We recently published a short video clip on kids and meditation. This was part of an ongoing series on meditators of various ages and backgrounds — this time we went very young. Kristine and I shot this clip at the Instilling Goodness Elementary Schools at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB).
This clip was one of our first attempts at shooting videos. Around the time, a lot of HD video capable dSLRs became affordable, giving us the ability to take very high-quality videos with photography lenses, giving us closer to film quality as opposed to a video look. It was a learning curve for me, but well worth it.
Our subjects were great to work with. The students were energetic, fun, and smart. In addition, interviewing the girl school principal, Bhikshuni Heng Yin, was a good opportunity to learn about their efforts to teach mindfulness.