Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, and countless other great photographers have rocked the white background for decades. I recently went to a huge bookstore here in Atlanta and counted the number of magazine covers shot with a simple white background like we are going to investigate here. 87 COVERS SHOT ON WHITE OR A VARIATION OF [...]

There is a common theme in all of these photos.  They were all shot with the same background.  Check back in through the week because I’m going to show you how it is done.   Cheers, Zack

I’m working on a personal GOYA project about Candler Road here in Decatur. I got off my arse to go shoot some photos to solidify some initial ideas I have for the project. I’m thinking the final project will be diptychs. As with all my GOYA projects, I work on these whenever I have the [...]

I’m digging through the archives this week as I update sites, books, marketing material, etc.  I’m going to make some posts from shoots I’ve done in the past year.  Here is a selection from the Echo Project Music Festival.  I concentrated more on the folks in the crowd than the folks on the stage but [...]

Let’s take a look at stuff around the net that you may not have seen yet…. Strobist – USA Today had a great write up about David. Chase Jarvis – Eloquently sums up his thoughts on light meters that runs right in line with what I preach all the time. Jessica Claire – JC has [...]

Had Edwin McCain in for CD art and promo work this week.  He is one of the funniest clients I have ever worked with.  This is my second time working with him and it won’t be the last! Some tilt shift love.  Oh crap.  Just remembered that lens has to get back to the rental [...]

There are 40 something images I want to share from the OneLight Workshops in Detroit. More than I want to post on the blog here so I have created a set on Flickr. Here are a few of my favorites from the set… Dinner at a local bar Had some amazing light for a few [...]

Meg and I are heading out to dinner with Chris and Katie Torres.  I wanted to share one of my favorites from the Detroit OneLight.  More coming tonight. Cheers, Zack

… It has all been done before… but we had to do one too…      THANK YOU so much Melissa for bringing me to Detroit for 2 great days of OneLight Workshops.  After going on a GOYA expedition in downtown Detroit this morning, I am now sitting in the airport waiting for my bird to fly me [...]

I’m having an amazing time here in Michigan for the Detroit OneLight.  We were out shooting until midnight last night and talking until 2:30am and now I’m getting my fill of coffee to get ready for day two to start. More photos to come. Cheers, Zack