Dustin Diaz Photography

291/365. I will destroy you — and really, who's going to argue with that? ( << view large! )

There was a few things that made tonight feel right, and this photo was part of it. It's beginning to get dark out earlier, and I've had too long of a rest from the city (with a camera). Erin and I didn't travel far, but it we got the job done.

Alright now. let's do this lighting thing....

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

and for the sake of submitting this to strobist pool:
2 lights. one SB @ 1/16 camera left. one SB @ 1/128 camera right ;)

290/365. Me & Light & Sunglasses — I know, what's new? Right?

After this, I need to get back outside and do some 'ol fashion street photography.

strobist info: you've seen all too many like this — figure it out ;)

282/365. The coffee maker — would you like a taste?

This is how coffee should be brewed. The end.

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

238/365. I'll be back — meet the Governator in high-def

This is Arnold @Schwarzenegger. This shot was taken right darn near 3m 20s in this video during his tour of the Twoffice. The photographer you see in the video is the "official governors photographer" whom asked me to take an official head shot of him (the photographer) before the event started. He was very cool and just getting into strobist kinda photography. We worked well together and avoided getting in each others photos.

At exactly 1m 38s during the video you'll see me snapping a few holding up an SB in one hand and a D3 in the other.

I posted a few others on the Twitter office flickr account for anyone interested in checking those out.

The other thing I wanted to mention about this shot is the irony of catching Arnold behind his security guard with those terminator eyes... I mean really, who would mess with him?

Other than that, I apologize for the 2nd day in a row without having a strobist shot... but you just can't pass up having the Governator himself being part of the 365.

Hasta la vista mañana.

232/365. Back in time — to the future, right?

For some reason after staring at this photo for longer than necessary, the phrase "back in time" called out to me. It must be the Nike shoes and that look of a quick neal knowing I'm about to jump scat away quickly.

Surprisingly, nobody said a word during the whole shoot despite it being a crowded night. But I twote too soon and came across a man...

man: "Hey, I have one of those lenses that goes on cameras..." *twists his hands as if mounting a lens* "... You wouldn't be interested in buying it? Would you?"

me: "I have all the lenses I need. Thank you."

man: "Oh, that's cool. Would you happen to have 50 cents?"

me: "I don't carry money with me"

And for those that wonder, I don't go looking for these conversations — they find you. And you might have wondered why I always wear these glasses — it's to avoid talking to strangers, not an attempt to be Corey Hart ;)

the fanatics of light... move along...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

231/365. Put a cork in it — you know you want to

Everyone, meet Santa Claus, and Chewbacca. I asked them to do something interesting, and they performed. No one was harmed except for some minor issues with some cork getting stuck in Chewy's beard afterward. We had a good laugh afterward and I'm slightly delirious right now.

Just... click on the thing at the bottom of the thing...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here

230/365. Shiny Happy People ~ R.E.M. — Throw your love around

So it took a day to finally sort things from the Getty incident. Anyone still interested in that can check out that thread.

Anyhow, this toy is a pretty common guy. He rocks out in the sunlight (batteries not included)... so I'm sure he didn't mind me taking photos with the flash (tee hee).

And believe it or not, this is pretty much straight out of the camera aside from the crop, text, and framing. That small sharpening halo is an artifact of how damn sharp this lens is.

Also, I kinda got lucky with the composition. I fired away a few since I was handholding with a locked focus (AF-L). That massive ball in the back made it seem like he's wearing a helmet. Fun :)

And finally, clickity split...

setup, camera, strobist info: see here