Comments on: Re-affirming my stances http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/ Far off Places, and Jobs around Town Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:10:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robb Duncan http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/comment-page-1/#comment-12443 Robb Duncan Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:57:45 +0000 http://jarviestudios.com/blog/?p=2085#comment-12443 OMG, Thanks so much for sharing this, you have no idea how perfect the timing is for me. Reading this was just like thinking aloud... are you in my head? Just last night I met with 3 other photographers who are in various degrees of starting out... I said pretty much the same thing to them as you have said here... and I am blown away, I am not the only one in the world thinking the way I think. Thanks again. OMG, Thanks so much for sharing this, you have no idea how perfect the timing is for me. Reading this was just like thinking aloud… are you in my head?

Just last night I met with 3 other photographers who are in various degrees of starting out… I said pretty much the same thing to them as you have said here… and I am blown away, I am not the only one in the world thinking the way I think.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Kyle Lauritzen http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/comment-page-1/#comment-12077 Kyle Lauritzen Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:39:59 +0000 http://jarviestudios.com/blog/?p=2085#comment-12077 Thanks for this. I'm also trying to get a small business going, and these are great points to think about. I love photography and want this business so that I can always do what I love and share my talents with others. It is how I want to get by and pay the bills, but it also shouldn't be about the money. It should be about love of the art and those around you. I haven't followed your work/blog for long, but in reading this post alone I have a great respect for you. I'm sure I can learn a lot from you. Thanks, again! -Kyle Thanks for this. I’m also trying to get a small business going, and these are great points to think about. I love photography and want this business so that I can always do what I love and share my talents with others. It is how I want to get by and pay the bills, but it also shouldn’t be about the money. It should be about love of the art and those around you.

I haven’t followed your work/blog for long, but in reading this post alone I have a great respect for you. I’m sure I can learn a lot from you. Thanks, again!

-Kyle

]]> By: Tracy Anderson http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/comment-page-1/#comment-12032 Tracy Anderson Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:42:27 +0000 http://jarviestudios.com/blog/?p=2085#comment-12032 I just found this blog from your signature in an email response about your camera. I am excited to find this site! I loved this post. It is how I feel about life in general. It was a great read! Do you do mentoring? I love your work! I just found this blog from your signature in an email response about your camera. I am excited to find this site! I loved this post. It is how I feel about life in general. It was a great read!

Do you do mentoring? I love your work!

]]> By: Dustin Stone http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/comment-page-1/#comment-11906 Dustin Stone Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:20:42 +0000 http://jarviestudios.com/blog/?p=2085#comment-11906 I have followed you through twitter and your blog since I got seriously into photography two years ago. You and some other photogs are like my long distance mentor group. It's amazing what you can do online these days. Anyway your post hits me at a interesting time. I did a few weddings over the last year and realized that they were some of the most fun I've had in years! Nothing more fun than working with a fun family, being a part of the best day of their life and then giving them beautiful photos they will treasure for the rest of their lives (but you know all this). It's made me really start to ask hard questions. The balance is very difficult. It's very tough to be pulled in so many different directions and not be able to dedicate enought personal resources to any one thing. Hence the hard questions. Anyway, thanks for your dedication to your art and your business and for your generosity. I have learned alot from you and really appreciate everything. Also, if you ever need a second shooter/assistant in Colorado, drop me a line! I have followed you through twitter and your blog since I got seriously into photography two years ago. You and some other photogs are like my long distance mentor group. It’s amazing what you can do online these days. Anyway your post hits me at a interesting time. I did a few weddings over the last year and realized that they were some of the most fun I’ve had in years! Nothing more fun than working with a fun family, being a part of the best day of their life and then giving them beautiful photos they will treasure for the rest of their lives (but you know all this).

It’s made me really start to ask hard questions. The balance is very difficult. It’s very tough to be pulled in so many different directions and not be able to dedicate enought personal resources to any one thing. Hence the hard questions. Anyway, thanks for your dedication to your art and your business and for your generosity. I have learned alot from you and really appreciate everything.

Also, if you ever need a second shooter/assistant in Colorado, drop me a line!

]]> By: Tara http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/comment-page-1/#comment-11902 Tara Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:04:30 +0000 http://jarviestudios.com/blog/?p=2085#comment-11902 Thank you for this Scott. As someone who is trying to build a small business out of it, this is good to hear, and keep in mind. Why did I get into photography? Obviously it wasn't because I wanted to make millions. But because I love how I feel when I am behind a camera, and like you said, seeing their faces and feeling appreciated. THAT's why I am doing it. I need to keep that in the for-front of my mind. Thank you again for everything. Great post. Tara Thank you for this Scott. As someone who is trying to build a small business out of it, this is good to hear, and keep in mind. Why did I get into photography? Obviously it wasn’t because I wanted to make millions. But because I love how I feel when I am behind a camera, and like you said, seeing their faces and feeling appreciated. THAT’s why I am doing it. I need to keep that in the for-front of my mind.

Thank you again for everything. Great post.

Tara

]]> By: scott http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/comment-page-1/#comment-11900 scott Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:26:04 +0000 http://jarviestudios.com/blog/?p=2085#comment-11900 Thanks Brody that means a lot. It's not that I'm anti-money In fact i keep on raising prices. haha But that's the whole supply and demand thing ... and I'm hoping I'm also staying fair by upping the quality to make those prices more than a bargain. This is just a brainstorming effort... I would like to discuss it more and think about it more. So feel free anyone to chime in or write your thoughts on your own blog and leave a link in the comments here. And I do hope that I made it apparent that a lot of these stances were my own personal decisions... things that worked best for me. In many cases lifestyle decisions and I have no qualms with others deciding differently Thanks Brody that means a lot.
It’s not that I’m anti-money
In fact i keep on raising prices. haha
But that’s the whole supply and demand thing … and I’m hoping I’m also staying fair by upping the quality to make those prices more than a bargain.

This is just a brainstorming effort… I would like to discuss it more and think about it more.
So feel free anyone to chime in or write your thoughts on your own blog and leave a link in the comments here.

And I do hope that I made it apparent that a lot of these stances were my own personal decisions… things that worked best for me.
In many cases lifestyle decisions and I have no qualms with others deciding differently

]]> By: Brody http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2009/09/re-affirming-my-stances/comment-page-1/#comment-11899 Brody Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:16:09 +0000 http://jarviestudios.com/blog/?p=2085#comment-11899 Nice post man! I have actually been thinking a lot on these lines in the past couple of weeks. A lot of what you have said, I actually have written down. There are a lot of things in this industry that bother me and pricing is one of them. Because everyone is trying to get ahead of each other they either copy or duplicate packages and they just don't understand the basis of how to price. I think its very important to be a photographer because you love it, not because the money is good. Lets be honest, its not that great. I do it because I love it. I love meeting amazing couples, helping out a charity that needs photos for their site, or even just shooting a special family. Thanks for helping me bring it all back into perspective man! Brody Nice post man! I have actually been thinking a lot on these lines in the past couple of weeks. A lot of what you have said, I actually have written down. There are a lot of things in this industry that bother me and pricing is one of them. Because everyone is trying to get ahead of each other they either copy or duplicate packages and they just don’t understand the basis of how to price. I think its very important to be a photographer because you love it, not because the money is good. Lets be honest, its not that great. I do it because I love it. I love meeting amazing couples, helping out a charity that needs photos for their site, or even just shooting a special family.
Thanks for helping me bring it all back into perspective man!
Brody

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