In the past several days, I’ve received a ton of correspondence asking if I’d re-post my chasejarvisLIVE Keynote address from the PDN Photo Plus Expo in NYC last week. You asked for it, you got it.
At about the 25-or-so minute mark, I wrap up my monologue and invite a handful of guests on stage, all of whom I consider my friends who are living my message. I think you’ll be quite engaged. By my count it’s the first time all these folks have been together under one roof.
_Zack Arias (www.zarias.com)
_Vincent Laforet (laforetvisuals.com)
_Jasmine Star (jasmine-star.com)
_Rob Haggart (APhotoEditor.com)
_Joey Lawrence (joeyl.com)
An impressive cast by any measure. Please give it a watch and share your thoughts. The topic is The New Creativity and the Social Art of Photography. In short, it’s about the new, crazy world of creating and sharing and how it has redefined an entire era.
[Update: there’s about 30 seconds of blackness where you still get perfect audio, but no visual. Hopefully you won’t mind – it’s just 30 seconds where you’re freed from looking at my dumb mug…]
Thanks for sharing this! Fantastic presentation!
Congratulations Chase, great presentation! Thank you so much for bringing all these talented people together. It is indeed a great time to be a Photographer. It’s very interesting to see how all these guys found their own path to the present, including you. Very inspirational and certainly makes me want to go out and try harder and harder to be a better photographer.
I was about to go to your presentation when I realized I didn’t have enough funds for it, but I’m really glad you re-broadcasted it and I thank you for it.
I hope to work together one day!
Chase, first off, thank you for taking a leap of faith, side-stepping the criticism and ducking the violence, to bring to the table a dream of changing how things are done! It’s amazing to sit back and watch the times change.
I was also a biology major (other options were either a lawyer or engineer) trapped with an artist’s mind – until I realized ‘now I’m paying the bills’ and moved onto being a graphic designer. Only, after seven years, to realize that I don’t have to be ‘traditional’ anymore! and, although uncomfortable at times, I’m slowing becoming the artist that is truly inside of me!
This is further affirmation to be me, faults and all, so THANK YOU!
One question – as I’m trying to incorporate another medium (wedding photography) into my business model (wedding invitations and graphic design), I’m facing much resistance – even offering free services to compensate for training. Any suggestions on how to find people, with your same viewpoint, who would be willing to help? would still offer free services as compensation … LOL 😉
F**** AWESOME, Chase…. I am so inspired to hear someone speak so passionately about creativity in general. I sat with tears on my face for much of the morning while I was viewing this. I can’t really say why.
Sure these stories are interesting and inspirational.
The web has caused an explosion of new talent and allowed relatively fresh talent to reach star status very quickly. Which is great in a way, but also I have heard many horror stories of young talent being assigned major campaigns, taking them on and failing miserably. There is still the place for traditional route of assisting, learning the ropes etc. For example why was Zack so good at lighting, years of toil.
you are correct in that it is all there to be had by all and sundry but have a good look round photographer sites there is so many claiming to be photographers, when actually all they do is put the camera on auto,snap then run a couple of actions. I have some friends severely let down by their wedding photographer, case in point.
Sure there are the few who are good and talented take Joe L he deserves to go far he was at as a young kid, and applied his knowledge and worked hard but there is also a huge pile of …… out there.
Did I hear right Jasmin said photography is not about your work???? what is it about then marketing?????
Cheers for the panel discussion
cheers
Ian