Yours truly. Crushed after 10 days.
1. I want you to be able to ask questions that I did not address in my posts. There were hundreds that I didn’t get to. I’m currently scheduling a #AskChase episode of chasejarvisLIVE next week, so if you want your questions about the “Diary of a Shoot” answered. Please ask them in the comments below. I’ll grab a bunch of those questions and respond LIVE next week – anyone can tune in for free. Time/date TBD, follow here, Facebook, or Twitter to find out where/when.
2. Also, I wanted to share a few other snapshots of human and gear carnage. A lot of your comments along the way were about how harsh these gigs could be on humans and gear. You’re right on both accounts. As such, let these photos serenade your questions above… The below self portraits were all grabbed between leaving the mountain immediately after getting our last shot and arriving in Seattle at 10pm. The crew featured in these shots is not nearly nearly complete, just happened to be a bunch of us people all on the same flight. For the rest of the crew that wasn’t on our flight, you’re lucky. I’ll post haggard looking shot of you later.
Enjoy these honest and brutal snapshots and feel free to ask any questions in comments below…
First, the gear….
Yours truly sitting in snowstorm with Nikon D7000 video rig.
Half dozen cameras, large lens package, steadicam, jib, monitors, other misc gear on weather standby between shots. A big pile of money, freezing. But it all pulls through in the end.
Scott de-ices one of our Nikon D7000 cameras with rode mic and zacuto zfinder.
Now for the people….en route back to Seattle on our flight…
Jason.
Erik.
Kyle.
Marni.
Chase.
Bill.
Scott. (I think he cheated and made a goodlooking self portrait)
Matt.
Ask any questions you’d like answered in next weeks LIVE show about this shoot in comments below. If you asked in earlier posts and they did not get answered, please kindly re-ask them here.
Now excuse me while I go tend to my chapped lips.
Hi Chase,
First of all you rock and I love your work !
Q. I mean if a person only has $2grand to spend what route he should follow:
1. cheap camera, expensive glass ?
2. cheap prime glass and expensive rugged camera ?
Q. Are zooms really a necessity in your kind of work ? will the primes not pull off? I am asking this because there are lot of cheap primes that are amazing at quality!
Q. How to attract the athletes and talents available in our city to shoot with us I mean if I am a beginner and I want some beginner athletes to shoot with me for exchange of photos and prints, what can I do to catch their attention and convince them ?
Hi Chase,
Thanks for posting all of the great diary entries. It has been amazing to see some of the behind-the-scenes stuff required to do what you and your team accomplish.
One thing I think would be fascinating would be to see a follow-up when the client starts to have the shots out in public for their campaign. It would be neat to be able to see how each of the final product assets match-up with the diary entries so we can see what was happening when a specific asset was created. More work for you, but would make an interesting read.
Thanks for taking us along on your trip!
Brian
Simply amazing! good work guys !!!
Do you plan on getting more into R/C aerial photography/videography? I think it’s simply fascinating!
To add on to David above, how also did you change the lenses in such tough conditions i.e. tricks techniques. Thanks for the opportunity to ask and questions.