Oh boy. Here we go. The above image is a contact sheet from my days at photography school. It is has to be circa 1996-97. I recently opened up three 32 gallon totes filled to the brim with negs, prints, and contact sheets and this gem of a contact sheet was nestled in there. You [...]

Sitting in the coffee shop today with Meg and Dan. Dan and I are doing some research on agencies. Meg is compiling tax forms. I think Dan and I are having more fun than Meg. Everyone is talking about the Old Spice commercials and how they are currently a tour de force in advertising and [...]

That guy above is hip hop legend 8 Ball. I had the opportunity to photograph him about three years ago. We shot in the studio and then headed out on location in his completely tricked out Hummer. * Ball came up in Memphis with MJG. You may not have heard of 8 Ball. If you [...]

Nothing much to say. Just sharing some recent work. Hair by Max Sanchez from DragonFly Makeup by Jennifer Bennett & Lani Martz Talent from SSP Cheers, Zack

I’m going to share a story about shooting crappy pictures then share a recent comment from one of y’all regarding our last critique that’s worthy of taking some time and thinking about what we do. At the turn of the century I was photographer for Apartments.com. The image above is one I shot for them in [...]

We had another one of our GOYA shootouts today! This time we have visitors to the studio. David Jackson and Trevor Nackers joined us today on the shootout. Here’s the set up. We decide to do these things at a moment’s notice. Today’s challenge was that each of us would head out with a 12″ [...]

Want a sneak peak into the life of a successfull commercial photographer? I made this for a few reasons. I’ll go into that later. Want some more? HQ QT version of the video here. Cheers, Zack Arias. Sucksessfull Commercial Photographer PS – In addition to thanking the academy I would also like to recognize Jeremy [...]

Here is the official video of the shootout I did with fellow dorks photographers David Hobby and Joey L. What we all want to know is… Who won? Cheers, Zack

I’ve had such a great time here in Dubai that Delta decided to blow a circuit card in an engine so we could stay just another day or two. Thanks to fellow GPP teacher, Chris Hurtt, for hooking us up with an aerial view of Dubai a few days ago. I was able to get [...]

Meg, Hawke, Dan, Sherri, and I have had an amazing week here in Dubai being part of the teaching crew at Gulf Photo Plus. This is my second year teaching at GPP. Last year, being the new guy, I had to take the group photo of all the amazing photographers that teach at this event. [...]