Did some testing with Mych (pronounced Mike) this week.  He has an amazing range of emotions. Shot with a silver 86″ para on the cyc wall.  I’ll be teaching this technique at Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai at the beginning of March and again at Photoshop World in Orlando at the end of March. Cheers, [...]

Just finished my 2nd day of teaching this week in Texas. Tonight I’m in Austin. We wrapped up at 2:30am. I’m beat but I wanted to share at least one from the OneLight… even though this one is TwoLights. Cheers, Zack 

I keep telling myself… “I just need to make it through November.” If meetings this week go as planned then I may need to start saying… “I just need to make it through December.” Am I running to stand still? Nope. I’m running to grow. I’m thankful for work. I’m thankful for my wife supporting [...]

    Had a great time at yesterday’s OneLight workshop. Thanks to all who came out and hung out with us until 3am this morning! Cheers, Zack

I have a lot of images I want to share here on the blog and very little time to make specific blog posts about each shoot. This is a selection of some of the things I’ve been shooting. I had three more assignments with Nylon Magazine since shooting Living Things for them. For the record, [...]

The new OneLight Workshop site has just launched!  You’ll find all the dates and cities for the OneLight for the rest of 2009 there as well as information about our new three day intensive Photo 101 workshop. I’ve made the site with a mouse in one hand and our new baby boy, Hawke Danger Arias in the [...]

I’m giving a presentation on creative lighting May 21st for PDN’s Virtual Trade Show.  The event is free!  I’ll be on at 3pm EST and will be talking about dramatic lighting to change the entire mood of a portrait or environment.  I’m required to phone in from a land line.  I haven’t had one of those [...]

Above :: From the Photo 101 class. Working with available light. The number one problem we had in Dubai (aside from crappy Internet service) were the horrible models we had to deal with. We really did our best to work with what we had. I mean, you know, you can only do sooooo much with [...]

On the next to the last day of Gulf Photo Plus I was informed by GPP organizer, Mohamed Somji, that I had the “privilege” of shooting the group shot of all the GPP staff and photographers. I would be given 15 minutes to set up and execute the shot with 25 to 40 people.I have [...]

Above :: From my first OneLight here in Dubai.     Above :: Joe McNally in old Satwa    Above :: I’m being interviewed for an Arab television station.    Above :: A friendly TV repairman in Satwa.  I’m having an amazing time here at Gulf Photo Plus. The Internet sucks here in our building. I can get online [...]