This is my first attempt at a birthday video since reading your book. I think I am starting to understand how to make a video that someone else will want to watch.
I included shots that are not really great because I think they’re what the client (my family in this case) wants. Did I do the right thing? How can I make my shots better?
Mike Padgett
Tough call on the client thing, Mike. You could assert yourself as an artist, but then your family would fire you and you’d be famililess, stuck forlornly scanning the want ads for … Read the rest
Steve Stockman is a writer/ producer/ director in Los Angeles. How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck, available in 9 languages, is the best selling video how-to book in the world. You can find the updated (2017) edition from Workman Publishing wherever you get books, ebooks or audiobooks. 
