Foundations of a Working Photographer: Introduction

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Find out what it takes to start a photography business from Zack Arias. cr8.lv/1gJqKyX
Want to be a good photographer? Want to do it for a living? Zack Arias explains how to get started in this clip from the CreativeLive class, Foundations of a Working Photographer.
In this clip, Arias introduces the course and his journey to becoming a full-time professional photographer.
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@rdiazgreenberg 13 жыл бұрын

I loved the three day workshop! I can still hear "clean head, eyes to the light, know your gear, stay focused, do not get into debt" I am honored to have had such a teacher at the beginning of my third career and really appreciate CL for their work.

@alexcortez3007 Жыл бұрын

I bought this course 8 years ago and it lived up to it's name: It became the foundation of my photography career. Thanks CL and Zack!

@ranallaphotoandfilms 10 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that he speaks from the heart and as a working photographer with a family to support, he hits so hard on some of the greatest conflicts I have. It is refreshing to see some being so real about it, and actually love photography at the end of the day.

@nicomorphine6 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing how in 30 minutes I learned more about photography than I had learned in years studying it. Thank you so much! I would have loved to take these Saturday-Sunday classes.

@trivet1970 Жыл бұрын

Zack is an amazing instructor.

@86Ponzy 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, you speak about your past, what you did in your career, before your career. No many photographers speak like you! Thanks!

@tigranpetrossian9848 10 жыл бұрын

Zack is an even better mentor than he is a photographer, that's rare. Really cleans shit out of my brain every time I watch his stuff.

@Marcos-dw7uw 9 жыл бұрын

"It's just a job, we're not curing cancer" Out of all the talking photographers out there Zack really brings the industry to reality.

@realmichaelcomeau 11 ай бұрын

Wow this is a blast from the past. I did a lot of photography education and this was the best class ever.

@Augphoto 10 жыл бұрын

My second time watching this. Something I rarely do. But it's just great. Pay attention to the last couple of lines.

@tonymckeehan7748 11 жыл бұрын

What an amazing humble man. Talks about the ups and downs of professional photography. He is inspiring to listen to. He speaks of the balance of work and family time. His life experiences and honesty is real. Thanks so much for being here for all of us.

@DavidMcMeakin 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Zack. Although I have been taking pictures for many years, your take on photography is very refreshing. My current job is coming to an end next year and I am thinking of turning my passion into a job. This has really made me think and given me a clear direction. Brilliant.

@thebudkellyfiles 9 жыл бұрын

Wow, wow, wow... Kudos to you Zack. For once, someone who knows what they are talking about, can communicate it, and doesn't deliver it with a tsunami of narcissistic palaver. Kudos, kudos, kudos. I have been doing photography since 1970, and everything you have said is dead nuts on. Thanks!!!

@ceebs648 8 жыл бұрын

This is so so so so eye opening for me. I've been photographing for less than a year now and this is absolutely invaluable. Thank you.

@ISpiers 12 жыл бұрын

I really respected what I saw of Zack Arias before seeing this workshop. This workshop made me a real fan. I love that he just come right out and says what he thinks, as opposed to glossing it over with an agenda to up-sell or push the latest gadget.

@TaranjeetSingh 3 жыл бұрын

This talk is more than photography! Very deep :)

@GeorgeStar 8 жыл бұрын

I love this guy. So right on the money.

@KirbyTorres316 10 жыл бұрын

Love this, thank you for captivating me and giving me hope

@annadapriyadarshinee125 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Man.. Where have you been this long... I just found my needle in haystack.... You got reality, authenticity, technicality and Art in the perfect blend Honey... I am gonna go through each of your videos now ❤️

@rjnewsom7074 7 жыл бұрын

Big respect for this guy, always like his talks. Thanks!

@ChrisBilodeauPhotography 12 жыл бұрын

very honest. i like the way you put yourself out there Zack. in the purest form. you're vulnerability is what draws people in. so many people pick up a fancy $1500 camera, shoot in P or AUTO, and then charge $2000 for a wedding! I would not dare charge a dime until I knew what I was doing. Now, I am confident that I can get the shot and I kind of feel the ambient light settings the moment I enter a room. You have to free yourself from the burden of fighting with the camera in a shoot.

@Law2708 13 жыл бұрын

I swear it this guys has made everything so amazingly clear!

@photographerswithoutborder7302 6 жыл бұрын

so wonderful watch in 30 minutes to teacher sir Zack Arias, thanks so much to you sir Zack Arias

@markcunningham8788 9 жыл бұрын

Zack, you are amazing and so inspiring. thanks for sharing your honest experiences. Guys who take someones experiences and excellent advice (Zack's) and then embellish it to sound like their advice.. just dont.. people have already watched the video and gotten the real advice that you are trying to mimic. you can just agree and try not to sound smart too..

@ridonahamadshishir1358 9 жыл бұрын

I got respect for the Z-man , Zack Arias . Wish will meet him some point of life .

@fashionmogul6016 8 жыл бұрын

Best tutorial i had ever seen . Hats off for you Sir

@cliffdean3969 7 жыл бұрын

The best produced video I have seen on KZfaq. I will watch more of this .

@swapnilhitman 12 жыл бұрын

I really liked the way he quoted last line "photography is stupid... we are not caring cancer..... but it is the only thing i know how to do..." ... we said...

@shawvercreations9703 9 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is awesome!!!Thank you!

@pfyiadministration1263 8 жыл бұрын

Hello Thank you so much for sharing your experience of becoming a photographer....of your passion

@thomasaonyango 11 жыл бұрын

I think this is exactly what I needed. . . Gosh! Thank you for this Zack because I've always also believed that the true business of a photographer was in pushing that shutter. Do it well enough and everything else automatically falls in place.

@CamyolaCola 8 жыл бұрын

The advice was EPIC!

@aiquelindo 9 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. You need to know your gear in order to be a good photographer. And you should know why things work the way they do and not limit yourself to know how to use them. For example many photographers don't even know why aperture controls depth of field or what the inverse square law means in terms of light propagation. They know how to take advantage of these but don't really understand the principles. While I am not saying that you should know all the intricate complications of modern cameras, you should at least understand the basic principles of optics if you want to master a craft based on light.

@lightpanda12 12 жыл бұрын

Dude i am so feeling that dramatic but mega true statement right now!!!

@SanMiguelBulls 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, powerful video, thanks for making this video...

@mmimlr55 13 жыл бұрын

Very sincere words, thank you !!

@cha3119 11 жыл бұрын

2 years later this video is just as relevant, probably timeless. Funny, Edward Weston saying the these basic truths way back in 1927. This is my second entry (re-entry) into photography and these messages are now making sense to me. Tame the wild beast or else it will own you - good advice. Using a Canon 5D Classic - and doing just fine by this now-two-generations-old camera. One lens, 35mm. A true leader like this is not afraid of constant deconstruction of what he/she knows - that makes heroes

@PonteRyuurui 11 жыл бұрын

some great old school wisdom here

@ity75303 12 жыл бұрын

Last 10 seconds just made my day.

@AllGrowing 11 жыл бұрын

What an awesome person/photographer - would love to learn from him!

@charlie_blevins 7 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this, thank you for posting this up! Is there anyway for me to access the the talks on the other days??

@SusanTownsend 7 жыл бұрын

I hear what you are saying and I love it. it hit home. I have the canon rebel with the lenses kit. but I got to get more stuff so that I can do the kind of photography that I want to do. I will watch what I do. and the money spending for sure. I quit my job to do this. I have waited to many years not to see it though. So I will buy the less costly stuff and play with it till I know it in and out.I will figure it out. I got into this art in the seventies so I know what you say is so true. i guess I found you at the right time.

@Dexter6662 12 жыл бұрын

I just discover Zack and have to say he is a nice photographer.

@Paulgoodmanphotog 12 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks!

@funincluded 12 жыл бұрын

The way he talks about his 35mm is exactly how I felt about my 50mm... primes are just so useful

@AtraosAMV 11 жыл бұрын

funny thing is i have been a photographers assistant for a few months now and i have similar lenses and camera with similar capabilities as the pro, but he simply knows his gears limits and how to use it better than me. It really is true that you need to know your gear before getting new gear

@BenjaminKanarek 12 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video

@arigroningen8394 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, very valuable!!

@castieldiallo2945 9 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Start with primes. 50 mm 1.8g. Two years later I picked my first zoom lens. Now shooting full frame with five lenses. Too many so called photographers aquire geer to show off.

@lav3nd3r09 9 жыл бұрын

Yes. I've been shooting with my phone for 2 years because I couldn't afford a camera. And while waiting for my camera, I've watched and read many tutorials, tips, reviews and other photography stuffs on the internet. They say start with a prime lens and learn everything that you can. Because that cheap prime lens has almost everything that you need as a beginner, and you will learn photography manually including zooming. So last month, I finally had a camera. I got the Canon 70D and the 40mm f/2.8 prime lens. I didn't get the kit lens because I've used it before on my friends' cameras and I thought it won't really help me anymore since I've been shooting for years with my phone, so I wanted a prime that is good enough for serious beginners. Some of my friends already upgraded their kit lens to prime lens and to zoom lens without even shooting with those lenses for a considerable time.18-55, 50 1.8, 55-250. They're so eager to upgrade for new gears like what Zack Arias said, without even mastering what they have. So they don't know what should they get and what is good quality lens. They don't even know how to shoot in manual. People always ask me when will I upgrade my lens. Since my 40mm is a pancake lens, they think it's not a good lens because of its size. They think their kit lenses are more sharp and powerful. They think the longer the lens, the better images and videos you get. Shooting with my phone for years and studying on the internet really helped me. The first night I shot with my DSLR, I was already shooting in full manual because I already studied the basic settings for concert photography before having a DSLR. I knew auto won't let me freeze those actions on stage. Lots of people hang their DSLRS on their necks and just use it to take selfies. That really made me upset for not being able to have a DSLR that time. But now, it was worth the wait. I've been shooting both photos and videos with the goodness and the limitations of my 40mm f/2.8. After 6 months I'll consider buying an external flash, and my next lens would probably be the 24-70 f/2.8 after a year or two. I don't wanna settle for less anymore. I won't buy a 55-250 which I can't really use in low lights such as concert photography. I'll wait for that moment when I'm and ready and deserving to have that great lens. I don't wanna be that another rich kid who has expensive gears but poor images. I wanna earn that gear with my skills. Thanks Zack Arias! :)

@skvltdmedia 9 жыл бұрын

Tyrone Daroca Never forget marketing. Having and knowing your own gear does not create an appealing presentation nor does it pull in clients. Networking and having a clean, good site/email/cards is if not more important.

@skvltdmedia 9 жыл бұрын

Tyrone Daroca Lay down the utmost basic foundation earlier on, maybe blog, build your search engine ranking, etc.

@castieldiallo2945 9 жыл бұрын

Skvora Limited true. it is the failing of many of good photographers. myself included. i network very little. will remedy that in 2015

@skvltdmedia 9 жыл бұрын

Castiel Diallo And myself included, but I simply don't have accessibility for where I live. I know a few guys whose work is terrible, but due to network and accessibility they're literally rolling in money and work. Granted nothing proper nor high-end, but bulk of jobs simply aren't that.

@jaredhammonds8255 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome introduction! Is there more of this available?

@miskgkdlss 8 жыл бұрын

this guy is full of truth.

@rafriedman 10 жыл бұрын

Spot on!

@creativelive 10 жыл бұрын

Thx for sharing :)

@SusanTownsend 7 жыл бұрын

I dont want to be a gear head I just want to get the job done and the images out my head! smile

@yblacklife 12 жыл бұрын

I would like to be in your next classssss WOW!

@flickrmark 11 жыл бұрын

Listen to this man...seriously. Then seek out his video here called "Transform", bookmark it, watch it regularly...for all of us who may have felt like giving up.

@Matthew075 10 жыл бұрын

It seems like it is all post production these days.

@LuisSalazar-ly7se 7 жыл бұрын

I agree with the mastering the equipment, the rest, it will fallow, some people can believe that I had done weddings with the Mamiya RB and 2 lens, 2 lights ,most people called themselves photographer with the Auto mode camera.

@xperience-media7396 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome advice, so glad I chose to skip a generation of digital and focus on the imaging.

@dadautube 6 жыл бұрын

something MOST photographers (as well as lovers of photography) out there don't realize (and it was briefly talked about somewhere in this really good video) is that photography has two very important sides to it: side 1: technique (based on a little of Physics, Chemistry, and Math ...) side 2: art (based on what we learn about composition, light, how to see things etc, as in painting for example ...) so, yes, photographers are artists in a sense but not every artist is a good photographer necessarily, right? besides, even painters do have to learn some basic important *technical* stuff about their art or their artworks would look mediocre ...

@CraigMansfield 6 жыл бұрын

Same career options, same feelings, same hobby. 👍

@HR-wd6cw 3 жыл бұрын

I stopped listening to people's recommendations for what gear they THINK I need, versus the gear I know I need. People will sometimes tell me I should buy a specific brand or class of flash because it does certain things... fact is, if you can master manual mode, then any flash will really do. It's the extra features (like wireless and commander/slave modes) that really makes up the difference in terms of the different flashes that are out there (aside from power level which is an important thing to consider), but if you know flash photography and usually shoot in manual mode (on the flash) then all the extra fluff doesn't matter and is irrelevant. I shoot with $100 flashes. I don't need the $500 NIkon flashes. They're over priced, and for what I do (which is not professional photography) the $100 flashes work great for my needs. And at the same time, I can buy (5) of them for the same price I"d say for one single Nikon flash. So i agree people get sucked into the gear too much, and not the craft. I've seen some really good photos come out of $500 DSLRs and I've seens ome really horrible photos come out of $5000 Pro-level DSLRs, because the photographer simply didn't know what they were doing, AND/OR didn't have a vision for that shot.

@rambo212234 11 жыл бұрын

when you say that you need to get beyond that pix (in flicker), is that from observing a photo that is before editing or after? If your observation is after editing then you have to do another class on photo editing. I would prefer if your observation is before editing. Before editing is the real photo and real skill.

@richardv58 9 жыл бұрын

Zack Thank you Richard V

@johnnyLikeVideo 12 жыл бұрын

This is like kung fu where they go to the basics, carrying water buckets up and down a hundred stairs, only to later become...the master.

@bensannw1122 8 жыл бұрын

sorry but i need to ask about this what are cipicals ? im not a pro but i would like to learn...7.47 minutes i dont even know if i write it corret googled it but cant find anything about that would appreciate some help

@GeorgeStar 8 жыл бұрын

+Ben sannw Reciprocals are the f-stop/shutter speed combinations that all give the same exposure. For example if the proper exposure is f5.6 @ 1/250 then f4 @ 1/500, f2.8 @1/1000, f2.0 @ 1/2000 all give the same exposure. You need to know which one to use given the situation.

@Xiaborok 8 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of David Cross

@Synthminator 8 жыл бұрын

Anyone knows what is he talking about at 7:50, speed vs aperture relation?? Hobbyist here

@NoProJoe 8 жыл бұрын

+ThePreciseMoment This site has a pretty good explanation. www.picturecorrect.com/tips/understanding-reciprocity-in-photography/

@Synthminator 8 жыл бұрын

NoPro Joe Cool thanks!

@sterlingsnyder 11 жыл бұрын

"We're going to bounce all over the place with light." I see what you did there.

@gergo32 9 жыл бұрын

Life is fun because of the mysteries, right Zach?

@ramiroflores8015 10 жыл бұрын

Es verdad que la industria de la fotografía y cinematográfia va a desapararecer?

@whatwouldhousedo5136 7 жыл бұрын

Good video and I like your stuff, but pretty offensive comment about Canadians. Seriously? You're OK with what you said?

@metronomic1 12 жыл бұрын

Jasmine Star could benefit from this guys course. She is the sum total of what he is describing here. All business and little skill.

@charlemarcharlemar2401 6 жыл бұрын

Personal therapy disguised as a photography lesson. So you are a self proclaimed loser if you don't have photography, but you already cited and spoke the adage that many are called, few chosen, (which is an old line and can be said about anything) and admitted it didn't choose you. So what are you doing teaching, the "Foundations of a Working Photographer: Introduction" ? ... and no, I don't think I'll stick around for it, but I wish you luck. I have a lot of photos to make and really do not have time for personal philosophies disassociated from the real work at hand: photography.