Whenever I give a talk or host a show, I’ve heard from this community time and again that one of the most valuable things is the Q&A wrap up. Straight up. You asking questions and me doing my best to answer them. And not just the “how’d you get started in photography” questions…. we’re talking the hard questions, landing clients, hiring staff, working with challenging clients, legal questions, gear questions, portfolio questions, whatever you can muster…
As such, we’re dedicating and entire 90 minute chasejarvisLIVE show to this topic this Wednesday. 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, please frame your questions below in the comments. Don’t be shy. Ask away. Anything is fair game. Whatever it is you really want to know about with photography and video–your questions and the dirty truth.
Who: You, Me + a worldwide gathering of photographers and filmmakers
What: I’ll be answering any/all the questions you can throw at me in 90 minutes
When: this coming Wednesday, February 9th 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
I’ll bring your questions from the comments below onto the show and give you a shoutout for asking your question. You + me, mono y mono. And if I don’t know the answer, I might even make a cell phone call to get you the info you want. You get the point.
It’s free, it’s LIVE, and apologies but this video won’t be re-posted for a very very long time (if ever), so please tune in LIVE if you can. (We’re in a technical gear/podcast/youtube transition at the moment, figuring some stuff out.)
Ask your questions below in the comments. Hope to see you Wednesday. The more people participate in this event, the more interesting it will be for everyone involved, so feel free to invite your photo friends.
Yeah, I’m pretty naughty, but I have more than one question:
– Do you own a RED kit or do you rent one when you need to work with it?
– What do you think about the iMac 27″ for editing?
– This one is a bit silly, but: What car is that in your workflow vid, Escalade?
Thank you so much for taking the time!
How do you come up with ideas for your videos? What is the best way to get more people interested in hiring me for photography?
Hi Chase,
great idea. So here´s my question. How did you approached your first agencies/art directors/agents? Portfoliobooks etc.. Did you got offensive or did just waited for word by mouth assignments?
THx
Matt
Like others here, I’m curious how you build your rates. You’ve got staff… So is there a “cost of doing business” baseline that you include in rates to cover the basic cost of keeping the lights on? Or do you build your rates piece by piece? How does licensing figure in, and do you ever do usage buyouts (while retaining the copyright)?
Thanks for doing this!
Where are you looking for the inspiration (modern photographers, blogs, paintings)? How do you relax? I mean do you have a days without your camera? Because I sometimes feel totally exhausted and I don’t want to see camera (I’m a photojournalist in daily newspaper in the Czech republic):-)
Thanks a lot.