This is an uncut series of still photographs created in 5 days for personal work and for promoting the 2007 Hasselblad Masters. It is likely that only 6 to 10 of the 2000 images herein will ever have a commercial or fine-art life.
Watch as award-winning photographer Chase Jarvis spells out all the steps of a commercial photo shoot from concept and contracts to delivery of final images. Check out the tech specs of his equipment, lighting diagrams, and all the details you need to nail a shoot of your own.
Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) and Barb Ireland (The Fags) cover "Cool Water" by Hank Williams at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
Using a camera, strobes, and exploding
water balloons, you'll see how Chase
and his crew freeze ultra high-speed action in the studio. Watch the results of this process, combined with Photoshop compositing, to create final still images for Superfad's Kung Fu HD project.
I hired Digital Capture Systems to wrangle all my images for a 4-day commercial shoot in San Diego and they did a great job. Their concept of a high-powered, mobile photo workstation is a great one and I thought I'd pass it along.
Head Like A Kite perform "We Were So Entangled" at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
Fences perform "We Wore Panthers On Our Hands" at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
Arthur & Yu perform "3 Horses" at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) and Barb Ireland (The Fags) play "salmon song" at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
Head Like A Kite cover "Ohio" by Neil Young at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
tiny vipers perform "What Time Takes" at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
Arthur & Yu perform "don't piss into the fire" at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
The Saturday Knights perform "Nobody" at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.
The following is a series of 3954 still photographs shot during the last few winters - mostly at Stevens Pass, WA. These images have been stitched together to highlight what it takes to capture just a handful of professional ski and snowboard images. Thanks to everyone whose turns, airs, and jibs appear herein. Pray for snow. - Chase Jarvis
