Hey Reader, From time to time I catch myself looking at other people's content, the quality, and their numbers and thinking "damn, what am I doing wrong?". But that's a dangerous thought for several reasons; 1) I have no idea how long they've spent to get to where they are today - or how much money they've managed to progress faster with the right knowledge. 2) I don't know how long it took them to create the piece of content I'm looking at or what it took to get it done. 3) The numbers are...
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FILMMAKING IS LIKE A MUSCLE YOU NEED TO TRAIN Otherwise, it won't get better and stronger. Hey Reader, If you've ever felt stuck or lackluster in your filmmaking or content creation, it's probably just a mental blockade that's easy to fix if you know how. I honestly just came up with this analogy as I started writing this email but I think it fits perfectly: When you're training a muscle, you need to break it down for it to build back up stronger and better, the same goes for filmmaking. And...
3 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
MUNDANE CHALLENGE OF THE MONTH TEA-MAKING Hey Reader, It's time for another challenge and this time you'll have all of January so there's no excuses not to participate! Before we get into the Rules, How To Enter and What You Can Win; Big congratulations to Drew McMillan for winning the December Challenge! π₯³ Since you already have The Mundane Filmmaking Kit, you've won a one-hour 1-on-1 session with me ππΌ (a separate message has been sent as well). THE TEA-MAKING CHALLENGE The challenge is...
3 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
3 WAYS TO SUCCEED IN 2025 CREATIVELY Hey Reader, I hope you've arrived safely into 2025! I have but then today my back decided to remind me that I turn 30 in 20 days by painfully letting me collapse and not be able to walk properly. I'm not sure what happened and if it's dehydration or something more but I hope it'll pass by itself. Anyway, 2025 is going to be a very different year for me for different reasons, the main one is that I'll stop traveling full-time and move to The Netherlands....
3 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
THERE ARE NO GOOD EXCUSES Only bad ones, and you won't be able to win this argument. Hey Reader, Happy holidays! I hope you've managed to have at least a couple of days off and hopefully, more to enjoy some time with family, friends, or your own company. I've taken a bit of time off to just relax and enjoy the summer here in New Zealand. But I've also been thinking quite a lot because the more silence I surround myself with the more ideas and thoughts pop into my head. And one thing that's...
3 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
Hey Reader, I hope you're already off on holiday or only have a couple of days left till it's your turn too! I'm absolutely on fire at the moment, I have a little burst of mega motivation and I'm making the most of it - so I do apologize for all these emails. But, today I have a challenge for you! PRACTICE MUNDANE FILMMAKING Since most of you will have some time off, there's no better time to practice your filmmaking skills. My Mundane Filmmaking Concept is all about turning ordinary moments...
3 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
MY 2025 COLOR GRADING WORKFLOW I've already spoken about this way too many times in the past; why I walked away from Color Grading being my main niche and it's been refreshing to do something else. However, in the past 2-3 months I've optimized my workflow a bit and I still get a lot of comments on my old Color Grading videos that I wanted to address. So I made a video and it's my best performance within the first 18 hours - ever I think. That's not really a surprise but it luckily comes...
3 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
DO YOU ALSO SUFFER FROM GAS? I'm not referring to smelly stomachs but rather Gear Acquisition Syndrome. It's that thought that creeps into most filmmakers & photographers mind: "If I buy this new piece of gear, then I'll be able to do X and definitely improve my craft! Yes, I need it" In some instances, it can improve your craft or quality. A case of this is upgrading from a Kit lens to a higher-end lens - that's most likely to improve the quality of your photos or videos. However, buying the...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
IDEA OF THE WEEK THINK INSIDE THE BOX to simplify your creative process by adding rules around what you do. We're always told to think "outside the box", and come up with new ideas and ways to tell stories to keep them interesting and "new". Sometimes that leads to complex ideas that are difficult to execute and instead of being revolutionary and reinventing the wheel, it never sees the light of day or if it does it sometimes takes days, weeks, or months. I'm not saying to never think outside...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read