First off, yes, I’ve visited every place I talk about in my videos. People always ask me that question, and I guess it’s understandable why. Usually with travel videos, people comment on their travels while they’re traveling. So why don’t I do that?

When I travel, I like to enjoy as much of my trip as possible. For me, that means I’d rather savor the last morsels of my profiterole than talk for five minutes into my camera. I do, however, still manage to take a good amount of pictures and video while I’m on the go. When the jet lag’s worn off and I’ve gained perspective on my recent excursions, I hunker down in front of my green screen and talk about where I’ve been. Then I put some of my footage behind me to keep things interesting and release the video to the world.

I try to boil down my videos into a concentrated, delicious stock of informative and entertaining insights. Hopefully after watching one of my videos you get a better sense of whether you would like to spend time visiting that place. And maybe you laughed a little. That’s the goal, at least.

Does this mean I’m always going to use my green screen method? No. With the advent of smaller digital camcorders and my unnaturally long arms, I’ve found I can record myself fairly easily at locations I’m visiting. So in the future, get ready for a healthy mix of green screen and “on location” videos.