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Zack Arias - Atlanta based editorial music photographer
www.zarias.com
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My Blog Has Moved!

You can now find my blog at www.zackarias.com/blog Thanks! Cheers, Zack

15 apr 11

zarias.com :: The Fade Out

Happy New Year Y’all! It’s been two days since I’ve stepped foot outside thanks to the four inches of snow the recent southern blizzard has dropped on us this week. The plan was to ...

11 jan 11

OneLight DVD & Field Guide Black Friday Sale

For the first time ever I am having a sale on the OneLight DVD. Since we just launched the Field Guide with Magcloud and they are having a Black Friday sale on all of their publications (including th...

26 nov 10

Microstock :: SIM Cards in Cameras & Big Foam Fingers

Ahhhh. The ubiquitous image. What is it saying? Peace? Thoughtfulness? No. It is saying frustration. Or is it peaceful frustration while being thoughtful? Girl. Hair. Flipping. Black clothes. Chain. ...

23 nov 10

OneLight Field Guide Launch ::

The OneLight Field Guide is finally out! It only took 11 months and that many redesigns but it was worth it. Looking at the state of the guide now compared to where it started I’m glad that it&...

17 nov 10 1 person likes this

Top 10 Ways To Become A Professional Photographer ::

Or… Why does this photographer have to be so cynical? I’m having “one of those days”. I’m stressed. I have more on my plate than I know what to do with. End of year mean...

04 nov 10

NYC :: And The Winner Is :: I’m not so happy about this. :)

And the winner of our NYC shoot-out last week is… Jason Groupp. NOT only did he whoop me on single image votes but he also won most votes overall for his five images against mine. He won 1,451 ...

01 nov 10

NYC Shoot-out :: Me vs. Jason Groupp :: Vote!

Today my good friend and collegue, Jason Groupp, and I had a shoot-out in the streets of NYC. We have been talking smack for two weeks about this on Twitter and we now have the results of our bravado...

27 oct 10

Imperfect Work :: Blowing It On Purpose

Question… Does it have to be perfect? Can the best image for the job sometimes be blown technically but executed perfectly for the job at hand? Wrong exposure. Wrong focus. Wrong shutter speed....

13 oct 10

Whitestone Motion Pictures :: The Candy Shop

Atlanta based film maker phenom, Brandon McCormick, and his unreal team of talent at Whitestone Motion Pictures has produced a short film about the sexual exploitation of children. I can not tell you...

06 oct 10

Cheap Photographers Only Kill Themselves, Not The Industry.

First, thanks for all of your input on the first blog post of this series. As usual, your comments are far more interesting, entertaining, and thought provoking than anything I write here. If you hav...

02 oct 10

Over Saturated Market You Say? You Can Blame Me.

Everyone wants to be a photographer these days. Let me warn you now that this blog post is currently in it’s third state of revisions. It’s a real rambler. If you’re up for it, I...

22 sep 10 1 person likes this

Sharing :: David E. Jackson :: The Thought Process

Friend and colleague, David E Jackson, has recently published this video on his blog about his thought process behind a recent conceptual shoot. As you are starting on your photographic journey many ...

21 sep 10

London :: Kevin Mark Trail Shoot in Camden Town

Anytime I’m traveling to a new place I am always on the look out to shoot some portraits. I put a call out on Twitter last week for musicians in London who might be looking for some new shots a...

14 sep 10

Oi! London!

Oi! Man, are we ever having a jolly good time in London right now! I love this city. Why have I never been here before? Cheers, Zack

12 sep 10

Studio Tour Coming Up… Sometime. :)

Just wanted to update you on a few videos and blogs posts we are working on. I promised a studio tour of our place here in Atlanta and that will be coming up. Currently we have a large job in house a...

07 sep 10

White Seamless Link For Photoshop World ::

Thanks to everyone who came to the white seamless session yesterday at Photoshop World. I thought I would give you all a quick link to the tutorial here on the blog so you don’t have to dig thr...

03 sep 10

Zack Arias :: Former Douchebag (mostly)

Oh boy. Here we go. The above image is a contact sheet from my days at photography school. It is has to be circa 1996-97. I recently opened up three 32 gallon totes filled to the brim with negs, prin...

10 aug 10

Dubai Gallery :: The First Edit

I want to thank all of you for the feedback on the Dubai photos from the last post I made. I wanted to share with you the entire first edit of images for this portfolio. All feedback and criticism is...

07 aug 10

Working On My Portfolio :: Book 1 of 4 :: Dubai

As Lightroom churns through some images I’m working in PhotoMechanic on a few new portfolios for web and print. The one capturing my attention right now is the selection of images from my two t...

06 aug 10 1 person likes this

Buckhead Bottle Bar for The Atlantan Magazine :: + Lighting Diagrams

The great thing about shooting more editorial work is getting to shoot more editorial work. The problem with shooting more editorial work is there are times I have to sit on the images for 30, 60, 90...

05 aug 10 2 people like this

South 70 :: Press, Promo, CD Packaging Shoot

Just completed the post production for the shoot I did with South 70 last week. We were only kicked out of one location. Not too bad. You’ll notice guitars showing up in this shoot. I typically...

04 aug 10

Brilliance In Advertising :: 2 Commercials From Thailand

Sitting in the coffee shop today with Meg and Dan. Dan and I are doing some research on agencies. Meg is compiling tax forms. I think Dan and I are having more fun than Meg. Everyone is talking about...

22 jul 10

We All Live In A…

We all live in a big a$$ yellow bus. We are on the road with our OneLight Family Tour! We are currently in Asheville, NC. As soon as we wrap up the OneLight here tonight we drive all night to DC. Wit...

30 jun 10

How Do You Know When You’ve “Made It”? ::

That guy above is hip hop legend 8 Ball. I had the opportunity to photograph him about three years ago. We shot in the studio and then headed out on location in his completely tricked out Hummer. * B...

27 jun 10

I Saw This Five Miles Away ::

I saw this picture five miles away. I knew exactly what it would look like… Five miles away. Tonight we had what we have been referring to as the “OneGuy” workshop. Some of you may ...

23 jun 10

Listener :: Finding Inspiration Outside The Craft

I get asked a lot about where I get my inspiration. That’s a hard question to answer because there are so many things and people in my life that inspire me. Let me tell you a story about a whit...

18 jun 10

Modifiers :: From Day 03 of My creativeLIVE Class

Ok. Are you ready to get your nerd on? Calling all pixel peepers! Here are the images for the modifier run down we went through on Day 03 of the creativeLIVE studio lighting class. I’m not sure...

17 jun 10

creativeLIVE Images

I can’t tell you how overwhelming this past weekend has been for me on all fronts. Hundreds and hundreds of man and woman hours went in to pulling this three day live event off. It was frantic....

14 jun 10

Live Blog Post :: creativeLIVE Class ::

This is the live blog post from my creativeLIVE class going on right now. I’ll be updating this through the weekend. You can watch it live here. Here is the Home Depot tag for the shiny tile bo...

12 jun 10

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