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.
Hi Chase, my question is simple to say but hard to come by, my question is: If you were to be on a budget, what would you first invest in more? (camera, Glass, Lighting ect.)
I might be busy !!!! Boo
Someone ask him about his opinion in Robert Seales photoS of Evan longoria for sport illustrated
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-11412-11420
Direct ripoff if his amazing shots he did shootig upwards through a plexiglass … Chase, what do you think, infringement of creative property?
Are 1.4x and 2.0x lens extenders worth their low cost? How good is the image quality with these products?
WOW! This will be as “good as gold”!
I do have a question for you guys. Let me give you some background info. I graduated with a bachelors in Photography last December, and for about 1 1/2 yrs I have been shooting fashion for a local magazine. Its not a bad gig but I really want to take the next step and further my skills. Since I have total control of the creative department at the magazine, it is often hard to push myself and try to learn more. I have been looking into many jobs throughout the U.S. but have not stumbled across anything yet. So my question for you Chase, and possibly Jason is:
Where to begin? I enjoy fashion but am very open to commercial photography as well. I have learned from various contacts that a staff photographer for a magazine is rare, but if I were contract only I would worry about dependability of the job. Is there a good avenue to pursue to learn more? Did you begin as an assistant somewhere or did you just pursue your own company from the start?
Please take a look at my work, it might help with an answer!
http://www.cliftonrobertsphotography.com
Thanks for all of your great resources!
Chase,
How do you communicate to you talent for Ski/Snowboarding shoots? How are you able to get the talent to give you what you need. I’m learning that communication to all parties involved is critical to the outcome of the final image.
Also critical is learning about your subject and their sport. Do you try to keep up on the sports/lifestyles that you are shooting so you can communicate better with the talent?
Side note:
Recently I was trying to get some nice shots of my brother and his friends in a busy snowboard park. With out any help it can be hard to get a good shot if you can’t see them coming. I only had about 15-20 minutes of good weather for the day. My last visit with my brother was great for skiing (lots of powder) but not great for photos (totally socked in). For a guy who lives where it’s pretty flat, I’ll take what I can get.
http://bryannelson.ca/askCJ/content/_DSC0228_Edit_large.html
Thanks for all you contribution to the photographic community.