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.
How does a typical invoice/quotation of Chase Jarvis look like? What kind of details/items are included? Do you disclaim responsibility for data loss?
How do you explain to a client it is important for creatives to bring extra cameras, kits and have a backup workflow and charge them for it? My clients seem to think that it is our responsibility that we have a backup system and they aren’t paying for it. How do you add value to this?
Question: Chase, there are a lot of DIY solutions for things like lighting and light modifiers that can save money for someone just starting out. At what point in a new photographer’s career would you recommend ditching the DIY stuff and buy the real gear in order to maintain a sense of professionalism with your clients ? Does the level of a photographer’s gear taken to a job reflect the perceived level of professionalism and competency or does raw skill trump all ?
During your snowy mountains shoot, you said somewhere that you had a spare lens for your 24-70mm f2.8, I think. Do you go out on every shoot with a spare of everything? Bodies, lenses, lights? Do you now get your gear for free or for very cheap from Nikon and all your sponsors/clients like Sandisk, Broncolor, Apple, etc??? Thanks… your turned this shoot into an inspiring story.
Chase: How did you first get started and what was it that got your foot in the door? How is business different (or the same) compared to first starting out?
Chase,
I am a wedding/portrait photographer looking to break into the commercail biz too and would like to find out how to go about doing that? Submitting my work to Photog reps for consideration, suggestions for photog reps, etc. Or should I not be looking at a photog rep and going another route. Any tips would be great. Thanks!