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.
I’m wanting to move out of amateur into professional photography. I’ve had formal training, but my degree was not in art or photography. Should I be looking to get on as someone’s assistant first, or push on head first for myself?
Question about contracts & compensation:
In my (somewhat limited) experience, despite ASMP, PPA, etc. advice, with some clients (smaller ones), any sort of limitations on use of images (whether they’re print run quantity limits, time period limits, geographical limits, residual fees if any of these limits are exceeded, etc.) are real, big, huge turnoffs. The clients simply want to own the images, and be able to do whatever they want with them.
How do you handle this? Does your standard contract include limitations of this sort? (Do you even use a standard contract?) Do you only provide these limitations for certain size clients? Are each of these things things that are negotiated, which you will waive in return for higher compensation?
In general, how does your compensation structure work? Do you typically use a day rate-plus-expenses structure, or do you charge various usage fees?
Finally, when you’re bidding on a project, do you consider the size of your client, or is your rate simply your rate, and it does not change?
Thanks very much.
This might be the most useful Q+A I’ll ever sit in on. Thanks!
Shooting celebrity events or fashion runway, a lot of the time I get asked to attend and get free press entry. I’ve done this a couple of times but really see no point in it. I don’t have the connections in order to sell any of the photos that do come from it, and event shots are in itself quite dull. How to approach a scenario like this? How or who to charge for your time and efforts? How do you get the word out that your shots can be picked up by magazines etc.?
Commercial assignments versus personal assignments, do the talent release forms vary at all? Does the agency usually take care of the paperwork for commercial gigs or is it on you?
How did you get the look on your photo you shot for apple, the guy with no top on? (been dying to know how to get that look for years, I love it!)
How much would a art graphics GCSE help me in photography, Is it good for me to have to stick to some guidelines sometimes or should I carry on just coming up with my own creative concepts?
Keep up the sweet work 🙂
whats the biggest mistake you have ever made on a shoot that you havnt repeated ? ( format card, leave a camera on a mountain etc )