Complete Workflow for Photo and Video | Chase Jarvis TECH | ChaseJarvis

Photographer/Director Chase Jarvis shares his bombproof workflow and backup for every image he shoots, stills and video alike.
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This is the hub for award-winning photographer Chase Jarvis' behind-the-scenes videos. Look for RAW (our b-roll footage from several shoots), FRAMES (the stitching together of every still frame from a shoot), TECH (technical tips), CURRENT (full length video of Chase's speaking engagements), and SHORTS (fun gadget talk and pop culture ramblings) - also available via iTunes Podcast. Welcome to the untold story--the black box--of photography. Enjoy.
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[@Fine_art_aerial]

You should do a updated version of this... Would be interesting to see the change in the last 5 years

[@DV7Dave]

+G.P. Jurisic Agreed. But you'll find most of it is still very very relevant today! The main concern with any data centric business is to ensure you have copies out of harms way. The saying goes, "It doesn't exist, unless it's in three different places" 5 years later, hard drives are cheaper than ever! No excuse for those in a professional/semi-professional environment :)

[@2020davidg]

+DV7Dave one part is not so relevant - Aperture! There's probably a lot of people out there still using it but I suspect a lot of Aperture users are now Lightroom users (including me). Just thought I’d mention that. (-:

[@AxelFerreira1]

+David Greenwell I wonder if they're still using it

[@CJWareLRPS]

+David Greenwell i still use aperture :D

[@scalemath]

Fine Art Aerial literally just scrolled tot he comments right now to comment the exact same thing haha

[@Guikri]

COULD you please UPDATE this video. Like this year!!!

[@hushamit6214]

Miss these Tech videos Chase use to do. All the Tech guys and Photographers at my University use to be obsessed with these videos Chase was really ahead of his time when it came to all this and using the best gear around the workflow seemed almost perfect big inspiration for a lot of us out there. I still to this day come back to these old videos of his.

[@ChaseJarvis]

Feeling the love. 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@lightninguru26]

13 years later. Still absolutely relevant.

[@dennisonbertram732]

Is there an update to this? I assume you're not using aperture anymore....

[@angryPolish]

I definitely didn't expect your workflow to be this in depth. Simply amazing.

[@UHDking]

Thanks for sharing, it is always nice to see the work flow of the top industrial photographer. God bless you, and please more sharing.

[@enlightphotopro]

Thanks Chase and team! Another stonking great video. At first I was wondering what it had to do with anyone running smaller systems, but you guys dropped golden backup-wisdom nuggets that work with any sized operation.

[@coachrollieworkouts]

Great behind the scenes video! I enjoy watching the way other people work. There's definitely a lot of golden nuggets of useful information there.

[@filmsourcefilms]

yall are really doing it man this was a nice setup here

[@calvincropley]

Thanks Chase! This video helped my workflow big time! Nailed it!

[@wildhorse333]

great workflow！so many pro skills and equipments！thank you for sharing！！！

[@carlosecabezas]

Love it so professional.... my GOD !!! you guys ROCKS!!!!!

[@sfosteraus]

Really cool video outlining a simple workflow used to manage and protect digital assets. Glad to see my workflow is not too dissimilar albeit on a slightly smaller scale.

[@macgerahty6]

Spent 8 years in the military as a combat photographer. A lot of the steps are the same. We used PC in my shops, but for my own personal ventures, I use Mac. My experiences moved me from Photoshop to Lightroom, and I'm migrating from Lightroom to Aperture as I continue to learn and practice with Aperture 3 more and more. It's a brilliant and fully capable program.

[@UnitedByPhotography]

Some really great info and background on your data workflow and backup strategy.

[@dezzux]

Thanks for the vid, great to see how it's done on the commercial level. Hopefully will have at least half the awesome someday.

[@girlshawn]

how brilliant is your back up! down load the video file on site, clean and ready to go. That saves so much time! freakin brilliant man!

[@Acilpirin]

You are the best Chase !! Ever!

[@WilliamPayneNZ]

The best data storage backup setup I have found anywhere. I've researched this a lot and chase has the best setup. I will be stealing this setup idea haha. Especially the location laptop setup. Such a brilliant idea that I can't think of how it could be done better.

[@mariamier1707]

Chase, you are the man. Awesome. Thank you, from Las Vegas.

[@ValFeytser]

We are small time wedding videographers, but we have been doing something similar with our data backups (just not ont that scale). We've learned a few new "tricks" from this video and we're optimizing our workflow now. Thank you Jarvis for the video! We've worked with probably a hundred different photographers and very few understand how important data redundancy is. You guys rock!!!

[@EvanSears]

Really informative and extremely well produced. Thanks! I shudder to think of the overall cost, but it's smart. Plus, think of the potential clients of his who'll see this video and be reassured that all his bases are meticulously covered. A really smart way to show his clients that the expensive location work he's doing is being taken seriously and professionally. Gotta hand it to Chase- making one video for the gearheads as well as potential clients and having it communicate differently to each set.

[@jpva01]

One word: AWESOME!

[@dkukov]

So many security measures. Just amazing.

[@gandalfk7]

it's extremely interesting to see how pros work!

[@namourfilho]

Very good tips. Thank you Chase. Back up is always a nightmare for us, photographers!

[@DCuerpoJr]

Simply Amazing!

[@sputn1k2k3]

thank you for sharing this. very interesting stuff!

[@UnitedByPhotography]

Love the Base Camp set up.

[@xtechbiz]

That is the textbook definition of foolproof backup

[@oliverdking]

so so so so so useful. thanks a bumch!!

[@szabiakanich]

Awesome tips! Well done.

[@Richolh]

For some reason i watch this again and again.

[@postcardswithkevan]

Love the depth of this video. I would love an update on how to do this with cloud and within the digital nomad scene.

[@markofaziomusic]

I am not a photographer but a guitarist and music producer and I have also to deal with a lot of data. I really liked this video. Chase Jarvis rocks!!! Very inspiring guy. Thanks a lot

[@garrytrinh3062]

Ask yourself it it sparks joy.

[@tobi17able]

Love n' it! keep it comming!

[@twoorthreepeoplesaying3498]

This is without doubt one of , if not "the" best workflow videos ever. I watched it a bunch back when it first came out and id love a more modern version, as storage has changed, drives and equipment etc. Hey chase make a new one and to the ones that read this, have you any others you recommend, lets brain storm this. ! remember when we had to change all footage to proress and couldn't natively edit AVCHD without it being clunky, there must be a better more modern 2021 version. come on internets !

[@LordDeerofBohemia]

Oh my gosh! This is so flipping cool! Chase I envy you sir!

[@TeamPocket]

This is a awesome video and I think it can be applied for Graphic Designers as well. Even other types of professions with a lot of data, but scaled down. One thing I've learned in college as well (as a advertiser/graphic designer) is to back up, back up and back up. This video amplifies that and is very nicely done. Props!

[@yair2112]

Hey guy's this guy is A pro And thats how a PRO should work !!! Great video chase and thank you for sharing all this info.

[@lifefacets]

awesome! looks like i need to get that ds1010+ extension companion soon.

[@Cagey7531]

True that. There are gear heads, and then true photographers out there with one old body, a couple of lenses and one hard drive. They get by.

[@aarmington]

TALK ABOUT REDUNDENCY!!!....WOOOOW

[@TuvaluXanadu405]

Mind = Blown Want Chase's job so bad!

[@kozjegyzo]

Thanks for this. I'm about to embark on a 2 month long shoot all over Europe. It's reassuring to see that it's not only me that is a backup fanatic :D

[@revivasfernandez]

Truly epic.

[@themeloninc]

Yes, this is it!

[@aaronactive]

People seriously underestimate the need to backup and archive. Great video Chase. Another thing is - Backups are NOT archives! You still need to archive - as good as redundancy in the form of mirroring/replication is, it doesn't solve the fact that it will also mirror/replicate corrupt data..So be sure to keep archives as well!

[@villegas24]

Wow that's some serious studio equipment.

[@videonevin]

you inspired me to buy a couple drives and set up some redundancy today in my home office/suite. Not near as redundant as this setup but a lot more mind easing than crossing my fingers and hoping one of the drives in my raid 0 external lacie 1TB doesn't ever die.

[@drivingmissdaisy]

Excellent info!

[@korbarb]

If you still do photography, it would be great to do an update of this :)

[@MedardUrban]

Great video!

[@OmarExperience]

Chase Jarvis FTW!

[@TimmyTechTV]

Cool video! I'd love to tour their office someday.

[@konkoookon]

great job!

[@OzgurKALAN]

Awesome! I want this setup at home :)

[@klantto]

thanks alot! great stuff and most of "us" forget about these things.

[@Eddyisgreat]

wow that briefcase setup is NUTS. I didn't even know you could get FW cables with ferrite cores.

[@iczerone2000]

That's some awesome hardware!! But, you guys are insane!! Lol... sounds like you guys get fire bombed a lot!

[@DCuerpoJr]

@vishalalex Indexing was done through Apeture, when the data was first captured out on the field. The library is then transferred to the server. If a hard drive crashes, it won't matter because of the RAID array that's setup. The original Raw data is untouched since they work with referenced files. All edited versions are saved in a "Live Work" Partition on the server.

[@liquidfla]

That's what I waiting for

[@MichaelHaertel]

Nice to see someone who understands data redundancy. I keep my photos on a small Raid 5 SAN at home which rsync's offsite to a folder at my web host and I keep a copy of everything on my laptop, which wirelessly backups with TimeMachine to a USB disk attached to my Airport Extreme. I don't have near as much data, just my photos from my D700, but very similar redundancy.

[@WealthTipsOnline]

Nice video, great that you wanna share all of that!;)

[@Ma3xl32]

very professional

[@benjaminschneiderGL]

@Shembroro they have those folders too, and then in the folders is the file with the name like you mentioned

[@keehin]

bomb proof!

[@RonaldCiubuc]

Such a process! Wow! I guess that's what makes u a pro. :)

[@chrisjmccord]

@phototristan I couldn't either, so I got both! They each have some unique features the other doesn't that makes it hard not to own both. I'm sure I'll eventually get to a point where I use one more than another.

[@makeithap]

EXPLAINED TO THE LETTER....EXCELLENT !!

[@vipinaro]

Amazing video . Cool...

[@bollox05]

I miss backing up on a Syquest 44. Thats when time stood stil to copy a 5 meg file...ahhh the good old days

[@rab319]

super expensiiiiive!

[@Gibson408]

Awesome! Nice set up! How do did you do the cool sketches showing the workflows? What software did you use?

[@greenrolaids]

awesome vid. I hope to work for a company like your's in the future.. Seattle Sounders for the Win.

[@gkess68]

Great video. What laptop cases are you using out in the field to protect the drives and laptops? Thanks

[@lugeyps3]

Thanks good info - I should prbly get a new hard drive now lol

[@MrRobgardner]

wow !

[@Capesports4]

@ColeFromRochester the ipads are used mainly during CJLive for monitoring twitter. At least thats what i've noticed.

[@WesCraft]

Great overview of a well thought out system. One thing that didn't add up was that the off site back up for their 64TB server was an 8TB system. Can anyone explain what they're actually off-siting on that 8TB G-Drive?

[@walidhoyek6758]

A star is born, lol !

[@Hobby_Collector]

Only if you ever hit the share button then it is indexed by google and anyone can see it because the file is added to a public folder in your drive (whether you know it or not)

[@bedrijfsbeelden]

Nice, thanx for sharing. One question: did you copy it all to two drives and then board the same plane with both drives?

[@rschapman]

Oh yeah one other thing. I really dig the graphics and animation associated. What tools were you using to produce those? I'd be interested in reading up on that. Thanks.

[@joegrim183o]

Great setup, thanks for sharing! One question, when you fly commercial with all that (awesome) gear & data how much do you check, how much do you ship and how much to you carry on? Do you insure your checked & shipped gear for more once you have the data on it? OK, that was two questions. Thanks, Joe

[@artfacts]

I like just about to set up my own system here in the UK.

[@CariveProductions]

WOW

[@YoshMaster]

Very informative video, thanks! Nice to see so much Apple in the same place :P

[@TheTwistedKIM]

great vid....

[@RobRedMedia]

@PatrickMascart @MiamiViceStyle the card reader is a SanDisk Extreme SDDRX4-CF-901. I have 3 of them myself.

[@rhettelliot]

killer video! have you used final cut server yet? you could automate alotta this stuff :)

[@daverizz]

Great video. And I love that you guys buy so many hard drives! Very patriotic to do your part to spur the economy! :-) Seriously though, great system. Redundancy is great when you have the budget/clients to do it. I work at an ad agency, and we don't get any sort of back-up for our local machines. The IT folks tell us that we should be manually copying our files that we worked on each day up to our mothership server. No time machine. No software assistance. Just us remembering. Eff that.

[@thomascorbett1911]

Great video Got one more sub.

[@phototristan]

Is Aperture better than Lightroom? I can't decide which one to get.

[@BYCWELL]

I wonder what is the software they are using to make the illustrations looks nice.

[@benjaminschneiderGL]

@Prophoto2403 It's "we're always on the wrong side of sunrise" by head like a kite (from their 2010 Album Dreams suspend night)

[@kclewell]

pretty awesome. now all I need is an apple server to back up my data! totally realistic for almost anyone!

[@SchneiderStudios]

The meaning of professional: This.