Miserere, I would say go and attend Zack's workshop. If you want something different - go with Joe. Both are amazing!
--Sasha On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Miserere<[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Sasha! > > What you described is exactly why I was leaning towards one of Zack's > workshops. When he went "pro" he pretty much only had his camera and a > Vivitar 285. I like that. Joe is sponsored by Nikon and probably drops > more $5,000 bodies in a year than we'll own in our lifetime. That's > fine, he has access to all this equipment, so why not use it to his > advantage? But as *I* don't have access to it (I own 1.5 flashes!) I'd > like to learn from someone who understands my limitations. > Limitations, by the way, that are shared by most of us amateurs. > > A golf bag, huh? I was looking at a messenger bag in T.J. Maxx (an > outlet store in the US) the other day; it had all these pockets to fit > strobes and small (Pentax!) lenses in. For $20 it was better than many > dedicated camera bags, and it didn't shout CAMERA BAG! either :-) > > > --M. > > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > http://www.EnticingTheLight.com > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > 2009/7/31 Sasha Sobol <[email protected]>: >> Thanks, Miserere! >> I think it well worth the money . >> >> And I should have mentioned that Zack and Joe have are very different >> on money issues: >> Zack would tell you not to buy anything that you do not need right now. >> And to seek for cheap alternatives. >> For example he uses a cheap golf bag instead of a a dedicated photo >> bag, because it is few times cheaper and it does what it should do. >> Same thing with lighting - Zack will almost always use a single light. >> Only if he feels that the subject calls for additional lights he will >> add more very carefully. >> Joe has top-notch equipment and his lighting schemes are usually >> quite complicated, I doubt he often shoots with a single light. >> So at Zack's workshop you can learn howto use a single light, how to >> play with modifiers. >> At Joe's workshop you can try a lot of different cool thing - soft >> boxes, reflectors, flashes, diffusers.... >> I am very happy that I attended those workshops in this order: first >> Zack, next Joe. >> And I was about to chose one it would be Zack's. >> But both are excellent! >> >> --Sasha > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
