Atlanta based editorial music photographer, Zack Arias.

OneLight Baton Rouge
Mon , March 31st, 2008
Posted by zack
under OneLight Workshop

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 aren’t necessarily shown to show how much better lit shots are from the available light shots. There are are qualities to each. What I teach at the workshop is that lighting gives me control and options. If I was only shooting by available light then I only have one option. Adding light to the scene gives me more options.

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

More after the jump…

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

OneLight Workshop Baton Rouge

If you have questions drop ‘em in the comments!

Cheers,
Zack

Comments 9

9 Responses to “OneLight Baton Rouge”

  1. Michael Gowin, on March 31st, 2008 at 7:51 am Said:

    Great examples, Zack, and great locations.

    Q: On the outdoor shots, are you using a softbox or umbrella?

  2. zack, on March 31st, 2008 at 8:56 am Said:

    Thanks Michael!

    The outdoor shots were done with softboxes. The full length shots were done with a Westcott 50″ Apollo softbox and the others were shot with the 28″ Westcott Apollo. It was way too windy to fly an umbrella out there that day.

    Cheers,
    Zack

  3. gabe, on March 31st, 2008 at 1:56 pm Said:

    echo: great examples.

  4. Kacy Jo, on March 31st, 2008 at 10:25 pm Said:

    Thanks for posting these examples Zack! I’ve tried to explain to my non-photog friends what your workshop is about and why I’m going, and they have no clue what I’m talking about – Now I can just show them these side by side examples :)

  5. Dwayne Hills, on May 1st, 2008 at 11:21 pm Said:

    were you using nikon flash units.

  6. zack, on May 1st, 2008 at 11:24 pm Said:

    Hi Dwayne. I was using a combo of Sunpak 120j flashes or a Nikon flash. Just about all of these images could be shot with just about any flash unit. Once you put a flash inside of a softbox or umbrella they are all about the same except for differences in power.

    Cheers,
    Zack

  7. Roger, on November 29th, 2008 at 2:21 pm Said:

    I have loved reading up on this blog, just need to get you over the UK to teach me!

    One question – when you state on a photo that you took it at 1/2 a second, how did you get it to not blur? Is it because the flash freezes the person?

    Thanks

    Roger

  8. zack, on December 3rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm Said:

    @Roger – Yes, the flash freezes the person. You also have to make sure your subject stays still as does your camera. I fire off 4 to 5 frames in succession and will usually have one without that ghosting blur around the edges of my subject.

    Cheers,
    Zack

  9. Roger, on December 30th, 2008 at 7:38 am Said:

    Hi

    Thanks for that – forgot where I had posed the question. Have tried some of these types of shots recently and might be getting somewhere around the right spot – I know you have your DVD, but are there any books or similar that could help me further

    Thanks

    Roger

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