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1.01.10

Out of all the years in my life that I want to remember, 2009 will be among the top five that I carry around with me until I die.

Kids: Created by us
Memories: Recorded by me between 1.01.09 – 12.31.09
Music: Ghostwriter RJD2

Love: Out there for the taking.

Jason Bustin played by himself.

xo

Tara

(edited 1.5.10 : Thank you very much to everyone. I have enjoyed this alone, and with members of my family, more times than I can count. Jeff has asked me to do slideshows for all the years I have digital photos. How great would that be if I could accomplish it?

For everyone who asked about how I put this together, it was a very simple process of going through a year of photos and copying favorites into a new folder. Then, I went through them again and whittled down to just about 150 (I think?). Then I resized them, and dragged them all into iMovie. Spent about thirty minutes getting the timing right and finding a song. Exported to Vimeo. That was that. Took me about two hours to complete.)

by Tara Whitney

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margie - ahhhhhhh-mazing... love love love... m

Christina C - Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing all your amazing photos! Looks like you and your family had an amazing year!

Anna - Ahhhhhhhhh! Tara!!!! Absolutely incredible. These are the moments you likely had in your head as "perfect family moments" and couldn't believe they came true. Just beautiful. Lovelovelovelovelove.

Emma J Photography - That was so cute! Love it!

Emma J Photography - oh and i was really excited when i logged in and it said there were no comments... i watched the vid. posted the comment, and saw there was ALREADY 3 others. Ha.

Candace Sheets - So fun and wonderful. I'm so happy you had a great year! Thanks for sharing :)

kimberly reed - god. i was not ready for that. it made me happy but it made me sad. it made me cry. i'm sad i no longer have 'that' family unit...and won't have 'those' kinds of photos with james. it just really made me miss james SO much. it was really beautiful tara. i especially liked the photo of the scooter and 'just be' that emily painted.

lyndsay - amazing. really, beautiful.

Kirsten - Gaaaah!!! Kicking myself. Wishing for those fleeting moments I had you in my grips, I'd been a wee bit more selfish.

maribeth - what an amazingly beautiful family. and photographs. amazing.

Kim - A.W.E.S.O.M.E

Michele H. - love love love this!!! Thanks for sharing:)

lynda - your pics flood with me happiness! i think you are an amazing artist to capture such awesome photos. i think you are an amazing and inspirational woman. oh and your kids are beautiful and very photogentic

Kathryn Nicholson - That was amazing! Happy New Year! XXX

Sabrina - beautiful. tears rolling down my face. many blessings to you and your beautiful family in 2010! xo

Jacinta (one little acorn) - Hi Tara I drop by every now and again and check out what you have been up to, and love your photography. It always brings a smile to my face - you capture such a beautiful light in people. The "Whitney year in review" was no different - lots of lovely smiling faces. Wishing you all the best in 2010.

Jenny from Germany - I just found my way here through a Becky Higgins tweet and *gasp* your pictures are AMAZING! Have a great new year!

Nicki - Amazing and so very beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Sandi Keene - love, just love.

Melanie C - Amazing....thanks for sharing your joy!

Miz Booshay - Happy New Year, Tara!

Suzelle - THAT was fun........

stephanie - beautiful. Happy Twenty Ten!

Irene - Wow I LOVE this and I love your style. Your honesty and amazing ability to seem to be able to just enjoy all the moments in life without seeming to worry about the dumb things that seem to stress so many of us [me] is truly inspirational. Thanks for sharing your world - and your photos - I look forward to 2010!

Shari - PERFECT. just perfectly you. :) loved it!

mary alice - i really & truly don't know how you do it. there is so much LIFE in your images - so much that you draw us all in and make us feel a part of that life!! i am eating my words from the san francisco post - ok, well almost! this one TIES for my favorite post ever!! beautiful, beautiful images, tara. beautiful kids. beautiful life. i wish you an even better 2010, full of NOTHING but blessings!!!!

Joscie - I loved that! I was thinking through the whole thing, I remember that shot, I remember that, oh! I know where Whitney's is, right next to my favorite bakery! :) loved it!

cristi - Wow, AWESOME !!! Love it.

Angie - What a cleverly put together piece! I love all the special details, and the signs incorporated into it ... the "change your life" sign was amazing, and a beautiful point in your video. You have a beautiful family, and you have an amazing connection with them. Thank you for sharing :)

jason - We really loved watching this video! It makes me smile seeing all the happy faces and good memories of this past year! I'm glad we were able to be a part of some of them! Love you guys!

Dana - New Year's Resolution #1...comment on people's blogs more ;) Lovely...as always. New Year's Resolution #2...work on my personal images more. :) Happy New Year!!! May 2010 make your top 5 list as well!!

lisa leonard - this is absolutely beautiful!

ria - I loved it. Awesome. Ria

cathy - love you guys.

Sue, NYC - Okay, that was fabulous. Thanks for putting it out there for us to enjoy.

Talia Audenart - ummmm....LOVE.

margie pargie - fantastic!

Jen - Aw Tara it's gorgeous. What a year! Mine could not end soon enough because it was one of the worst, but that means there's only one way and that's UP. Happy New Year to the Whitney clan from frosty ol' England.

j.ro - yep.

tammyt - Beautiful. And watching helped me come up with some goals for my life, and my word for the year. Peace to you and your family in 2010. tammy t

Erin S. - Absolutely love it! Love your family! So sweet.

Alexandra - Awesome, tara. you can tell that your kids are each others best friends and how close you all are. beautiful. happy new year to ALL of you!

Laura Rauch - Love it!!!!!! Happy New Year!

Moriah Bettencourt - I so want to do this! I need to figure it out & put our year to a song :)... as usual you soooo inspire me!

Kristy Klaassen - a-freaking-mazing!!!!!!! YOU ROCK! :) Happy 2010....looking forward to checking out your great work again this year!

kari - Tara, this was a delight to watch! Happy New Year to you and your family :) :) :)

tanyawebster - soooooo, arent you happy you did personal instead of client now??? this is BEAUTIFUL...STUNNING....BREATHTAKING. I loved every single second *sigh*

maile - so so so so so good. you and your family are absolute sunshine.

Liloo - Hello Tara, Happy new year for you and your family ! Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Paris ! I would only to say you thank a lot for this blog ! I like so much your work, your pictures. Your glance on this families is generous. I would continue to read your blog in 2010 ! Best regards

Isabel - You always find the way to surprise me and to make me cry tears of emotion...Thanks once again for sharing your family and your happy moments with us. I hope 2010 comes better than 2009 !!!! Isabel ( number 1 fan of Tara Whitney in Argentina)

Stacey - I think all of your kids are adorable but I can tell that little Anna is your G-L-U-E!!!!!!!!! She is so freakin ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her personality screams out of her eyes in every picture I see of her...even when she is solemn!!! Happy New Year to you!!

Emilie Bee - Beautiful review, pictures, family. Happy 2010!

Jane - Tara, Love the video of your family. Looks like a great year for the Whitney clan! Thank you for posting so we could enjoy. Here's to you and another great year in 2010! Jane

TRACYBLAKE26@YAHOO.COM - AWESOME!!

Kari - What a nice thing to be able to say about a whole year. Just found my goal for 2010.

stacymeyers - L O V E it!!

marcy - uh-may-zing.

tara pollard pakosta - May 2010 be another such year for you and the family! beautiful video! it inspired me to go on my muvee program and make one of my own! love and hugs! tara pollard pakosta

boho girl - oh how i love this. oh how it made me miss you more. oh how blessed i am to have you in my life. oh how i am crushed out at your braids. oh how that last kiss made me swoon. oh how cool your kids are. ohhhh...mmmmmm. lub you.

Goddess Leonie - I adore you :)

nicole hahn - your heart...it spills out and over into everything you do. inspire does not suffice for how i feel when i get the chance to peek into your world...how i long to DO life beautifully like you do. your babies radiate the love that has been spilled into every corner of the life you make for them. i love who you are and how intentional you are about living. thanks for sharing.

alisha hammond - this just makes me all teary eyed...and want to do my own for our family:) thanks for sharing your love!

Jackelin Slack - Tara, you inspire. Happy New Year!

Jessica - Love this!! I need to make myself a slideshow!! :)

Betsy King ! - Love your perspective and your realness. You are the real deal girl! Keep on doing what you are doing! I always leave your blog feeling happy. PS your family is beautiful : )

Heather Collins - Awesome video. Happy New Year to you and your family.

Chris - Okay so I'm sitting here crying after watching that video. Seriously Tara you know how to grab the person, pull them in and wrap them up in your world, all while touching their soul. Simply amazing. xoxo

bentley - well, what can top that? you have inspired me to take more photos of my fam. in 2010. this year was chaos for me, what i think 08' was for you. im hope to follow your lead for the next 12 months. happy new year. xxoo

Angi - Beyond cool. U so rock.

lisamcg - That was awesome! Love you guys. :)

Marla - You are amazing. And your family . . . . just beautiful! I'm wishing you 10X the happiness and success for this year that you had in 2009. THANK YOU for posting your beautiful captures and inspiring me! Happy New Year!

Brandi - It doesn't get much better than that...your kids are so lucky that you are saving their memories to cherish forever! Happy New Year...your talents inspire me!

michelle - Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful!! And I'm so happy you found SNOW in 2009!! :) Congratulations!! :D

karen - i'm a better person for having watched that!!

Jenn A. - Shame on me for not commenting more often. Your blog inspires me so much. Just the simple beauty of life that you portray with honesty in your photos and words. Love. and Thanks. Jenn

liz - wow what a year! just beautiful

becky - This was so great - thanks for sharing your family with us! (What did you use to make this? I have no clue about making movies, but I'd like to try. . .)

Michele - I loved watching your littlest one go from 2 front teeth, to missing one, to missing both! You inspire people you don't even know.

shelleydalebout - So lovely, Tara! And, now that I've met you, I watch it and think, "That feels just right!" Happy New Year!

Alison - my faves are the two bw's of the boys and then every single image of all your kids together:) Beautiful

hailey - ooh i love this!

sarah - I love it. It's beautiful. You inspire me so much :)

rachel - if i one day just show up with a small suitcase wanting to move in...it is totally your fault, your family life looks amazing in the most simple and down to earth way. excited to follow your work into 2010!

Mel - Love it!!

Claire - love it too!!! Happy new year to your family!

Ally - What a fabulous montage of photographs! I hope 2010 brings you another stellar, top-5 year!

Lisa Tri - No wonder I love you so!

gina - Happy New Year Tara! Have a beautiful 2010!

Candice Roberts - That was awesome :) Thanks for sharing you made my day

Belinda - Wonderful. I loved it all! The colors, the food, the places, the relationships, the smiles, the whirlwind activity of a family of SIX and the down time, too. What a great way to remember 2009. As always, I am inspired.

teresa b - love it!! thank you for sharing!! happy new year!! very inspiring!!

Trina Jaynes - Tara--that video is AMAZING!! What a wonderful way to remember the year! I love everything from the music to the way the photos move in & out. You did a truly marvelous job creating that! Would you mind posting how you created the video? Gives me the desire to keep my camera out and around more often this coming year and to do the same for the next year! Thanks for the inspiration!

marissa moss - yay to 2009! horrah for 2010 to come!

Michelle Croson - left me with goose bumps, I wanna be a part of your family :) Happy 2010!

Kimi - ah, i heart your family so much. thank you for letting me be a part of it through your photos. happy new year! xoox kimi

Andrea H - Seriously.....amazing.

Jennifer Henson - Thank you for sharing your wonderful family, talent, smiles and photography. May you have a truly blessed 2010, too! :)

jessica - you are just one of a kind! fantastic!

seth goodman - I need to do this with my family photos! Very nice pics!

elizabeth pellette - WOW Tara girl... this is well just breathtaking.. I love the ways you capture your family.. I need to get better at capturing mine each image is like a work of art.. really.. captured with so much love.. Thank you for Sharing these. Hope 2010 brings you much love and happiness

Sarah - Just gotta say...AMAZING. Happy New Year!!

Natasha Smith - So glad you had a good memorable year!

Christie - Stop it! I can't even handle how cool that was Tara! Happy 2010 to you and your family; may it be another top 5-er!

Lowly - So freakin' cute. What a fun family.

Kim - love, love, love it! thank you for sharing! your family is adorable! xo

Helen - Oh my honey...you have such a beautiful family! You have created such an inspiring, welcoming, creative environment for your kids and family to grow in. I love it!

Kimmie - Happy New Year! :)

Kelly Fitzgerald - Loved it! Great shots...

jeramy - excellent! so cute. happy new year to you!

Molly W. - You know how some photos just strike you and you can't put your finger on why? One of my favorite pictures you have ever taken is the one of your daughter in her roller skates w/ the stripped socks -love it. Happy New Year, Tara!

Holly Lesue - I have a serious crush on you and your family.

Ann-Marie - OMG...LOVE THIS! You have such a beautiful family!

aimee - soooooo full of goodness, tfs and happy new year!!

Ana F. - WOW. This was so cool!!

Amy Holst - your family is awesome and that slideshow was bitchin! seriously, u inspire me.

lisa shapiro - ridiculously groovy. your whole family is such an inspiration. you are incredible. just wicked amazing.

Framed - Your site is the one I visit whenever I need some inspiration, and this post is the absolute best I have ever seen here. Thank you. Wow. And Happy New Year!

val - loved your video. amazing photos, as always. thanks for sharing. your family is beautiful.

Shelbie - That was fabulous. What a treasure for you and your family. Thanks for sharing and inspiring. Happy New Year.

Béa - Happy New Year to you too !!! This is so refreshing and full of life ! Love it ! ^^ (can I ask you what software did you use to create this ?)

Georgia - You know what I love about your photos? These are not MY kids, not MY family; and yet the love you capture through your lens makes me feel like they are.

Julie Frame - Oh so sweet. I'm feelin' the love. And I have to say that the striped socks & rollerskates are just fabulous. Love that image! Happy New Year!

kelle miller - Amazing!!! ALways an inspiration, thank you Tara. Happy New Year!

kirsty - the picture of nate at 28 seconds is an absolute pearl of a photo as is the photo of McKenna and the boys at 1.21 into the flick

Melissa Giles - LOVE IT! You are such an inspiration! What a fun family you have.

Tamara - Happy New Year! What a treasure!!!!

Tara Whitney - Thank you very much to everyone. I have enjoyed this alone, and with members of my family more times than I can count. Jeff has asked me to do slideshows for all the years I have digital photos. How great would that be if I could accomplish it? For everyone who asked, it was a very simple process of going through a year of photos and copying them all into a new folder. Then, I went through them again and whittled down to just about 150 (I think?). Then I resized them, and dragged them all into iMovie. Spent about thirty minutes getting the timing right and finding a song. That was that. Took me about two hours to complete.

jodi bingley - That is FANTASTIC Tara... what an awesome snapshot of your year... I just love it!! Hmmm... I don't have iMovie so I wonder what I can use??... off to brainstorm and imitate! Lol!

Heather M - Every year of my children's lives I have done this. Last year I had a horrific crash on my computer and lost one of the best slideshows ever right before I had a chance to save it and burn to DVD. It broke me and I never redid it or did another. Thank you because now I am reminded that I must do this for us. Its priceless. THank you for sharing your year with us. You just plain ROCK.

sarah - i need to get me some of that chalkboard paint. HOW COOL IS THAT??!!

Susan Hessler - just wonderful!

rachael - Awww. That was so sweet and beautiful. I LOVE it. Thanks so much for sharing. (love the song too)

Ellen Patton - That is so cool!!! You have a wonderful family.

Beth - Tara, I'm new to mac and imovie 09. I've made a few photo dvds, but I can't get the changing of the photos to sync with the music. I noticed that yours do; can you PRETTY PLEASE tell me how to do that? Thanks so much! Beth

lori t in az - So cool especially that 2009 was an awesome one for you. So many including myself hated 2009 and I just knew it was good for some people. Thanks for reminding good happens amongst the bad!

Michele - This is just amazing. What a wonderful way to record a year's worth of memories. Thank you for the inspiration!!!!

Jennifer C - That last image - of you and your man kissing - just took my breath away. Love it. Of course, every other image is also so beautiful. Happy Kids. Happy Life. A man you love to kiss. Gotta be happy with that. x

anna - this is brilliant Tara! Must try and do this myself.

kimberley o - tara, just found this & it is amazing! love how you added in those everyday moments & still lifes along with the portraits. looks like 09 was a good year for the whitneys--hope twentyten is even better! <3

kl - just perfect! xo

Séverine from France - Tara, this is stunning, I really really love it !You're my favorite photographer !! Thanks a lot for this wonderful idea and have a beautiful day.

Loraine - I love your style! Happy New Year!

denali - You take my breath away. Every time I come in here. My goodness.

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