It's amazing to have you back Zack!

Oh man. Can't believe how much I missed listening to you man.

...your cat watching the fish screen saver... lol !

18:15 I love that your cat takes interest during the pawtrait gallery 😂

Made and posted a video on Sunday about fear and failure as an amputee myself, and by chance, being an aspiring photographer myself, happened to see your video this afternoon. Thanks so much for posting this video .... it gave me great comfort to see I’m not on my own here. Also, you opened my eyes to the truth that I also compare myself to other amputees making videos, with many more subs and views, which is really not a wise thing to do. Invariably I feel likes shxx afterward. Nothing gained. You’ve motivated me to do this for myself and those who give me a lot of love on my channel. Thanks a ton!

Thx Zack! Happy to have you back. you had me laughing and thinking at the same time @ 10:30 if 20 pics won't convince them you can take pictures, you're sure not gonna do it with 71.. :) It's just so hard to kill your own darlings, but a photo editor probably will..

Zack, something I would love to hear you reflect on and talk about is the process of photo critique: what you find is important, or helpful to do, or not do when you give critique, and when you receive critique. A 'philosophy' of photo critique, if you like :-)

Great seeing you do these again. I still remember the ones from some time ago (10 years maybe?) , Learned a lot from your comments and the one light tutorial. Glad to see you back at it. Cheers from Paris, France.

Great critiques Zack. We are all guilty in one way or another of wanting all of our photo "children" being displayed, mostly because of the emotional response they give us from when we created it. Looks like I need to take some time off and clean up my own site! A big thanks for doing this for us viewers at no charge (I feel the need to send coffee money at least!).

Oh my... 2 videos in 4 days? Thank you so much sir. This is a rare and precious thing, i really hope you post more videos. if we remove all the gear-related videos from youtube, there isn't a real need for quality content on Photography like this.

Great to see you back! First off I'd like to say how good you look. That healthy cooking is working great for you! Great insight on the website. Look forward to watching many more videos and content from you.

Hahaha, so funny, as soon as you mentioned your favourite pet photographer your cat jumped up in front of the TV :) Great video, thanks, very inspirational!

Your unique perspective is really refreshing. I feel like I’m learning a lot from your videos.

Oh heck yeah, so psyched you're back!!!

I wish Fujifilm would pay for a 6 -city travel series for you. I loved the ones you did a few years ago, superb.

Welcome back Sir! I've been missing your stuff.

I used to love your One Light videos before you were famous. Great to see you back!!

I am so glad you've come back. Thank you.

Zack! Where you been, dude? We missed you!

Winter comes every year. And this year it is over as Zack has started uploading videos! yay!

Welcome back Zack. We're happy you're making videos again. =) In the same vein as this video how about a monthly photo challenge? Folks could use a hashtag like #dedpxl so you can find their photos and critique them. Thanks.

Your style is unique Zack. So glad to watch your videos again. Don't dare to disapear!

Have been seeing you post in Twitter for the past few days, glad to see you back on here also. Been a sub of yours since I watched the first 2 minutes of your video "Crop Sensors vs Full Frame :: Crop Or Crap?" back in 2014!!!

wow Zack, that cat is majestic AF! Glad too see you back with some content on the interwebs, take care my man! :)

Really miss watching your content Zack. Excited to see what you have in store for us. This video is just on time as I am planning to make a website (After making my page finally live in social media). Really helpful and informative. Thank you.

Good to see that you are back Zack! Or as we say where I come from "Gött att se att du är tillbaka, du är en go gubbe!".

Seeing you back made my day brother!! Welcome back Zack.

Holy hell, how big is that cat?! Great content, as always. Love to get these peeks into your thought process.

Excellent critique Zac and sooooo good to have YOU back! Stay healthy Zac!

ESTAS VIVO!!!! Missed you man! You have no idea how high I jumped seeing you on my feed! Was glad that the noise didn't get to ya in the end. Much love from Argentina.

great critique Zach. LESS = MORE. Bigger is always better and tighter/closer to the subject always wins over too wide/far away from the model shots. Looking forward to the series

Two videos within a month! That's great! Thanks Zack!

Great critique Zack, made me think about my own portfolio and change/cull a lot of images. Still not entirely happy but I'm getting there.

It must be my birthday. Another video from Zack! In a short period of time

Two videos in a week? Yes!!! I appreciate being able to see your thought process.

HES ALIIIVE!

That homepage was a mess, let's be honest.

It's like Golden Corral. "Let's stick our head under the chocolate fountain, Karen."

Holy COW you are back you are back YOU ARE BACK :) Yes :)

I take away and agree SO much with this, omigosh. Excellent, truly fabulous points. And one thing that really sticks out regarding the fashion section for me is a complete lack of taste and opinion on account of the photographer. Fashion is a strong, rich artform in and of itself, and some of those gowns are hideous, incidentally precisely the ones that got X'ed out. Either way, there is no universal, cohesive taste in that gallery. A commercial photographer has to shoot what they are hired to do for retailers or designers, TRUE. But it doesn't all have to go in your personal portfolio and brand. On the other hand, so many of the “keepers” in that were truly stunning, high-fashion, fine art style fashion photography that look absolutely jaw-dropping gorgeous, both the composition and the processing… But all of that was completely overshadowed by the tacky ones that stuck out like a sore thumb! I personally like variety, and I don't mind scrolling and scrolling if the images are breathtaking. Lindsay Adler's web gallery is one perfect example for me. I could go through her endless scroll of beauty images all day. Truly mesmerizing. But when a lot of it is “filler” as is the case here, wielding a scythe is so satisfying to watch. But you REALLY nailed it on the keepers versus losers on that. Definitely have earned me as an avid follower!

He is alive!!!!

Another video!!! Now I am happy! :)

Good to see you back. Because of you I bought "Big mama".

we missed you so much, dude!

Didn't get the other notification, great to see you back :)

Zack is back!!! Hellzz yeah!!

Thank you Zack for your wisdom so eloquently relayed.

So glad to see you back Zack.

Zack long time no see it's great seeing you again mate! 👋

GOYA!!! So excited you’re putting out more videos❤️ go Dad!!!

interesting when i goto altamash's page now and see MORE columns than he had previously :D

Ow man, it’s so good to watch you back again. Too much noise and I was (am) on that cloudy dark moments that you told once on an video. I’ll try to rearrange and update my site (www.flaviolara.com) in order to you, luckily, critic. My best regards from Brasil

Two in less than a week? Heads are exploding everywhere.

A lot of the images from 'backstage' would work a lot better in 'Fashion' 21:23. Some of those photos are so beautiful.

Zach do you do a paid critique service? Time and work schedule permitting, or do I just throw my hat in the ring and hope for the best? Great advice from this video though already I’m going to be busy today! 🤝👍💪🇬🇧👌🤣😉

Oh love the cameo at the end! But seriously, this has been really helpful and thank you very much for your time :)

Zack. How do you feel about showing other work ( real estate, Pet's , e.t.c. ) in separate galleries ( kinda like he did) ?

Hey! Nice to see you back, as your insight has been one of the most helpful since I started about 2 years ago (particularly your book of Q&A). Here is my "work in progress" portfolio, since I'm still not really confident with it and therefore continue builbing it, (not even have a proper domain yet). But i may be in the position when I feel like I'll never be ready... May need to move on fabricegagos.pb.studio/ I know you have a lot of more interesting portfolio to review, but the simple fact of posting it here is a step forward. Hope you'll be continuing producing a lot of video. Cheers

I checked two times to make sure it was real. Zack is back!!! 🥳🥳🥳 While watching this video I imagined that you were watching my own portfolio website and how useful it could be as I’m feeling stuck sometimes. I mean “sometimes” like every two weeks. So if you have anything to say, I’m open to constructive feedback and here is my website : www.quentindm.com I’m doing mostly (music) portraits and live photography. Thanks 🙏

SHUT. UP. this is so exciting to have these back!

Do you do landscape and urban/street photography critique ?

Your cat is the star. Great timing.

Off to review and redo my website.

What you forgot to mention or ask, is what type of photographer are you? I think he is all over the place with work and not defined what type of work he actually does. Is he the do it all type of photographer, architectual photography, portrait, animal, editorial, wedding, street?

Love it! Very funny, very honest. This guy is a good photographer, but he wants (un)consciously to show off on his techniques, sending the message: "I can do anything you like". Not sure if that works, though... Certainly not if he wraps it all on one page. Clients go for a style, and they would be amazed if they found it on one page of 15 to 20 pics. But maybe we're wrong, because Altamash means "highly mixed", and that's what he's offering! ;-)

I am extremely happy to see you back Zack, especially with the critique! I always wished so much to get a critique from you as you probably are my biggest inspiration. Following you since many many years and i am never disappointed! Maybe i will be lucky at some point to get a critique! Link: www.dariusfilip.com Greetings from Copenhagen!

Sometimes the youtube algorithm gets it right! It recommended me your "comeback" video on contests earlier today and I subscribed and now this one is also totally captivating and sense-making. I realise I'm totally outclassed by Altamash and you get a lot of requests, but if you are looking to do a critique of an amateur, I'd be flattered if you could have a look at instagram.com/jensr.photo/ - I am trying to improve both my selectiveness (to create a focused portfolio) as well as improving each individual photo - so any feedback would be very helpful.

You have mellowed, since Crop or Crap.

my opinion...that you didn't ask for..... Id do a lot more of this. Hit record and dont think, just do. Kinda like yoda.

Crop this. Crop that.

☕️🤘🇵🇭📷

I do love your cat :)

Video starts at 2:20

OMG I caught your OUT virus, when I don't like things I find myself saying (or jelling) OUT OUT OUT since your last video hehehehe There are probably the most substantial critics I have ever seen here on YT . It all comes together when you explain things the way you do. Great video again, hope you can continue this rate of posting !! Thanks for sharing !!

Cats rule!!!

audio is wildly out of sync

Did the person you are critiquing, asked you to do so? If not why? If you did this to me I would kick your ass! For that person he is happy with his works...who are you to destroy him! maybe that is why you don't have zillions of followers.. Be different..while you are critiquing others you are not creating..stop this! really stop this..If people send you there work to be critiqued than that is different...if they don't ask you for your opinion, it's because they don't wan't it! I have just unsubscribed to your channel!