Strobist Spotlight - Dustin Diaz
A hobby, a craft, a talent, a skill, or a profession are all fun to explore and grow with experience. Sometimes for many people, photography fits that bill. You can start young or old, you can use it for art, for scrapbooking or turn it into a lucrative profession. Many put a little effort into it and a few are photo-steroid-freaks, hell bent on taking great photos 24/7! Some of the those hell bent photo freaks post one great shot each day…..of the freakin’ year! Dustin Diaz is one of those freaks.
Now my disturbed choices of words to describe someone who is the headliner in this article could be a little out there, I still think I’m representing him in the right light. If he isn’t like I describe, I’m sure if I took him to Mexico for several shots of Ta-kill-ya and several headshakes from the waiter, he would end up like I described.
Dustin Diaz is an engineer for Twitter by day and a professional photographer by night. How he finds all the time to do all that is beyond me, but I’m sure the beverages at Twitter may contain caffeine.
What caught my eye of Dustin’s work on Flickr is his dedication to post so many [11,280] great photos. They range from excellent strobist photography to everyday photos of people at Google playing kickball.
Dustin doesn’t post every single day, but the photos do add up to around the 257 a year figure, close enough for me. What makes him popular on Flickr is his entertainment appeal with each photo, especially if you’re a photographer. He loves to share the info of how he provided the shot, along with another photo providing all the strobist info. There are only a few select people on Flickr that can draw people back to their photostream because of their content and the quality they attach to it. Dustin Diaz is one of those guys.
Day 238 - by Dustin Diaz
#200 - I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way ~ Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
I can go on for days and talk about Dustin’s work, but when I write about artists on this website, I still want you to have that raw feeling of checking out someone’s work for the first time. It’s like a movie, if your friends build it up too much, you may not like it because of your higher expectations.
Checkout Dustin’s work on Flickr. If you live in the San Fransisco market, and would like to hire him, you can email him at dustin@dustindiaz.com. You can also check out Dustin’s personal website.
Below is a slideshow of Dustin’s photostream [top] and one of his sets called “Project 365″
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