I was stoked to rip into a nice box from the postal guy today with a One-Light DVD, some fresh stickers, a rad t-shirt that I wish I had four of, a nice CD from Zack's lady, etc. Let me say this, I was ultra stoked. There is so much information in here, not just lighting, but posing, flow posing, client connection, etc. This was all I hoped for and more. Two strobes up for sure Zack. I've never been stoked on my lights before and I can't wait for tomorrow's wedding to try some freshness. Get the DVD guys, order one for your friends too.

Oooooh Ooooooh oooooh *jumping up and down on the spot*

Can't wait for mine to arrive! It has to come a LONG way though.

I'm off to watch the driveway.....

OMG this is killing me to wait...I've never checked the mail so often in my life...

Mine arrived at my house today, BUT I AM UP IN MAINE!!!!!!! Ugh this sucks so much.

Forgive me for asking....but where did you get this hot commodity? At the Onelight site it says that you can still be on the e-mail list and "be the first to know" and I can't find where to purchase them....am I missing something?

Everyone is getting them now because they were a part of the pre-order group...unfortunately, I was not in that group either and now have to wait like the rest of the world...

Man I can't wait!!!!!!

TOTALLY AGREE! This was one of the smartest moves I"ve made. It's the only instructional DVD i've purchased and I have to say that it's KILLER. I have to rewatch it another few times, but I LOVE it and it's soo informative.

I got mine about 5 days ago. To be honest (nobody kill me) I hadn't even watched a minute of it until this morning before work. I was just so incredibly busy I didn't have time. So the little bit that I watched this morning was amazing. I have borrowed a couple other "educational videos" that were completely and utterly overpriced and dissapointing and made me glad that I had not paid for it. So far it seems like I will give my recommendation to it for anyone who really wants to up their flash game. Even the stuff that I already knew was presented and shown in a way that makes it fresh, and most importantly, MOTIVATING TO IMPLEMENT. Production values are top notch, and it even has a cool soundtrack that I found myself bobbing my head to. Needless to say, I was late to work this morning becaue I kept on "one more minute"- ing. I will give a more thorough review once I have seen all of it.

Ah man, this is killer...it always takes so long to get to Canada.

Oooh.... not as long as Australia. I'm starting to think Australia Post stuck it in a kangaroo's pouch.... and 'Skippy' has got lost.

Can someone please post the link?
Thank you.

I can't wait to order one.... missed the first round....but I did got to the workshop in Boulder which really inspired me!

www.onelightworkshop.com

I tell you what, it was a tough decision to pour as much as I did into the production of the DVD but I'm so glad that I did. My goal was to create something that wasn't a cure for insomnia which, regrettably, many educational products in all industries can be.

I mean, you just can't sex up f-stops!

I watched just about every photo video I could get my hands on for about 3 or 4 months and took notes.

I came up with kind of a top 10 things I wanted to make sure this DVD did not turn into.

#1 - Don't stand in a studio surrounded by softboxes with a camera around my neck talking about techno jargon.

#2 - Don't use half naked 16 year old girls and continue to touch them every second you can with plenty of gratuitous slow panning shots up and down her body.

#3 - Don't use corporate employee training video royalty free music.

#4 - Don't walk people through the 87 gabillion essential lighting scenarios.

#5 - Don't turn it into a commercial for products.

#6 - Don't show what is possible with $10,000 worth of lighting gear and a platoon of assistants since most of us don't have that kind of resource to use.

#7 - Don't read from a cue card. (We didn't have a script which was good and bad at times. Meant I had to do a lot of retakes!)

#8 - Don't pack it with so much technical talk that it A) becomes boring and B) overwhelms people to the point they don't even try.

#9 - Let everyone know that I'm FAR more of a dork than I am a smooth talking legend in my own mind.

#10 - Make sure it is the best that I can make it. Sacrifice as much as possible for the sake of the DVD so folks will enjoy it and not regret it.

I too have spent a lot of money on educational things that just left me hanging or pissed off that I spent $300 or more on and got to watch a slide show and commercial for the next $300 product coming out next month or whatever. I've seen some that were really good too but you really had to cut through the chaff to find those. Workshops and DVDs are getting a bad rap these days because many are leaving folks underwhelmed.

So... I'm really, really, really happy that our whole crew brought something to all of you that you enjoy. That you are breathing a sigh of relief in the fact that you have not just plopped down hard earned money on yet another hyped up product that didn't deliver what you needed it to. A lot of people were involved in this so please know it just isn't something I did.

My beloved, Meghan, was key in the making of all of this. Keeping me on task and organized and motivated. When I saw the rough cut of the video I nearly killed the whole project. I couldn't see the finished product. She could. She kept me going.

Erik did whatever needed to be done behind the scenes. He took over a lot of the day to day operations over the 7 or 8 month period of shooting and editing and designing and all that.

Matthew and Lani and their crew kept the project moving forward and shot the video better than I ever expected.

Shane and Kelly at Soteria really jammed on special editing and DVD authoring. I can't even begin to tell you the technical problems we had and they poured so much into making sure it was right.

Cory brought the freakin' beats! Cory came to a workshop last year and offered beats for this project when I started talking about it. He is an amazing producer. He offered them for free but once they started making their way into the edit I knew that I should go to jail for grand theft beat stealing if he didn't get paid.

Noah was johnny on the spot with grip work during shooting.

My clients were fantastic and open to anything I needed. Cassie got a call from us at 8 am on a Saturday morning because a model we hired bailed on us at the last minute. She got up, packed a bag, and brought the awesome.

They probably deserve more credit than anything I did. I just ran my mouth and wrote checks!

Whoa. That turned into a big reply that I was not expecting.

Ummmm. Glad you got the DVD!

Go Triangle Circles!!!!! (inside joke for those who have seen it!)

Cheers,
Zack

http://www.OneLightWorkshop.com

Zack, I pray the blessings of God upon you! It was truly awesome, I'm more stoked on my lighting than ever and actually have my first band shoot coming up that I'm jonesin' for. Keep up the good work and the funny tweets.

Thank you!

Cheers,
Zack

Just so you know, Zack, my "happy when lit" t-shirt is making a big impression in small town Utah. Got my DVD Tuesday,watched it three times through, this is Sunday AM.

I loved the workshop and this is a great companion, much better than my 22 pages of notes.

Hats off to you my ATL friend! Still watching and watching....

Love every minute of it.

Oh mine is on it's way & should be here in two days! I can't wait!

According to the tracking info. I am suppose to get mine today!! I will be monopolizing the DVD player for the next 2 weeks so I can pour over this DVD!

I have to agree with everyone here that the OneLight DVD rocks!

My wife that doesn't understand photography, but enjoys the end results also enjoyed the OneLight DVD. I tried to get her to watch the Strobist DVD and she walked away... when I threw on the OneLight DVD she stopped what she was doing and joined me on the couch.

Mine arrived!! Hopefully I'll get to watch it tonight! If it's anything like Zack's seminar in San Diego, I'm going to love it!!

I'm going to watch mine for the 50th time tonight to get some inspiration for night shooting set-ups. thanks again Zack

I've just bought a copy, heck knows how long it will take to get here from the USA... I'm looking forward to it though!