Wayne D's Blog

The very gracious Howcast producers had their work cut out for them on my latest video How To Make Pound Cake. For the first time I decided to both shoot and star in a Howcast video because my normal star isn't much of a baker. That was a bad idea, I spent so much time getting the recipe done that I didn't pay enough attention to the camera work, I lost one of my lights between the preparing and the cutting making the editing of the video much more challenging. Oh and I also forgot to mention that I ran out of tape half way through the shooting and missed some footage that would have been helpful during editing. This happened because my rookie camera operator wasn't paying close enough attention to the viewfinder while I was making the recipe. As usual the ever patient and helpful Howcast producers suggested how I could make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and the even with my jaded eye the end result looks pretty good. I spent some time watching other How To Pound Cake videos on Youtube and I think my video is clear, concise and helpful. The end result also tasted quite good. For my next video I decided to shoot something a little less involved, How To Clean a Furnace Filter. Watch this space for the finished video in a couple of weeks. If you missed my other Howcast videos you can find them here.