Comments on: Transform – A Video by Zack Arias

By: Andrew G. NY

Andrew G. NY — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:57:49 +0000

Not real cheery as already noted. Still, pretty powerful with some nice (by my unlearned eyes) video work to go with it.

By: Miserere

Miserere — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:58 +0000

Great post, Craig; you make some good points. Thanks for the comment!

By: Craig Soars

Craig Soars — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:05:37 +0000

For anyone who dreams of making this a career, it is a good watch, and does address some serious questions about how you deal with, as he puts it, defining yourself in a sea of visual pollution. There are the flickr rockstars, and those of us who post and only get single digit views before the image is swept away; conversely, you’ll find the commenting on others often garners attention, and it almost becomes an exercise in building relationships more than raw skill or finished images.

Lately I’ve been able to relax about equipment, portfolios and imageviews, content in the fact that for every band I shoot at a live event and e-mail the images to, I may get a call later on offering a paid promo shoot, regardless if I’m shooting pixels or silver halide.

I guess I shoot to document, to produce something interesting for myself or whoever to find years down the road. To remember what was going on, where I was, who I was with, what I saw. I want to capture not only the events, but the day to day.

To contextualize life and create a narrative that might not be noticed from within my head.

By: Ivan Glisin

Ivan Glisin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:37:36 +0000

I agree with Miserere. Chip: fast forward to 7:37 and listen from there. Very good message. Reminded me in some ways of the article “The Myth of Talent” by Craig Tanner posted some two years ago on now defunct Radiant Vista site. I just Googled it and voila! — here it is, alive an well:

http://www.craigtannercreative.com/lightdiary/?page_id=220

By: Miserere

Miserere — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:51:52 +0000

Chip, I must disagree with you, I did not find this piece a downer at all—I found it inspiring. I think Zack was trying to paint a bleak, yet realistic, picture in order to convey his message of hope and make it that much stronger. You can come out of it, it is possible, and you’re not alone.

Had I not found the imagery and the message so powerful, I would not have posted it.

By: Chip B

Chip B — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:36:18 +0000

Man guys, that was pretty much a downer! 8-( I think we all know that nothing in life (or photography) is guaranteed, but to have someone be so dark, dismal and depressing is a little over the top. I don’t need this attitude in my life!