I’ll be honest. I used to hate Houston. I spent a good bit of time there when I lived in Texas and I never liked the city. Thanks to the amazing hosting talents of Janelle Lynn, I now love Houston! We had an amazing time there. Thanks for bringing the workshop out there. We also [...]

Thank you Bonnie Berry for bringing the workshop to Austin! I like to show that images can be made anywhere. This first image was shot in Bonnie’s dining room. We just moved the table out of the way a bit and used the white walls and ceiling as a huge light source. More After the [...]

Now that the blog is done, I can get to work sharing some of the work we shoot at the OneLight workshops. Thank you Anna Karin-Skillen for hosting me in the Big Easy! You’ll see a few side by side images here showing the difference between the available light and the lit shots. Now, these [...]

A great question was raised today on OSP about choosing a modifier. Lauren (Top 100 WPJA photographer! Congrats!) was asking about the difference between brolly box modifiers and softboxes. I thought I would take a minute to show the difference between the two and why one might be chosen over another in certain shooting situations. [...]

Welcome to the new blog here at Zarias.com!  I have completed the foundation of a re-branding project that has been over a year in the making.  Let me take a second to tell you about the changes and give many mad props to those who have helped me get all of this work done.  My [...]