Comments on: Transform – a Short Film for Photographers

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:48:44 +0000

Very thought provoking, I have actually started to feel better about my photography but only after I stopped comparing myself to everyone else out there – I’m going to play this to my students at college too as they all need to hear this from someone other than me!

By: Toni W

Toni W — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:42:46 +0000

That was exactly what I needed to hear. As great as the Internet is for its information it can also get depressing when you are able to compare your photos to the “Top 5 Photographers in the World”. I too have almost stopped taking photos because I felt as if I was ripping off my clients. Compared to my work from 10 years ago or even 5 years ago or even last year, I feel as if I am not as crappy as I used to be. Thanks so much for this video. PS. The sights of Atlanta made me homesick.

By: Glenn Biclar

Glenn Biclar — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:01:59 +0000

Thank you. This really puts life into perspective.

By: unfo

unfo — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:37:36 +0000

Finally got around to watching this. Amazing advice for anyone, not just photographers!

By: Gazhel

Gazhel — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:30:56 +0000

It was worth waking up today just to see this video
I have nothing else to say

By: Tom L

Tom L — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:26:12 +0000

If there wasn’t that ray of sun at the 8 minute mark, I might have driven off the road and right into a post. Truly well done.
And the beginning bits – really funny! Not crap. Thanks Zack.

By: Debby

Debby — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:32:08 +0000

This was a great video by Zack.
It was great to see and know that even the pro’s also have their days when they don’t want to pick up that camera and shoot.

By: Linda Russo

Linda Russo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:56:10 +0000

Thanks for sharing. LR

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:20:46 +0000

There aren't many people willing to be so honest. And his words were a good reminder of just how far the greatest of every profession has come from a beginning where they "sucked". I hope I can always remain so honest. But, he did not seem to ask the right question. In the end, how important is a photo? I don't mean the end of his life, or mine, or yours. I mean, at time's end, what do all those photos, those trillions of pictorial representations mean? Will any of them last for eternity? Can someone find their whole purpose in images? Or, to get to the metaphysical point, can souls of people, that last forever, find their life's purpose in a picture? A great man named Ravi Zacherias once said, "The loneliest place in the world is when you've accomplished the one thing you thought would bring your entire life meaning, and it doesn't." Zack Arias will continue to dip into his winter funk, until he finds that something bigger than photography to satisfy him.

By: Loner

Loner — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:59:11 +0000

This 10 minute video by Zack Arias is very very depressing…….arrrrggghhh…why do this to us? Isn’t life full of crap without more of it on a 10 minute video? Damn!