Dustin Diaz Photography

339/365. The Red Zone — color yourself

Today we had quite a fun outing doing a paid shoot, and of course, with proper permission, was allowed to post this one for the 365.

My recommendation for others... if you're scouting places for shooting well-lit portraits... never pass up a red wall. ever.

rearding the lighting, unfortunately i don't have the setup shot for it since we move along quite quickly, but you'll be happy to know this was one simple SB-900 @ 1/2 @ 24mm thru a 43" white shoot thru umbrella.

camera info: nikon D3 | 14-24mm(ƒ/2.8G)@16mm | ƒ/5.6 | ISO 100 | 1/250s — Handheld (of course) via pocket wizard II's

and oh yeah. still up for voting? do that while there's still 7 days left.

143/365. And then God said... ~ Genesis 1:3
(let there be light)

After yesterdays photo, I often forget what it's like using wide angle lenses for more than just documenting my single focus telephoto strobist shots. Not only that, we get some nice looking skies when the fog rolls in at night.

For this shot I left the shutter open for a just a tad over a second so I could get a little bit of motion blur with my hands since I wanted them to look semi-translucent as if I were whipping up light commanding the two light poles to shine upon the building... as if I had these awesome Godly powers.

On another note, so far the D3 has been treating me well. I am considering selling my D700 once it comes back from Nikon. I love the compact (yet full-sized body) of it, which makes for some good ergo. And I say screw the D3Axe! That's way too many megapixels jammed into the same sized FX sensor. No thanks.

Finally, strobist camera nerds... keep on keepin' on.

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

141/365. I'm Popular. I make football bets, I'm a teachers pet ~ Nada (Popular)

Ok, so I have this really dorky lettermans jacket from college (Sacramento State). They were awarded to us at the end of the season for those that made Conference Finals. But really, nobody ever EVER wore them — but I kept mine anyway. And of course the glasses, Erin and I picked those up at a thrift store down the street for a few bucks.

Lastly, this shot was taken in our bedroom — which means I'm not posting a setup photo because our bedroom has laundry lying around everywhere. So the plain text version will have to suffice.

strobist info: (two light pony)
SB-900 @ 1/4 @ 17mm into 43" silver reflective umbrella high camera left
SB-900 @ 1/16 @ 24mm w/ green gel directly behind subject pointed at wall.
triggered via pocket wizard ii's

camera info: Nikon D3 | 50mm(ƒ/1.4G) | ƒ/9.0 | ISO 200 | 1/250s — Tripoded
triggered via radio remote

114/365. Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? ~ Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Well, it doesn't get any more official than being on TechCrunch. At least it is featuring a photo taken by me. It's like I get to do my own promo shots avoiding the press altogether.

Anyhow, I know what you're actually thinking... we've had enough of the nighttime strobist bokeh. This may have run to an end for the interim; but good news is that I have a week vacation! Look forward to some "possible" --NATURAL LIGHT-- (and that's a tiny possible 'maybe'). On the other hand, Erin just had the roll of seemless (photo backdrop) shipped in, so I'm sure we'll be taking advantage of that for some (actual) studio portraiture. This will help save a few trips out into the wild for a bit.

Lastly, I need to give Angela and Lindsey some credit for helping out with the lighting and shutter-pressing for this photo.

setup, camera, and strobist info: see here