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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The live streaming video format is an awesome way to include people from EVERYWHERE on the planet in really important seminars that would be too prohibitively expensive for many to attend otherwise.
The quality of the live streaming high bandwidth video really does make it feel like you’re right there. The only drawback (for me anyway) is sitting in front of a computer for three days. I ate it up, though, and missed NOTHING the whole weekend. Also did the laundry, took care of my companion bunnies, did some cooking during the breaks, AND slept in my own bed. Can’t beat that!
I live in Westport, Washington, down the coast from Seattle. It’s a 2-1/2 hour drive to the Creative Live studios from my house, so attending live would easily work for me as well. Considering the size of the planet is, we’re practically in the same neighborhood!
I’m just ramping up my photography business as a planned retirement career, and it is extremely helpful to have available such talented photographers who so generously share their wisdom, skills, techniques, and all that experience. Really, I can’t say enough about how my own skills have improved because of the generosity of Chase, Zack, John Greengo, Scott Kelby and all the others whose knowledge I’m soaking up like a sponge. Talk about getting the proper exposure…..
I thought the whole webinar was excellent from start to finish. The way it is priced is very sensible and ensures inclusion of anyone who is interested. Very innovative!!
Thank you again, Chase, Zack, and the entire Creative Live team. AWESOME at every F stop!!
1. How it compares to other photography workshops I don’t know – this was my first. But I’ve been to a 3 day workshop [fitness] and this was exactly the same feeling in that I got the same amount [TONS!] of info – only that I wasn’t there in person.
2. Toronto Ontario Canada. Well, actually Brampton, a suburb outside Toronto.
3. The only thing that would have been better, is if i was there live. But I feel like I was there ~ the information was stellar and there was SO much education packed into the 3 days. The presentation was clean and simple and easy to watch online. Really it was as if I was in the studio with the other people, watch Zack teach.
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse? How does our class format compare to others?
It’s almost like going to a Photoshop World Class with a few key exceptions: A. It’s a lot cheaper and more convenient. B. There is more time invested in the classes. Not everything is skimmed over within an hour. And lastly, the instructors, for the most part, are more personable.
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?
Way out in the photography ignorant state of Kansas. It makes me sad when I hear you guys refer to “run down to your camera rental spot on ….” Nearest camera rental store here is Kansas CIty, MO. Ironically, my local clients want the looks and techniques that are discussed on creativeLIVE! I usually take part in the course during the weekend when calendar is closed.
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?
I can and I have. I will say that the only real drawback I could see, at least to me anyway, is the communication gap. I am no where as fluent in Japanese as I would like, but the are some things lost in translation with our brethren in other dialects. There may have been some concepts or issue that may have arisen during an course that may have been of interest or potentially sparked interest in a whole new course of its own. (Sorry for the run on sentence) To people who have an interest, I am able to explain it with ease, well at least with people who want to learn more about photography anyway.
hey,
1. I watch it all weekend even the re-watch’s, what you guy’s are doing is great. keep up the great work!! would not change a thing, and well it’s free which is great for students!!
2. Newfoundland,Canada
3. It makes you feel like your there.
Cheers!!
2. Where do you live? – I live in NJ
3. Does this live worldwide format really work? It does! Especially with the re-runs u do.
Suggestion: Bring Joe McNally and Strobist in for a class.