Everything You Need to Look Ridiculously Good on Zoom

Look like a pro on video calls when it counts

All images courtesy of the author

Pre-pandemic, networks brought television guests in to sit on couches and banter with anchors. Or they sent them to some downtown skyscraper to sit in a quiet room on the 23rd floor with a fake metropolitan backdrop, where they would stare down a camera for a satellite interview. In-person interviews stopped when quarantine arrived, but the need for professional commentary didn’t, so to keep the ball rolling stations began beaming guests in via Zoom calls. And it hasn’t been pretty.

I was one of those people. (But at least I wear pants?) I want to look professional in TV appearances and presentations to maximize my chances for future bookings, and a webcam just wasn’t cutting it. It was time for some upgrades.

Here’s a short clip of a recent live interview I did that aired in over 53,000 households. This was a Zoom call. And I ran the whole shebang on a single MacBook in a 59-square-foot bedroom in our house.

This fancy shot doesn’t have to only be for broadcast appearances. If you pitch products, give high-stakes presentations…