Review of Tips From the TV Lady by Valonda Calloway✊🏿
Tips from the TV Lady: A Guide to Making a Great Impression On Camera or In Person written by Valonda Calloway is a little book packed with a tons of great tidbits of how to look your best when dealing with the media. I first learned about Valonda Calloway when Dr. Pam Perry interviewed her on her podcast Get Out There and Get Known. Face it, we live in a highly visual world when even the average person could become front and center in the public. This has a lot to do with social media where videos made by ordinary people can go viral. Tips From the TV Lady is small enough that it could easily fit in a purse or briefcase, as Valonda Calloway gets right to the point when presenting her tips. She helps readers remember by providing a summary after each chapter.
Did you know that blue is one of the best colors to wear when doing a broadcast interview? I certainly didn’t and I don’t have any blue dresses in my wardrobe. I am now on the lookout for that perfect little blue dress. She also advises that women wear undergarments no matter their size. There are also shapewear products for men who want extra coverage under their clothes. When I was a kid, the clothes you wore under your clothes and over you underwear were called girdles. Wearing one gave a woman that sought after hour glass shape, but they were uncomfortable. We’ve come a long way from then as shapewear today is both flattering and comfortable.
I also found useful the tips about lighting for television and when you are using Zoom. I mean, who isn’t doing Zoom or some other video conference call? Valonda says the light should be in front and your computer or device you are using for the video conference should be positioned so that you are looking up slightly, as that is the most flattering way to appear. When we look down it adds weight to the face and can make people appear to have a double chin. Want more useful tips? Then you have to pick up this useful little book.
Valonda Calloway lives in North Carolina and worked as an anchor in that state for WNCN-TV. She hosted the lifestyle My Carolina. In addition to working in broadcast journalism, Valonda is also a dancer and professional cheerleader for the Washington Redskins form 90-94. She also has a line of shine free papers people can use to remove shine from the face or the head (these products can be used for men who are bald) when on the screen.To learn more about her go to her website ValondaCalloway.com.
Candace Waller is the author of, What Goes Around Comes Around the sequel Good Things Comes, and the upcoming book Lessons I Learned From Loving You, A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Healing.