At my house we have a back to school video tradition. Every year on the first day of school, my wife makes the kids pose on the front porch for pictures. They’ve complained and whined about it since they were 3, but they also like to look back and see how they’ve changed.
Now let’s take the tradition a little farther—how about a quick video interview on the first day of school every year? You can not only see, but hear how they’ve changed.
The passage of time in video is its own story. What other video traditions can you … Read the rest
Steve Stockman is a writer/ producer/ director in Los Angeles. How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck, available in 9 languages, is the best selling video how-to book in the world. You can find the updated (2017) edition from Workman Publishing wherever you get books, ebooks or audiobooks. 
