Dustin Diaz Photography

This is Whitney and Jamie at the Palace of Fine Arts in SF. We casted them (among a few others to come) to have new material for the upcoming Strobist Info book. They were awesome!

Speaking of the book, y'all have been extremely patient. I've finally received word from Peachpit Publishing and they're excited about it. In related news, did you know David Hobby owns the "strobist" name? Thus my tentative title "Strobist Info" may become "Strobist® Info" ....

David, if you're reading this, name your favorite whiskey and I'll send a bottle your way if you lend borrowing rights to name :)

strobist info: (withheld)

Here's another from the Haider shoot in the final outfit of the afternoon. There was some harsh feedback on the last photo so perhaps some of y'all need to calm down.

lighting: shade

camera info: Nikon D3 | 200mm(ƒ/2.0G) | ƒ/2.0 | ISO 200 | 1/640s

Shot at the Flash Bullet studios, this is Sara Haider, Technical lead of Administration tools at Twitter Inc.

have a closer look!

Some of you might recognize Nyimia from our last shoot with Anthony.

Here Nyimia is shown on a San Francisco rooftop (with the SF Bay at her back)

strobist: 1 light ;)
SB-900 @ 1/2 @ 24mm into 45" umbrella 1/2 collapsed (effectively making it 20") – high left center 3' away (held by Erin

camera: Nikon D3 | 24-70mm(ƒ/2.8G) @ 50mm | ƒ/5.6 | 1/250 | ISO 200

Erin picked up this fancy dress at a nearby block sale for a ridiculously good bargain. Here she is showing it off (and because I asked politely). She looks great, doesn't she? (the answer is yes ;)

strobist, camera, setup info: see here

This is a preview of the set taken a week ago. Some of you may notice Janelle.

In other news, for you strobist - I've posted a "before & after" shot illustrating the rim light difference. Thus if you're a "one lighter" - you may want to consider finally getting that second speedlight.

Cheers.

This is Janelle.

Team Flash Bullet had a shoot this afternoon with Anthony of Metamorphosis Salon in San Francisco.

It was quite awesome. Here's one of the photos.

Details in the photo are worth checking out.

336/365. This is how it's done — join this dance party

Everyone, this is Shakuntala. A client we shot this evening who graciously allowed me to post one from the series for the 365.

Not only that, it was her request that we get a shot of her jumping. With that in mind, I only asked that she "jump like this" - and this is what came of it.

And yes, this is yet again the famous charcoal making another appearance. And with proper white balance, you can get this deep blue.

Lastly, the lighting for you strobist freaks (that's what we are), you're looking at a lighting setup pretty darn near this setup with some extra help from Erin.

And holy crap. It's December. See ya tomorrow.

333/365. Is that a lens cap in your pocket? — why yes it is, sir.

quite a few things...

this is in fact a separate shoot altogether, separate from yesterday, which means as you can tell I'm still excited about this new charcoal background. I feel like no matter what I shoot can go straight to a magazine ad.

That is of course, with proper lighting. Which is why I've been doing a bit more in the studio lately since it brings forth a new challenge of obtaining "perfect light"

The difference is, when going outside in the deep darkness of the city, carrying softboxes, speedlights, and telephoto lenses, it's more of a miracle that I even get lights to those places, since I usually travel alone and don't have a car (and don't need one).

Which brings me to the point of shooting in the studio. It comes with an unsaid rule of "if you don't take a good photo, then you suck" (yeah, that's what's going on in my head). Afterall, you're in a controlled environment, and able to fiddle with lights all day long without worrying about bums asking for change, or rushing to beat the sunset, or timing your "in the middle of the road" shot before a trolly runs you over.

What's all this mean?

Shooting in the studio is hard, and it takes time, and involves making a lot of mistakes.... like.. a whole lot.

On a related note, when you're behind the camera AND in front of the camera, it takes double-time. But really, throwing on a nice jacket every once in a while doesn't hurt your photos. Sure beats the 'ol t-shirt 'n jeans.

Ok, enough typing of words that most folks blow by. Let's do this...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

332/365. Underestimation — forget about it

Some of you knew already, but this is my first play with the new charcoal seamless, and it's completely awesome.

Plus I got to finally sport my new Ted Baker Jacket (purchased in Paris during our Honeymoon)... and I'm pretty sure I made the jacket look better than they did on the Ted Baker website.

On another note, turns out I'm in competition with a Youtube star for "Flickr" Photographer of the Year. So if you're still up for this quest that seems to be taking forever (Mashable allows you to vote once a day (gah this makes me sick to my stomache)), you can still do this....

But nevermind that now, we've got real problems.... let's check out this stupidly complex setup!!

setup, camera, strobist info: see here