Lessons
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
1Class Introduction
32:42 2Know Your Camera
48:06 3Know Your Aperture & Shutter Speed
34:35 4Know Your Reciprocals
18:56 5Understand Your Meter
56:57Know Your Camera Q&A
16:31 7Know Your Glass
43:24 8Know Your Glass Q&A
25:33 9Know Your Subject
21:02 10Know Your Composition
37:03 11Introduction to Knowing Your Light HD
20:24 12Know Your Light: Natural Light
55:19 13Know Your Light: Strobe
46:07 14Chat with Chase Jarvis
10:14 15Know Your Light: Headshots
32:41 16Know Your Light: Mixing Ambient and Strobe
1:04:06 17Q&A
48:30 18Rooftop Shoot at Dusk
1:25:07 19Students Shooting
1:00:49 20Critiques - Part 1
58:42 21Critiques - Part 2
1:05:28 22Q&A 2
30:25 23Building Your Portfolio
19:31 24Creativity and Vision
40:10 25Business and Marketing
1:19:00Class Description
Want to be a good photographer? Want to do it for a living? Want to rise above the bottom? Then join Zack Arias for this creativeLIVE course. Zack's first workshop was all about studio lighting. This time around, he's covering what you need to know to be a professional working photographer. Many people requested a class about business. Many requested natural light. Plenty wanted strobe + ambient. Everyone wanted more “client interaction” and posing guidelines. Zack's digging deep and covering as much as he can.
Class Materials
bonus material with purchase
Ratings and Reviews
Ivan
Outstanding! There are so many gems, any photographer aspiring to venture into business will gain much from this course. There are plenty of technical how-to's with superb examples, from choosing the right lens for a given situation, to learning about reciprocals, expressed in Zack's warm and fun style. He's a joy to watch. But, this class is much more than that. Zack is extremely generous in sharing very personal experiences and insight, on how he began from early days of struggling, to current projects, how he built his portfolio, and looking ahead to the future. And, in the final discussion with his wife Meghan, they open up and share their personal struggles balancing work and family life, and their strong support of each other. We can all relate to this. This class is a great guide on what it takes to start and become a successful pro photographer, and pulls no punches. It's not easy to do, but with some creativity and an insane amount of hard work, is doable and very rewarding!
a Creativelive Student
Zack's always been one of my favorite photographers and when I think about why he is, it isn't even his work that comes to mind. Zack's technical knowledge and ability to pull off really stunning images is reason enough to check out this course. While he does a good job at teaching the fundamentals, he even better job at explaining why he makes the choices he does. Anyone can tell you what "rules" to follow and what you should and shouldn't do but Zack does a good job explaining why those guidelines are JUST guidelines and shouldn't be taken as law, which can be limiting. I highly recommended this for anyone who has an interest in becoming a better photographer.
a Creativelive Student
I haven't finished the course yet either but I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I love Zacks work I think he is an amazing teacher and a very funny man. I loved one light and I'm looking forward to finishing this and starting the his studio lighting course also.
Student Work
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