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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Thanks alot for the interview with Zack!
(perhaps it’s too much to ask for, but is there any chance of seeing the live-shoot and live-post of that cover for the band? would be so great!)
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse?
-> better:
– answering questions live
– a more natural, “real” atmosphere
– if you miss the show, you still are able to buy it and watch it afterwards
– the classes deal with the latest happenings (for example hddslr cinema with vincent laforet), no delay for producing a dvd etc.
2. Where do you live?
-> Germany
3. Does this live worldwide format really work?
-> Depends on the perspective. For us photographers around the world it’s a great source of information provided by professionals and we can watch it for free, i guess that’s the definition of “it works” :). I don’t know about your side of the story, but I really hope it works for you aswell.
-> As for myself, I unfortunately haven’t been able to watch any of the shows live, yet, because my internet connection at home is really bad. But I watched some of the shows afterwards from another place and it’s exactly the stuff I’m interested in. The problem is, I’m still a student and can’t buy everything I want, so my options are either going to another place to watch the live show, or missing it. I’d love the option of a free download offered for one day or something, but I also understand if that’s not going to happen.
As a conclusion, I think it’s great that you’re offering those very informative shows for free (the live part) and that your focus lies on providing information for the community, rather than on making money.
Thanks alot!
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse? How does our class format compare to others?
I found it an excellent format. The option to watch a live feed for free meant that the user has a chance to sample it and decide to eventually buy it afterwards… the sharing concept to me is one of the main attraction.
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?
I live in Milan, Italy, so the live feed took place during the night and went on till the early morning. Thankfully it was scheduled during a weekend so I was able to invert my sleep/wake cycle: I slept during the day and watched the live feed at night. I can tell you, going back to work on monday was hellish, but it definetly was worth the trouble! 😀
3. Does this live worldwide format really work?
I have a schetchy internet connection, so I experienced problems viewing the live feed during certain hours… I loved however the interaction between users worldwide: being able to answer to question from all over the world in real time is an excellent feature.
Hey Chase. I am in Liverpool UK, so the live streams are usually eveing or late night- early morning, which is generally ok, though when they are on till after midnight-1am it’s kinda difficult to keep going! This means to get the full benefit, it’s best to pay for the download.
I have been following you and Zack for a couple of years now as I attempt to get my business going and growing and when this course was announced, it was a no-brainer for me to pre pay for the course, not only because of the timings but also because I could then have the stuff to watch, pause, think, try out etc an listen to the other question for less than half of the cost of some instructional DVDs! So interms of VFM (value for money, sorry!) it’s awesome.
I have 3 kids so I need to grab time to watch and learn when I can and this is perfect for that. I can also pick and choose, which is great, and pay for what I want or watch for free if I choose. It is this variety of watching live, pre or pat ordering, the ovrerall flexibility, that makes creativeLIVE a winner for me. Also, personally, it’s the guys like Zack, David Duchemin etc I want to learn from and outside of this, I don’t think I would get the chance, so cheers for that too!!
Thaks for creativeLIVE, it’s a great gift to creatives everywhere, bringing us all together, no matter where, or when!, we are!
Cheers guys, Ian
What I love about creativeLIVE and it’s approach is that it’s wonderful to see so many incredible photographers coming together to share their hard-earned trade secrets with the world for free, or if you buy the downloads for a great deal less than you’d expect such high quality tuition to cost. It seems very noble to me in its approach and it makes me want to support creativeLIVE in any way that I can. There are other courses aspiring photographers and hobbyists can take, but none I feel that offer such high standards of teaching for so little cost.
I live in Scotland, in the UK. CreativeLIVE allows me to learn from photographers that are very rarely, if ever, in my neck of the woods. The live worldwide format is a great idea. Sure the timings won’t suit everyone, but that’s what the downloads are for, and they are fantastic value for money in my opinion. I just purchased my first course (the Zack Arias weekend workshop) and I’m amazed at how much bang I’ve gotten for my buck.
I think as a resource for keen photographers of every level and background the CreativeLIVE system is unparalleled in its quality and value for money. Long may it continue!
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different?
It’s live and interactive. No other format allows you to watch the photographer live, listen to what is going through their mind and get answers to your questions in real time. Usually, when you watch a DVD etc it’s just the photographer talking to you and you don’t have the opportunity to ask questions. The live audience and live internet stream chatters ask questions that we’re all thinking.
2. Where in the world do you live?
Surrey, UK
3. Does this live worldwide format really work?
It was evening/late night over here, which was great. Also, the re-runs will have helped people in Asia/Aus.
Overall, it’s a great model. Free to watch live, gives you the chance to see if it will help/educate you and if you like it, you can purchase the classes for a relatively small fee. How much would you normally pay to attend a 3-day Zack Arias class?!