Whew! What a week it was last week… Last Wednesday, I brought pal and photog instructor guru Zack Arias into my studio for another episiode of chasejarvisLIVE. We chatted photography for 2 hours and took questions from the live Twitter audience via #cjlive. Was a blast. While about 20,000 of you caught the interview LIVE–it seemed like I got at least that many tweets/emails/fbook requests to post it again here on the blog, so… As you wish. Here ’tis.
From there, we shipped Zack and his crew into our creativeLIVE studio where he put on one heckuva studio lighting course all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully you saw the interwebs booming, especially with the @creativeLIVE and #askzack tags. I’m pretty sure Zack swiped some ratings from the World Cup. Or at least we had fun trying. I wanted to give a huge shoutout to Zack and his team for an amazing effort. You guys and gals nailed it. Also a shoutout also to all the manufacturers that kicked in gear for Zack to give away, as well as uber thanks to B&H Photo Video for their support of the creativeLIVE studio and G-Technology for keeping our gobs and gobs of data safe. They support us, please support them. I hope lots of you tuned in. And if you didn’t but wished you had, the course is available for download here.
While I’ve got you, I wanted to ask for your feedback. Not somebody else’s…YOURS. In the comments below, we’re looking to find out a few things with the goal of making creativeLIVE the best it can be. Tell us whatever you want, but please help us by answering some or all of the following particulars about our LIVE, free, worldwide creative education platform:
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse? How does our class format compare to others?
2. Where do you live? We want to understand the breadth of our audience with the comments on this post. Where are you from, and when are you watching the LIVE feed?
3. Does this live worldwide format really work? This is the important part. What does the experience feel like to you? Can you help describe this format to someone who’s never seen it?
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1.I’m studying fine arts and in my classes have not found anything like this, and I’m talking about regular classes. sometimes also think that my teachers are losers. if not I respect them as artists is difficult to learn from them. Creative live is a good idea for those who want to learn from the best. like me.
2.I’m from Bogota, Colombia. I live in Bogota Colombia. I hope one day to go visiting.
3. Course work. I found myself able to understand and empathize with what happens in the workshops. I find no difference between being a 5000 miles or be there. you teach, we practice, if anyone has questions you answer… and if there is definitely something that intrigues me, I buy the class. as simple as that. The fundamentals of digital photography changed my life. I have four years in college and had not understood much of what you teach here. can you believe it?
Also chase jarvis hopefully can give a kind of “on location photography” class or something
(I do not speak English very well) sorry
Hi,
first of all thank you very much for that seminar!!!!
I am from france. I saw all three days of seminar in direct (so the end of each live was very very late in france – about 4-5 of morning). I was affraid to dont have a time to see it in rediffusion. So if the next time you can broadcast little beat earlier it’s will be great!!!
Thank you again, and thank’s to Zack!!!!!
The live format is interesting and free but time consuming to watch. I think the DVD version could be should be more efficient to watch.
Arizona
The live format lets you get to really know the people.
I would have liked to have seen in detail all the pictures taken with the different types of lights and modifiers on Sunday. Perhaps those pictures with a description of the light and modifier used could be posted somewhere now for viewing by attendees.
Here are the photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usedfilm/sets/72157624150238491/
Zack is going to add descriptions later.
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse?
It’s for free. I feel that creativeLIVE just wants to get the information out to people who want to learn and become better at what they do. Also it’s nice that there is a simple way to support the whole thing (i couldn’t because I’m on a student’s budget…:( ) and the 79$ was a ridiculously great price for the weekend.
I didn’t like the Q&A so much. Many questions were answered by Zack during his lecture and he was repeating himself. Although there were many very good questions.
2. Where do you live?
Budapest, Hungary. The +8 hours was really hard on me. It either started at 10pm to 3am or the rewatch from 5 am to 11am. So it was hard to fit into my time this way.
3. Does this live worldwide format really work?
I think it does. The bandwidth was good, I could always get a HQ. Many times during the course I just wanted to pause the video like a movie, but then I always remembered that this is live and exactly at this moment on the otherside of the world Zack is teaching me 🙂 So it was quite fun 🙂 Loved the many camera angles. That was probably the best. Sometimes I had a feeling that I could see better than the students that were there (of course it’s better to be there in live 🙂
I can’t really describe it and I don’t see any point in trying since it’s free, so everyone can tune in and experience the magic for themselves.
I have to agree with Jim for the most part!!!
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse?
“The fact that it’s live is a really cool feature and obviously I’m not gonna lie – being free is awesome. From someone who’s photography business has just taken off the ground, I’m pinching pennies and having the ability to watch and then buy such high quality training is unbelievable. ”
How does our class format compare to others?
“Love the format – particularly the ‘hands on’ approach Zack took this past weekend. I find it hard to commit to the workshop/training, since I work on call and so just can’t commit on a Weekend workshop nor once a week, since I just never know when I have to work.”
2. Where do you live?
Born and raised in Hamburg Germany. Moved to Canada BC 6 years ago and live now here for good.
3. Does this live worldwide format really work?
“I personally think it does. Obviously you don’t get the ‘hands on’ experience you’d have actually being there – but can’t effort to jump on a plane for a weekend photography workshop”
What does the experience feel like to you?
“Feels like a full on in-person workshop outside the physically shooting. There have to be some limits to this format and this is pretty much the only one in my opinion that exists.”
Can you help describe this format to someone who’s never seen it?
“For sure. It’s a knowledge sharing community by which you can learn new things, ask questions to the instructor or other attendees and often get immediate responses. Might be nice to have a que or something for the Q&A portion – that way you’d know if you’ll have your particular question answered. I’m sure this is a lot harder said than done though.”
Overall – this is a bad ass set of training.
“Zack’s weekend workshop has made me want to download others in the creativeLIVE catalogue. Would love to see a “reviews” section for those who’ve taken/downloaded the others. Maybe there is but I haven’t come across those yet.”
But also I have to say, I am just starting out learning all about photography, as hobby, beside my main job (on call Canada Transportation), being a mom of two busy young girls (3 and 4.5 y.) plus learning my other addiction which is digital designs and just got my CS4 and LR, which I am also learning. So for me there was a ton of new information’s I haven’t heard before and need to read up on them. I would say it is more a Class for people who knows at least the basics (All about lighting; Exposure such as Aperture, Shutter Speed and light, if not even more).
So I would probably have to see the class again, once I am more familiar with the Lightning setting of my camera itself. And would defiantly come back then
Keep’em coming!
Cheers,
Ramona