Keep the rights, or make them pay what your footage is worth
Three times in two weeks, I had clients call with requests for the raw footage from earlier shoots I’d performed for them. In all three…
Stories & Insights
From the classroom and the field. Teaching, production, and what I’ve picked up along the way.
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Drunk pricing
(Photo by Rob_Rob2001.) Way back when, the makers of Chivas Regal weren’t happy with their profit margin. In an act of desperation, they doubled the…
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The place of ego
It should go without saying that whatever kind of publicity you’re putting out, it’s going to reflect back on your, your organization or your business.…
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Everybody wants to be appreciated
My son lulled me into a false sense of security. We got about four good months of his being the perfect two-year-old before the terrible…
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Replacing Rode VideoMic shock mount bands
(Above: The original Rode VideoMic, with its problematic, but easily-replaceable rubber bands. Photo copyright Kei Izumi.) I’ve used DSLRs to shoot video from the very beginning…
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I didn’t plan to be a videography rock star
Local commercials are a lot of things, but mostly they’re bad. Go to any small-to-medium TV market in America, and you’ll find wooden acting, awful…