I have had an amazing time out here with the Boulder OneLight!  Big thanks to Stacy Z and her awesome husband, Brad, for bringing me out to the Rockies for a great workshop.   I’m exhausted and I have to be up early to catch my bird back to Atlanta.  More later.

The photo above was shot after Midnight. Great skies today and tonight!

Cheers,
Zack

I’m home from Alaska and I don’t even know what day it is!  You spend some time in a land where the sun never sets and then you fly home on Monday but you really get there on Tuesday.  Your body thinks it is still the afternoon in October there and then thinks it is night time in July here.  I don’t know which way is up right now and all I’m doing is washing clothes and cleaning gear because I fly to Boulder, CO in a few hours.

I hope to catch up on the blog in the next week. I ain’t makin’ no promises! I’m beat!

BIG thanks goes out to Melissa Laggis and her amazing family for having all of out to Alaska again.  We had such an amazing time.  Especially with the 31 feet of fun RV!

Cheers,
Zack

Pocket Wizards have an amazing range.  And they have been tested now in an amazing range… the Chugach range here in Alaska.  We just finished the Alaska OneLight.  I’m beat.  More later.

Cheers,
Zack 

Cheers,
Zack

The rendering is done. The chapters are set. The masters are being burned. Over a year of planning and 6 months of work and the OneLight DVD is getting shipped to the replication house this week! So we start the pre-sale. Here’s the run down.

Pre-Sale starts this Friday (7/4/9) and will last for 10 days. The pre-sale price is $225 and is slated to ship to you the last week of this month. It will officially go on sale August 1st for $250. After September 1st the price will be $300. As I’ve stated before, you’re getting more than a 2 disc set in a box. We have some great “packing material” for the DVD! Prices do not include shipping or GA resident sales tax.

To get in on the pre-sale, you have to sign up above. You’ll get an email this Friday with a link to purchase. Please add zack@zackarias.com to your spam filter.

I don’t have the Disc 2 montage ready to post at the moment. The Disc 1 montage can be found here. For the meantime you can see the chapter slide above. Isn’t THAT exciting! A chapter menu slide!

Back to finishing the 20 page book insert going along with the DVD.

I’m going to be awake for about 48 hours straight. I’m drinking coffee like its my job.

Cheers,
Zack

It is a very rare occurrence for me to head out and shoot a wedding without Marc.  Yesterday was one of those rare days.  Kevin and Cortney had an amazing wedding yesterday afternoon at Park Tavern here in Atlanta. I met them earlier this year and they really wanted me to shoot their wedding.  

There are several more photographs after the jump including the best recessional photo I’ve probably ever taken! Oh, and can I just tell you how much I love the D3? OMGosh. I love this camera.

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I have now compiled the questions that have come in about the White Seamless tutorial that we have been going through here on the blog. Find parts 1 through 5 under the “technique” category to the left.

There were some questions that came through via the comments, email, and flickr about post production in PhotoShop that I discussed in part 4 of the white seamless tutorial. I done and went and got me a screen capture program to walk you through some clean up procedures, cropping, and that multiply mode change as well as showing an image shot WITHOUT the tile board and how to clean up the floor.

Please excuse the crappy audio quality and all that. I’ve now done and went and got me one of them dang ol’ audio interfaces that has more buttons than a 747 cockpit. I’m trying to figure that out now for future blog posts. I am working on all of the other questions this weekend and through next week. We are in the middle of the final editing and authoring stages of the OneLight DVD so bare with me as I get that priority off my plate first.

To view the video full screen, see it on the the blip page here. I’m not sure why it will not toggle to full screen on the embedded video above.

Cheers,
Zack

PS - Tell me what you think about blip.tv. I like that I can upload widescreen videos and I love the user interface more than YouTube. What are your thoughts?

I was recently interviewed about my music photography career by The Daily Chorus.  We talked about how I approach shoots, work with clients, goals I have, music I’m listening to, and advice I give to bands and artists as they go about building their “brand”.  It was a really fun interview that will give some insight to photographers wanting to get started out shooting bands.

You can find the link here. 

Let me know what you think! 

Cheers,
Zack 

If you want more information about the OneLight DVD coming up and a special pre-sale (by popular request), please sign up for email alerts! I have a real bon-a-fide way of doing it now! Cut and paste is so… last decade.

This will also put you on the list to get OneLight workshop information. I swear that I’m not organized enough to spam you over and over again. You’ll just get information first.

Cheers,
Zack

Ok, I’m pretty much really excited about this…  I’m speaking at the One Conference in September.  Dates and details below.  

I was reading Dane Sander’s blog a week or so ago and saw that he and his wife, Tami, are speaking at a conference hosted by Jeffery & Julia Woods.  Along with Dane & Tami, Jeff & Julia, The Bebbs are going to be there as well.  The conference is specifically geared for married couples running a business in the photography industry.  I checked out the conference site, www.SideBySide247.com, and knew immediately that I wanted to be a part of it because this kind of thing is so close to my heart.  

I emailed them and got a call back from Jeff and Julia the next day.  Julia and I talked on the phone for about an hour and it was decided I needed to come speak at the conference. “What’s the big deal?”, you ask…  I am a divorced photographer.  I’m going to be the guy walking in the door with tire tracks across his chest.  I know all too well what trying to be a photographer and keep a family running looks like when it all goes wrong.  I know about the mistakes that were made along the way that contributed to the demise of my marriage. 

This is NOT an f-stop and shutter speed kind of conference and that is the best thing in the world for some of us!  I wish this had been around about 7 years ago.  The things I would say to myself back then would have made some major changes in my life.  They are the things I have to continually tell myself right now.   As a thank you for working on your loving more than your lighting, I am giving each couple a copy of the forthcoming OneLight DVD.  Again, this is my thank you to you for taking the time to focus on your marriage instead of your gear.  It is going to be an amazing few days. 

So, married couples in the photography industry… If you are running a business and a family… I cannot encourage you enough to consider this conference.  Check out the site for all the details and topics being covered.  Here are the initial things to know… 

When :: Monday, Sept. 15th - Wednesday, Sept. 17th 
Where :: Venue Art Gallery & Wine Social - Washington, IL  
Cost :: $899 per couple if registered before August 1st.  

Cheers, 
Zack