How Chase Hartwell Productions Got Booked and Blessed

Chase Hartwell left a 10-year Google career to build a Nashville photo and video company with nearly 500 clients. The business started with him photographing 13-inch Star Wars figures in front of his TV to wake his passion for photography back up. That turned into real estate gigs on Fiverr, then restaurants, then food, then video, then filming Chris Kirkpatrick from NSYNC for American Dream TV. Along the way he learned to run a cinema camera in a week for a documentary gig, talked his way into being the only photographer invited to a 2,000-person food event, and figured out that email and word of mouth book more work than any ad he's ever paid for. FAQ’s 1. How did Chase Hartwell get into photography? He started shooting Star Wars figurines during the pandemic, then took real estate gigs on Fiverr. 2. Did he really work at Google? Yes, for 10 years, mostly on Google Fiber and the residency training program. 3. How does Chase Hartwell Productions find clients? Mostly word of mouth and email campaigns, rather than paid ads. 4. What does the company shoot? Restaurants, commercials, drones, and video work for clients. Where to find Chase? website: https://www.chp.media socials: @chasehartwellproductions Where to find Spread The Positive? website: spreadthepositive.net Socials: @spreadthepositive 0:00 — The only photographer invited to a 2,000-person food event 1:56 — Growing up in Dead Man's Holler in Primm Springs 3:27 — Dropping out, the GED, and 20 years in computers 8:27 — Getting into Google through the front door with no degree 10:49 — The "colonize a planet" interview question 12:46 — Digging out of the Nemo blizzard and the Marathon bombing lockdown 21:44 — The Star Wars Hot Toys photos that woke the camera back up 23:26 — Fiverr real estate gigs turning into a real company 28:28 — Learning a cinema camera in a week for a Netflix doc gig 31:25 — NSYNC, American Dream TV, and horses backing through a drive-through 38:09 — Food Centric: free headshots, a screaming giveaway winner, 100+ leads 41:25 — What's going right, and the four things he's grateful for #ChaseHartwell #ChaseHartwellProductions #NashvillePhotographer #NashvilleVideographer #RestaurantPhotography #FoodPhotographyNashville #spreadthepositive