Dustin Diaz Photography

Day Two Hundred Seventy Seven

October 4th, 2009 | 73 Comments| [permalink]

365, strobist, sunday, fashion, softbox, twolights, seamless, me, dustindiaz, skateboard, imfreakingback, canyoutellivebeendoingpushups, studio, nikon, d3, 85mmf14d, dedfolio, featured

277/365. This is my skateboard — take off your wheels

So, I returned from vacation last night and had no real access to the internet for the last ten days. Thus, I have a backlog of photos, but I wanted to make sure I got right back and track and got up a photo for today. I may never get to posting them, but rest-assured it's time to get back to our regular schedule :)

On another note, I've been quite inspired by the fashion magazines, ads, and general culture of Paris that I've been wanting to experiment a bit more in our studio — thus, this photo of me and my skateboard (deck) that Erin gave me for my birthday last June.

On a final note, I wanted to give a big thanks to my European Twitter followers that sent tons of @replies while we toured Amsterdam, Brussells, Paris, and London — you guys were awesome with the recommendations of places to visit as we went to many of them :)

And alas... the good stuffs...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

Day One Hundred Eighty Six

July 5th, 2009 | 111 Comments| [permalink]

365, strobist, me, selfportrait, portrait, wideangle, nikon, d3, dedfolio, featured, dustindiaz, skateboard, skateordie, threelights, umbrella, sanfrancisco, missiondistrict, day, holycrapigotsomeair, tonyhawklookout, sunday, action

186/365. Skate or Die — become a skater

Today was quite a bit different than usual. I managed to mount 3 x SB-900's to a single umbrella shaft. It worked. Since it's the weekend, I had a bit of time on my hands to go out during the day, however, the problem is that you need a lot of power to combat... the day.

On a separate note, this photo is straight out of the camera....

Yeah...

Wha? You don't believe me?

Haha, ok, so it's slightly photoshopped ;) However, I've been inspired to do this for a long time but never had the time to put this much effort into post-production.

Furthermore, on the flashes themselves, they went into thermal shutdown because I was blasting them at full power... several.times.in.a.row.

K. if you liked this shot, it's definitely worth checking out the strobist info video taken with my new iPhone 3Gs

setup, camera, strobist info: see the video

Day One Hundred Fifty Six

June 5th, 2009 | 100 Comments| [permalink]

365, strobist, sanfrancisco, nikon, d3, sb900, umbrella, pocketwizard, onelightpony, onelight, dark, evening, moon, clouds, wideangle, beastieboys, kids, teenagers, afterdark, skateboard, holycrapijustrealizedhesonaskateboard, trouble, dedfolio, featured

156/365. You can't front on that ~ Beastie Boys (What'cha want)

Feels good to be back in the flow of things — took out the D3 to break it in, and was surprisingly (although not "too" surprisingly) introduced to teenagers of the Mission District. They thought I was filming a movie at first (I'm sure they haven't seen real video cameras), then they thought I was a photographer for the local news after I asked them if they would like to be in the photo...

There is however an unseen aspect of this photo, and it's the other 10 kids (their friends) watching as I take this shot. I reviewed the photo with them afterward on the LCD screen and they were of course excited and amazed.

But alas, to finally come back from strobist-info-free vacation... we can continue our addictions

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

Day One Hundred Thirty Two

May 12th, 2009 | 130 Comments| [permalink]

365, broom, skateboard, portrait, selfportrait, me, buckets, dumpster, alley, sanfrancisco, missiondistrict, roses, flowers, trash, dof, bokeh, dustindiazcom, featured, dustindiaz, hat, glasses, strobist, lighting, nikon, d700, sb900, twolights, tonyhawk, didthismakeanysense, letshopeso, pocketwizard, project365, night, dedfolio, tuesday

132/365. I consider skateboarding an art form, a life style and a sport ~ Tony Hawk

It's no secret that I love skateboarding. Been doin' it since preschool. Nevertheless, tonight was frustrating despite it being perfect weather and zero traffic in this alley (I could have posed nude (Ha, yea right)! The exposures just weren't turning around right... and I finally figured it out in the end, that I never set the ISO (it was at 1,250)... even that rim light at 1/128th was coming out too bright (I thought). Oh well, the life of a 365 goes on.

One particular thing to note is that everything else you see (broom, roses, detergent buckets)... they were all found lying around in the alley. Figured I could make good use of 'em.

Other than that, you strobofenes can read on...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

Day One Hundred

April 10th, 2009 | 462 Comments| [permalink]

365, project365, friday, century, skateboard, bokeh, dof, gin, tanqueray, tankten, softbox, strobist, lighting, missiondistrict, sanfrancisco, yamahapacifica, music, holycrapsomanytags, hat, vest, nike, dustindiazcom, featured, dustindiaz, pocketwizard, sb900, 580ex, nikon, d700, 200mmf20g, selfportrait, me, alcohol, bogen, night, evening, dark, dedfolio, portrait, stubby

100/365. This is one hundred days

You "must" see the stunning detail

Today celebrates the 100th day of my 365 project. It's somewhat of a milestone for me, so I figured I would put in just a tad more effort (which of course involved the stubby. Considering I lugged ALL this stuff outside was more than a miracle.

Nevertheless, as much as I'd love to ramble, reminisce, and ponder about my personal journey through the 365... let's just say it's not over. Cheers to 265 more days!

nerds, techies, photographers, and the curious, read on...

strobist, camera, and setup info: see here