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.
I notice you have a 2X extender in your bag.
I know Nikon keep the Mp low for better low light performance, but in the Canon world where you have upwards of 21Mp, is there any advantage to extenders?
It’s an question that’s been rattling around my head for the last 6 months, don’t they reduce sharpness as well as increase chromatic aberration?
Hi Chase,
Which area would you (advice to) invest (more) time and money in when starting out in the photography business when you know you have the talent and the drive to make it, but you still lack skills and practice in both the photography and the design (Photoshop) part??
You will probably say both but…if you would really have to choose which side would the balance go to?
Knowing that you can not (afford) to outsource the design part…
Couple questions.
First, how did you get to where you are now? You’re probably most successful photographers under 40 in the world. What were specific steps you took?
Second, on a more techy side, what is the workflow for the D7000. I’m really curious to know.
Can’t wait to tune in.
My question is what are the things that you, Chase, did to get noticed and hired by REI, what the kinds of things you, Jason, and your colleges saw that made you hire chase initially and then what were the things that made you guys hire him again this time around.
Also @Jason I have heard the term Creative Director tossed around a lot and I understand that it is something like Don Drapers gig but I’m curious what the job entails. How different it is from company to company? What kinds of Duties and responsibilities you have as a CD with REI.
Thanks – Robie
Hi Chase,
I believe it was you who said photographers should become publishers. If it was you, what did you mean by that and are you doing it yourself?
Thanks – Barry