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 tell us about some of your most difficult experiences working with clients / A.D.s / C.D.s, what you learned from those experiences and the best way not to get into those situations in the first place. @Jason – anything you could add to this from your perspective would be really appreciated too.
Thanks guys, great work you’re doing.
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The Creative Gap and more.
What I’m missing is the creative ideas/planning to final image. (I know this is sensitive, but it might be cool to show a project from the past.) Like the idea of the “perfect location” is missing something without the vision it is fulfilling.
I’m guessing most readers would just run out and take photos in the snow. Being pro, would really mean having a clear vision and message you want to deliver. So that would give you (Chase), AD and CD a unified target to work together towards. Is that how it worked? Cause I could see many conflicting ideas or too many ideas all together happing with that many people.
Who has the final say? Are the ideas/plans being made real, or is it just a jumping point to where the AD says, I can work with this, I can deliver the message we need to say?
Was there any talk to shoot something that would have fit the weather? Like a side project that would have fit what the weather was giving you?
I have conflicting thoughts, as one make the most out of what you have vs. having a target goal for a single project and only concentrate on that goal.
@ Chase- Where do you start with being a pro-photographer? What steps should people take to be a professional commercial photographer?
@ Jason- What kind of knowledge does it take to be a creative director? Are there any specific degrees or backgrounds a person has to have to get a shot?
@Chase – What do you do when a difficult client is not satisfied with the final product? Is it a take it or leave it situation, especially when you’ve delivered what they’ve asked for?
@Jason – Do you find that it’s common for a creative director to have first started as a photographer/graphic designer/videographer/creative etc. ?
Thanks!
Hi Chase! this one´s quick:
after you build a strong portfolio… what´s the next step? of course i want to be hired by a magazine, etc.. but don´t know if it´s better to have an agent or doing the job by myself.
Thanks!