Whenever I give a talk or host a show, my fav part is the Q&A. Rather than me guessing what I should share, you just ask away. Especially the hard questions that you can’t learn in photography books: landing clients, overcoming failures, working with challenging clients, legal, gear, portfolio questions, whatever it might be. In this year’s first #AskChase version of chasejarvisLIVE, I got thru about 40 of your questions in the 90 min show. This time around, I’m hoping to double that, plus we’re adding another dimension.
The first half of the show will be me answering any questions you can put in the comments below. Rapid fire, as many as I can get thru. So don’t be shy, ask anything you’d like below and I’ll give you a shout out for asking it and do my best to answer with the dirty truth. But catch this: the second half of the show, I’ll have a guest with me. The Associate Creative Director for REI, Jason Sutherland. If you have been ignoring me are new here, then you’ll need to scroll back a bit and read the Diary of a Shoot I just wrapped up, where I chronicled my 9 day campaign shoot with them. Jason will be on hand to answer your specific questions, but also any/all your general questions about whatever you want to know from a client CD/AD perspective. Hopefully this is as good as gold.
Who: You, Me + guest Creative Director Jason Sutherland + a worldwide gathering of creatives
What: YOUR questions answered for 90 minutes
When: this coming Wednesday, April 6th at 10:00am Seattle time (1pm NYC or GMT -8)
Where: just visit www.chasejarvis.com/LIVE
How to get your questions on the show: ASK THEM IN THE COMMENTS BELOW
We will take some questions LIVE via the #cjlive or #AskChase hashtag on Twitter (follow @chasejarvis here) during the broadcast, however, so that we can be organized and get through as many questions as possible, you’re far more likely to get your questions answered by framing them below in the comments.
It’s free, it’s LIVE, and apologies but this video will not be re-posted in it’s entirety, so please tune in LIVE if you can. (We’re still in a technical gear/podcast/youtube transition at the moment, figuring some stuff out.) Hope to see you Wednesday. The more people participate, the more interesting it will be for everyone involved. Feel free to invite anyone you’d like to join the party.
Chase could you use this service to make it easyer for people to see when to tune in for there time zone!
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Thanks
Hi chase i was just wondering how would i get the hard light effect on a portrait working with a wide angle lens at its wide end and two sb900’s ?? is this possible without the flashes showing in the shot??
I’ve put together a strong portfolio that gets a lot of positive feedback, but when I go to clients or other photographers want me to work for them I’m constantly running into the “trial” job. Each time I’ve worked my heart out and my images have been used, but it doesn’t seem to lead to more work. I understand every photographer has to pay his dues, but I’m starting to feel like I’m being taken advantage of and they’re getting free work. How did you deal with these situations when you were starting out? What are some best practices to getting solid paying clients versus, “this will build your portfolio, and get me free advertising?”
Jason/Chase
When you want to work for a particular brand do you find it’s better to contact their advertising agency or brand’s marketing department directly?
Cheers, Matt
I’m trying to get into Music Photography and would really like to shoot album covers & promotional work for bands. My question: When I get my first client, are there forms that I need the band or manager to sign? If so, what should be covered in those forms?
Thanks Chase! I really appreciate how much you’re willing to share on your website and with Creative Live. Both have been a huge help and inspiration.
– Tyler
How do you stay organized? What programs do you use for calendar, appointments, billing, database and forecasting? Secondly and most important, what’s your favorite Seattle beer?