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How to Shoot Vacation Video that Won’t Bore People to Death

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10 Sep 2018

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When I was a kid, the Armbrusters had a slide projector.  Which meant that after every vacation they took, we’d troop dutifully to their house for endless carousels of badly-shot Kodachrome slides, narrated  live.  The slide show always seemed longer than …(Read the rest)

Five Tips to Deal with Reviews and Reviewers

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11 Oct 2013

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Part II of II.  Read Part I here. Every artist faces critics.  And every artist faces choices about how to deal with them. Some claim to never read their reviews (Show of hands if you believe them.  Nobody?)  Others wallow in …(Read the rest)

5 Tips to shoot better video– Instantly!

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01 Dec 2012

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I’m a writer and director in Hollywood, and this 3-minute video is based on my book:  How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck. The video gives you 5 tips you can use right now to shoot better video.  If you like …(Read the rest)

How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck: Official Book Trailer

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23 May 2011

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This took a while, since doing a book trailer for a book about video that doesn’t suck is risky for obvious reasons.  But in the end, I decided that putting my money where my mouth was was a better idea than …(Read the rest)

5 tips to shoot better video– Instantly!

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