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Documentary Filmmaking In 10 Steps

This past spring I flew to Florida from New York to film my latest two documentaries, Our Side of Joy and Charise: A Portrait of an African American with Albinism.  I’d filmed my first documentary back in 2002 but I was very new to filmmaking at the time. That doc turned out pretty good but [...]

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The 15 Minute Book Cover That Sells

A last minute decision to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany taught me a very good lesson. I learned it’s possible to create great book covers in less than 15 minutes! I had 30 book covers to create in a week to take as promotional materials to the book fair. I was not only [...]

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