Chase Jarvis - His Road to here and some extra guests

Backwards

Chase got where he is backwards. He didn't assist anyone. He didn't study photography formally.

Quitting

Chase quit medical school, a PhD program, and sport to do what he loved. He wanted to create things.

Transparency

- Information should be free
- Sharing trade secrets
- Blogging
- Youtube videos
- A rising tide (of knowledge) floats all boats

Villain

Sharing lead Chase to be vilified by his peers and the old guard. They were worried that what he was doing was taking money from their pockets and putting it in the hands of a 14 year old with a D40.

Now is the time for change

Content creators are now also distributors. That is what the internet has done for photography, video, and other sources. This is what makes the audience of hundreds of thousands possible.

Time for a new culture around creativity

Move from old art to social art, create content and context
interdisciplinary
participate
interact
symbiotic
everybody can win
incomplete without another person participating in some way

An opportunity for ecosystems

This collaboration requires a place to occur. In can be a physical location or one based online. If you provide a space for a community to thrive and a way to draw people in you can create a healthy creative environment like the Best Camera community.

Why do this?

It's good for you. It helps your soul, it can help your career. and it can help you develop your own creativity.
It's good for the world. Apparently creativity has been plummeting since the 1990s.

Jasmine Star
Top 10 wedding photographer in 4 years with no formal qualifications
Quit a law program to become a wedding photographer. Started with a simple Canon camera (20d) and a kit lens.
Zack Arias remembers her from a course he ran because she had excellent people skills, sent him cards, and had her brand in place before she even had a lens in her hand.

Joey Lawrence
Self taught pro Photoshopper and Photographer from 16
No formal training. Made home movies since childhood. Started photography with local bands. Crafted his portfolio to make it look like he had worked more jobs than he actually did.

Rob Haggart
Photo editor
The definition of photographer is changing. You are no longer restricted to being a shooter of still images. Create value with your images and your equipment in anyway that you can. Break out of the cog mode of thinking and working.

Zack Arias
Simple Gear for amazing photos
Also succeeded by doing things backwards, by not using the typical path in terms of gear etc.
Don't fear your clients. They are real people who are often under a lot of pressure, try to understand their needs and feel free to discuss your approach with them to reach a common understanding.
Jobs have 3 kinds of value - economic, creativity, opportunity

Vincent Laforet
dSLR filmmaker
Usually a late adopter but an early dSLR filmmaker, nothing makes him feel more alive than sharing.
The career paths that used to work often no longer exist.
Fear is the worst thing in life. It will freeze you up.
You aren't born with talent. You cultivate it.

Chase Jarvis
Photographer
You develop your look by taking a lot of photos.