OneLight Seminar DVD

Zack Arias is Atlanta based strobist that can be categorized as David Hobby-type of photographer. His seminar covers use of strobes in such a way that only one strobe is used in his photography either bare, with umbrella or beautiful Wescott Apollo 50" softbox.

The package includes two DVDs, both are two-hours in length. In the first DVD he tells you a lot about basics of light and gear. The latter disc contains video of him working with his clients. Zack talks a lot during the photo shoots and explains you why he does things the way he does.

The first disc didn't quite have too much of new information for me. Perhaps the inverse square law thing was new to me and he explained it really well so that even I could understand it.

Second disc, as I mentioned earlier, shows client work. I really liked this one as you got a feeling you where right there in action with him. Perhaps the funniest things were his team being kicked out by security twice in a row in different locations. They were shooting on private property without permits.

In addition impromptu photo shoot of party people sowing up at a parking lot was neat to see as well. Zack's face after photographed girl yelled "Oh my god I look so good on that picture" was just priceless.

All in all I really liked the videos, even though it didn't contain much of new stuff I didn't learn from Strobist's blog and other sources on the internet. The most value in this seminar was to see a pro working with his clients.

Zack Arias - OneLight Seminar DVD