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?
Thanks for taking the time! If you’re new here, I invite you to subscribe/follow via links above and to the right. Lots more stuff heading your way soon on all our channels…
1. the best thing of course is it´s free if you watch it live!
the other thing is, that it´s really like takeing classes, the people speak to you not just to a camera and you can interact via chat and twitter and ask questions when ever you want some more information.
2. Freiburg, Germany. I try to watch the live feed when it airs first. of course on weekends it´s easier because of the time shift. It was really cool that you did reruns of zacks class because I couldn´t stay concentrrated till 4 or 5 in the morning, although I tried, so I could watch the rest after I woke up.
3. I think it works great. It´s much better than just reading how to do something. It´s pretty much like an online class by all those talented people.
I hope you can continue to bring the world so much knowledge and inspiration
Hey Chase,
1) dont know other class formats, never atended any other photography seminar, but Your class style is one of the best (compared to different style seminars). I like the at ease approach, with joking around involved, the casual beer at the end, and the general approach of lets have some fun while doing it. What i dont like are the recording checklist that goes after every break, but hey, its a part that we cant skip, so not a biggie.
2) I live in Vilnius, Lithuania (Baltic countries in Europe). I watched live so for me it was from 8pm till 6am the whole weekend, but i couldnt miss it.
3) Yes, the live worldwide format really works. Just the feeling and power to ask the instructor live a question, when hes halfway around the world is something incredible. And to experience everything together with other people that are joining in to watch and chat about the same topic in the chatrooms LIVE is just amazing. Loved every part of the seminar, no mather how tired i was.
Thanks for the wonderfull experience Chase and all the people at CreativeLive! Oh and also Zack, the great teacher!
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse?
it’s live!! we can get involved as it happens, the free to air cheap to buy approach is a stroke of genius!
2. Where do you live?
London, England
3. Does this live worldwide format really work?
yes and no, the class with zack was starting at 6:30 pm local time, which is great, but the classes all finished at 2 or 3 (or later) in the morning… once you start watching (and tweeting questions etc) you don’t want to drop out and catch the re-run of the second half in the morning…. a longer delay on the re-run would be better for western europe, but then i guess people in other timezones will say different!
overall im in awe of what you guys have put together, i was ranting about it at work, and have got a bunch more people interested in watching AND purchasing your events….
i have the zack arias sessions downloaded onto my netbook, and watch them on the tube… twice i have missed my stop because im so engrossed in the class!
more please!
ps, would be great to have some photoshop retouching classes, and maybe movie colour grading lessons
thanks
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1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse?
A. it was free, I’m a poor college kid
B. I was able to ask questions and the CL staff asked most of the ones I had that weren’t answered in the chat.
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 spent as much time as possible out of my lazy summer vacation watching, so I only missed a few hours, I live in California.
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?
Yes it works! It’s like you’re sitting there with zack soaking up his advice. The format is just like one big screen with the option to use an IRC chat as well to ask questions and chat about the lecture.
I hope there are more of these in the future and thanks zack+CL!
I watched this live and continue to be so impressed with the honesty – heart on sleeve wearing – Zack Arias. Really like his photography but his honesty and openness is what really does it for me