granted it sometimes takes the fun out of photography, but I always enjoy a little shop talk every so often. I'll let ya'll know when I have some posts up. Cheers everyone!

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)
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