Dustin Diaz Photography

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 Thirteen

January 13th, 2009 | 42 Comments| [permalink]

sanfrancisco, bokeh, icedcream, litter, trash, street, cream, spoon, cup, nikon, nikkor, d700, 50mmf14g, 50mm, dof, featured, dustindiazcom, framed, 365, project365, tuesday, hbwe

13/365. And things are automatic when you see them everyday ~ Less Than Jake.

Today I worked at the Google San Francisco office (no leafs in the city) which requires a little more of a walk, but definitely more opportunities.

The photo you see here was *not* set up, and for some reason it told a nice story for me. A few people walked by wondering why the heck I was shooting a spilled cup of iced cream. It was, nevertheless, worth it for day thirteen. SYT (see you tomorrow) and HBWE!