Dustin Diaz Photography

Swami Russell

September 4th, 2010 | 90 Comments

swami, russdsa, indian, portrait, male, zen, yoga, sand, beach, sf, sit, afro, strobist, nikon, d3, 2470mmf28g

This is Russ. I work with him every day at Twitter. I have no idea how we came about creating this shot, but it happened, and it will be remembered for a long time.

strobist:
SB-900 @ 1/1 @ 35mm thru 45" umbrella 2' directly above held by Zhanna Shamis
SB-900 @ 1/1 @ 200mm 6' behind subject directed at back of subject

camera:
Nikon D3 | 24-70mm(ƒ/2.8G)@70mm | ƒ/11 | 1/250s | ISO 200

Day Fourteen

January 14th, 2009 | 30 Comments| [permalink]

bokeh, hbw, wednesday, bw, blackandwhite, dustindiazcom, nikon, nikkor, d700, 50mm, 50mmf14g, bench, googleplex, path, 365, project365, framed, featured, sit, chair, walk

14/365. Best Wishes To Your Black Lung ~ Less Than Jake.

This was shot in Mountain View (again) immediately before Dave made fun of me for shooting flowers. We had a good laugh. For the record, it was dandelions, not flowers... but really, all the same stuff. The quote from Less Than Jake when one of their band members left the band to go become a Fire Fighter.

Happy Bokeh Wednesday everyone and SYT.

Missing

October 9th, 2008 | 3 Comments

square, nikon, d700, chair, sit, seat, alone, disappear, grass, depth, mountainview, google, campus, photofriday, nikkor, 50mmf18d, dustindiazcom

alternate title: "There were monsters"

Day Two Hundred Fifteen

August 3rd, 2009 | 123 Comments| [permalink]

365, monday, strobist, portrait, selfportrait, me, dustindiaz, nikon, d3, sb900, twolights, softlighter, grid, chair, sit, doctor, md, seat, missiondistrict, sanfrancisco, dedfolio, featured, night, evening, 200mmf20g, stubby

215/365. Please, step into my office — your prescription awaits

This was one of those no idea nights where I simply packed my stuff up, went outside, dropped my stuff, pulled out the chair from the garage, sat in it, lit it, shot it, packed up, went back home.

Today was an insane non-stop pair programming today. It's a style of development, albeit not my favorite, that can often more than double your work flow simply by always having two eyes on the same code — it prevents far more mistakes. Thus, it can only be a good thing — and it was. But now I'm tired and must sleep before we do it again tomorrow.

And finally for those who pointed out the the impersonator of @JoeMcNallyPhoto, we're on top of it. Will be taken care of in the morning.

strobaholics, read on....

setup, camera, strobist info: see here