Zack Arias Dubai Awesomeness

You’ll hear me talk about alot of my favorite professional photographers here and there because I really do look up to them. Chase Jarvis introduced Zack Arias to me not too long ago and in my boredom on my day off from work I started sifting through some of Zach’s recent work. He’s posted 300 images from his most recent trip to Dubai and it’s quite the collection. You should totally check it out if you have the chance. This image was one of the ones that really jumped out to me.

© Zack Arias

Eye Candy? That’s an understatement…

And those are what I call results!

My buddy Javier has been working away hardcore on the images from the shoot and I can’t be anything but excited! The following are 2 examples of those shots and you can catch the rest of them on his Flickr.

Do Want…D300s Video Rig

My buddy Javier sent me this video and I just about flipped when I saw it. My goal by the end of the summer is to have something this awesome:

Choose your own adventure this weekend

I found this blog post from Chase Jarvis really awesome and I’m taking his advice this weekend. It’s my last week in school and I’m going to get a good kickstart to the summer!

If you wait around to read the email when it pours into your inbox, will you ever have time to take pictures?How many ideas will you miss by chasing the next best thing rather than finishing the project you’ve already started?

If you continue taking those crappy gigs that generate dogpoop looking photos or films, will you ever have time to create the ones you want?

What is the cost of doing things that your industry says are “normal”?

How many pictures will you let pass you by if you wait till you get a better camera, better lights, or better vision?

If you do what your teacher tells you to do without pushing the boundaries of photo school, will your work look just like everybody’s in your class?

How old will you be when you finally quit your day job because it sucks?

When was the last time you …created an uninterrupted day for yourself to do the things that you wanted to do, rather than attended to “obligations” that weren’t really obligations at all?

It’s great to please the world. To be a citizen, to answer the phone, to go out of your way, to… to…. to… But every once in a while, it’s healthy to do things on your own terms. Take a break from reacting and choose your own adventure this weekend.