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. CreativeLIVE is great because of the business model that allows to see and participate to the live workshop for free (free knowledge for everyone!), or buy a formatted version for later use. That and the will and talent of the people involved to make it the best experience possible. I’m subscribed to kelbytraining.com (monthly payment of 24$) wich is also good but is less bold in it’s way of doing things. CreativeLIVE feels revolutionary, participative and scalable.
2. I’m Canadian (french)
3. CreativeLIVE is democratising arts and knowledge thanks to live streaming and the possibility of learning for free.
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different? Affordable for everyone (free), but also allows a great discount if you aren’t available to watch and/or want to watch fantastic classes over and over — and you will because the information is so awesome!!! Very economical for those purchasing later too! The format is engaging, allows for interaction and is fast moving – those factors alone make it different. But to get a view into the real workings of a photo or video shoot is priceless.
2. Where in the world do you live? Half Moon Bay, CA
3. Does this live worldwide format really work? For me, absolutely, there has never been another form of class on the web which could command my attention for 3 days straight AND the re-watch too! Along with purchasing the downloads. I miss them when they are over!
1) CreativeLive’s format differs from others in that I actually felt like I was there. With the chat room and Twitter going all the time, you could actually raise your hand and ask a question. It was actually very intimate. It might have been worldwide, but it felt like it was being taught for me specifically. I do Webinars all the time and it’s a taste..a quickie..but never anything in depth. This was a real class, and an amazingly incredible one at that. I got questions answered that I couldn’t find anywhere before…and answers when I didn’t even know enough to ask the question. For me, it was life changing since I’m transitioning from a profession I was in for 30 years to a new one in photography..and lighting was a major hole in my education, and it terrified me…rightfully.
2) I’m in beautiful Utah, USA…so Brandee working in Salt Lake City was a blessing for me.
3. The worldwide format works well. I explained what it felt like as a studen in question 1. I was THERE, and Zack was teaching to ME. I’m pretty sure it was because of Zack’s teaching expertise and his personality…He’s a very giving instructor. But if CreativeLive continues to offer this calibre of instruction, it will change the face of photography instruction. I’m so used to traveling for instruction and I never EVER get from those classes what I received this past weekend.
Thank all of you and especially Zack, for the tremendous gift you gave me.
Oh, and ask David Hobby to do a class please. Thanks!
1. great way to join an international class
2. Australia
3. time difference is the major issue. I purchased the video but its such a big data download when you have a limited broadband plan. Perhaps you could offer a DVD option.