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.
Why is it so difficult for younger shooters to enter the scene? I mean despite the usual assumption that the less experienced usually produce less quality work, but isn’t it a generalization to say that say a 16 year old can’t take the same pictures that a 30 year old can? Music has embraced young performers, so why hasn’t photography embraced young shooters?
Generally speaking, your short films on the D7000 are inspiring, but many people probably want to know if it requires a truckload of additional gear or not in practical execution. So my question is:
What would you consider “best practices” for shooting HDDSLR video on a Nikon D7000? Thinking about issues such as what lenses to avoid vs what lenses are ideal, trusting continuous autofocus vs manual focus with focus ring tools to ensure fine tune control, which support or steadycam devices to employ, what kind of audio capture setup, what kind of lighting, how pre-planned vs spontaneous does the current level of tech allow for and what kind of post-capture workflow is being used?
why do you start these things so early in the day some of us are student and do not get out of school until much later in the day causing us to miss these special live performances and when you dont repost them we cant watch them to get insight
One thing that I don’t see covered much is finding clients and pricing. I see talk about how we shouldn’t undercut other photographers to get business and totally agree. However, I’m guessing that there are some of us that don’t know where to start our prices so that we can be competitive and not undercut or work for free. I know there are so many variables to think about that this is and likely will be a tough subject. What resources are available to those starting out? Where can we find clients in small towns? I don’t live in or near a big city.
Thanks
Will you be bringing a monkey? “Mono y mono” means “monkey and monkey” in Spanish.
I certainly have been accused of having all photographic skills of a monkey on more than one occasion. ;->