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 a great and AFFORDABLE platform for startup/self-taught photographers to keep learning and growing from the industry veterans. This is the great part.
The greater part is Zack’s workshop … the step-by-step approach he took in showing the differences in the lighting modifiers and their effects … his no-nonsense down to earth advice and sharing … his authenticity. Zack is an excellent teacher!
I would love to see a workshop on wedding photography … by Jose Villa maybe?
2. Watching the re-watch versions from Singapore
3. Yes, this worldwide format works well because of the re-watch versions … keep up the excellent work!
1. What makes the creativeLIVE approach different, better, worse?
As some of the previous commentators stated, some of us simply can’t afford a real life course with a top notch photographer. The Photo 101 Workshop by Zack Arias for example, while definetely worth it’s price, costs $1,600 plus travel and accommodation expenses. And that’s where creativeLIVE kicks in. Even if you can’t watch the high quality live feed the purchase price, especially in view of the service provided, is extremely fair. Keep organizing such great courses… and I’ll keep watching (and buying) 🙂
2. Where do you live?
Passau, Germany.
3. Does this live worldwide format really work?
Yes… and no. Due to the time shift I was able to watch only parts of the live feed and the rewatch of the Zack Arias course. But since the purchase for $79 was a no-brainer, I didn’t mind. The quality of the recordings is excellent and it’ll be fun watching them over and over 🙂
1.I had never heard of creative live before last Friday and I think what makes the approach different is that I actually felt like I was there taking part in the class. I also don’t think I’ve ever come across someone who makes it so simple to understand as Zack Arias, I think this man is an inspiration and an absolute legend. I’m currently half way through a photography course and the module I’m studying at the moment is lighting and I have been struggling with it for the past 6 weeks, but in one weekend this man has turned it all around for me. After watching the first day I was hooked and watched the following two days non stop, the live show and the repeat. The man even had my wife hooked, it was incredible, and by the end I was on the phone getting anyone I could into my home studio for some practice shoots and all of the sudden things are becoming so easy for me. I have no complaints about the way anything was done, I think it was perfect, a big thanks to everyone involved. CreativeLIVE is now in my favourites list …. at the top. Thanks all.
2. Townsville, Australia
3. I think the format worked really well. Even though the repeat probably suited my region better, I was so hooked that I was up at 2.45am each morning so I could be part of the live show. I knew if I really had to miss any part of the show that I could watch it again on the repeat, but after watching the first day, I cancelled all my plans for the weekend. I know this might not be possible next time though.
I have purchased two offline versions of the creative live seminars [Vince Laforet and Scott Bourne] .
I live near Toronto in Canada. I found Vince’s seminar to be extremely valuable, some of the best photo dollars I have ever spent. I am an amateur and don’t work in the video/photo field. The “live” portion of the seminar is of little use to me. I would love to be able to download both the live version and the edits to watch at a later date. My work schedule does not allow me to watch and participate during the day. On weekends, spending 6-10 hours in front of the computer seems very daunting.
I found the casual flow of Vince’s workshop very engaging. Being informal, the lessons flowed very well. The amount of material covered was incredible. I would like to see more of such seminars where the presenters are going through their experience in the industry. I did also find the gear discussions very useful. Its amazing to know how much extra equipment is out there.
Vince’s seminar in particular helped to ground my expectations for shooting video with my 5dMarkII. The amount of work involved helped me find the limitations of what I can expect to accomplish and the effort required.
CreativeLIVE is fantastic, a big thanks to everyone who is making it happen!
1. I’ve never seen free lessons from pros at the caliber of CreativeLIVE for free. Of course it can be tricky to try to watch the lessons in between meetings at work.
2. Berkeley, CA, so the feed broadcasts in my natural timezone. I grew up on the east coast.
3. I think the format works well, I haven’t engaged as much in the interactive chat, but I can also just keep the audio at times when other things come up around the office. In the end, though I missed Vincent Laforet’s HDDSLR workshop, so I purchased it.