I came really close to making some large purchases to improve my video call situation, and I may still do so, but I did spend some time and found a few quick wins maybe will help others:

1. I use Fedora as my workstation.  Won’t change it.
2. I have a Logitech C930e.  Logitech doesn’t publish anything on how to tweak the camera on Linux.  Figure out how to tweak it.
3. I like (love) working in the dark.  So I never have any lights on.  That has to change.
4. I have a window behind me in my home office.  Shutting the blinds is not enough.  Repositioning my desk won’t work in the space I’ve got.  Get a blackout curtain.
5. My webcam is sitting on top of my monitor, dead center.  This makes it really awkward to look directly at.  It’s about 8″ above my eye-line.  I don’t think I’m going to change this. My eyeline has to remain at the center of the monitor or I get neck pain.

Here are the tweaks I made that do seem to have improved things:

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