something good this way comes \ the Zawadzki family film

Kerry - amazing song!! Fantastic video! wow. I wish I live in Cali so I could do this.... I instantly recognized those kids! I'm a bit fan of hers too;-)

Kari Coon - So wonderful! This is just amazing! Wonderful work-both of you!

Joyce - Love, love, love!!!

amy - AMAZING!!!!!! Oh. my. gosh. I am in LOVE with song too!! gotta go download it now....

Melissa - My favorite thus far! AMAZING. And that house....holy cow, jealous!

mandy - Wow...sigh. Everytime I see one of these I just get warm fuzzies. I feel like, yes, family life still exists in all of its imperfection, and in all of the worlds complications. Stunning. Beautiful. Moving. Life-filled.

wendy gibson - oh man. wow.

Tanya - oh wow. just wow. I love it - amazing. Did I say wow?

Abigail Todd - love the "rain" scene - AWESOME!!

Kim - beautiful.

allison waken - I have been saving in a little jar since last year for my tara / michael session. They are always heart stopping!

Jenny J - this is just incredible. so beautiful, Tara.

andrea - just amazing tara and michel (and leah and family). just amazing. xox.

Trish - Beautiful!

Jessica - Perfect song, these movies always make me cry!!

angi - love it!

Melissa - NEVER wanted it to end!!!!!!!!

april - tears..and more tears. (it may have something to do with being pregnant with my first baby...) :) lovely lovely video/photos! and so fun to see leah in FRONT of the camera!

AmyPunky Photography - This is an amazing video! Fabulous photos!! This family will cherish these memories forever.

rebecca - So wonderful! I just adore everything about it! The PERFECT song for the video too! Fantastic!

patty - loved the movie and the song!!! S*W*E*E*T...

maz - Truly wonderful- I love to think of them viewing this film when the grandchildren come along! Tara your images complement Michel's work so beautifully. The whole is even greater than the sum of the parts:) Can't wait for the next one!

erika verginelli | photography - oh my, this is wonderful! Please please please share this photo session with us? ;-)

christina - love it.

Gail - Ooooh...I so so love Jakob Dylan (his song Three Marlenas was one of my favorites in high school) so I couldn't love this video more. Fabulous concept and now I have to wipe up all the drool that's left on my keyboard at the sight of all that mid-century furniture in their home. SWOON!

Jessica Feely - Sooo beautiful..I love it :)

luvlee - What a beautiful family. beautiful movie and amazingly beautiful photos to match..thankyou x

Jen - I am just grinning from ear to ear with goosebumps running all over my body and happy tears in my eyes. They are indeed SUCH a great family and you guys captured them beautifully!!!! Much love to them all!! Congrats on such a wonderful shoot!! xo

leah - tara! it turned out awesome. thank you guys so so much! it will be a treasure to us always!! love the umbrella moments...that was such a fun idea!! thank you thank you! off to watch it again! xxoo

amy b - are you kidding me? you got some tears out of me for sure. The video is fantastic and your photos just make it sing. Leah you all are adorable and fabulous.

Rachael - Everytime you post one of these I cry....I am saving, saving, saving to come down and see you both so I can capture my family this way! Beautiful job...both of you ;)

Peta - you both did such a beautiful job! I feel like I am right there. love those guys. I just wrote leah and said "next time I miss you all, I will just have to turn that video on!"

J'Lynn - LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! What an amazing gift!!

kellie larsen - that was SO beautiful!

maren - LOVE that song! LOVE the video too :)

Anja - I'm a big fan of Leah and her adorable kids. So much fun to see them not only in stills. They're the cutest!

cathy - Gulp. Love.

lynda - beautiful. just beautiful.

elizabeth pellette - Tara girl.. once again you WOW me you and Michel and your amazing combo's..

marie jay - totally leaving with a huge grin on my face, love in my heart and inspiration etched in my head. thank you tara for the amazing post and gorgeous pictures. thank you michael for the videos that tugged on this moms heart and thank you to jakob dylan for a song that i now have ringing in my ears. you all rock.

michelle - divine!!! reminds me why I love to take photos of families... and how important all the tiny moments are.... makes me want to video and capture my children's everydays..... thank you

tara pollard pakosta - hoW BEAUtifuL!!!!!! loved IT! tara

Amber - SO amazing - love the song...

Tracey - oh that song has been in my cue for the last few months! I am glad you discovered it! Such a beautiful family...love the umbrella scene. (And I loved their kitchen table set.)

Lisa - AMAZING! Always a beautiful collaboration between you too and your clients! Well Done!

Catherine Clay - Having watched these precious kids grow up in pictures (mostly their Mommy's), it is so cool to see you and Michael's version of them. I love seeing Leah - what a beautiful family, home and life. You both are so good at what you do - thank you for sharing your gift with the rest of us!

Ashley - As I watched it, my four year old son came and sat on my lap and watched with me. :) When it ended, he asked me to show it again. It's timeless, lovely and just perfect!

Vanessa Paris - Fantastic - thank you to the beautiful family for sharing with us:)

JodyM - I hope I can create something 1/100th as beautiful as for a family someday. This is so real and so beautiful. And two of my favorite photographers teamed up together. Goosebumps is right.

deb schwedhelm - love, love, love!!! you captured the zawadzki family perfectly. i couldn't stop telling leah what a treasure these photos are video are. so special. and one of these days, i will have my pennies saved and have you do my family. i will dream about it till then. xo. deb

apryl - adorable:)

Dianne K. Nelson - That was awesome! Totally going to buy that song. Thanks so much for making this and sharing it here. Love the way the film/pictures go together. Great work!

Kim K - Lovin' the pouting at 2:00. Those are the "antics" we all forget (at least that's what I'm hoping?)...and we should all remember!

Michelle Davies - Wow. What a perfect slice that you've caught of a day in the family life. Love, love, love it!!!

Julie Cruz (Lot116) - Perfection as always. Love the house, love the kids, love the parents, love the fake rain, love the tie (which reminds me...PJ has one that she used to wear a lot..gotta find that sucker and see if the whole outfit finally fits or not haha), love everything about it :)

Michelle O - YOU.ARE.AMAZING. And don't you ever dare forget it. You bless each family with such a gift. Great work again Miss Whitney! :)

Katie Z - oh my. lovely in every way shape and form.

Kathleen - I love how you see life and how you share that beauty so freely. I so look forward to your posts :) This is no exception. Beautiful beautiful life and love.

Carrie - Soooooooo great!!!

Shannon - Oh wow. This definitely made me cry. It was stunning! The videography, the photos, the music, the family. Amazing! How incredible. LOVE IT!

Jennifer Urbin - Love!!!!!!!! Ditto on the Goosebumps!

teresa b - goosebumps and tears..

amanda - amazing. at a loss for words.

margie scherschligt - Wow. LOVE THIS!!!

angela auclair - wow:) just wow.

Pascale - WOW WOW WOW. Tara (and Michel), that was absolutely amazing in every possible way.

lisa leonard - unbelieveably amazining. they will always cherish it!!

Ali Murphy - Whitney! I have been stalking your blog from Indiana for several weeks - but I'm shy! I had to write something about this though - it just blew me away. Oh how I wish I had something like this of my family. I immediately went and bought the song too. Thank you for the smiles you just gave me at the end of a long and busy day. You rock! Ali

Marla - More! More! More! I love these videos. What a gift you guys give to these families.

Laura Biebl - So beautiful. I'm in love with the last scene and those umbrellas :)

Ria - Wow. I love this. My favorite part is when one of the little is upset and turns away from the camera. Priceless.

Alice - I want one of these of my family! So perfect.

LauraRad - Unbelievable video. The mix of video with the photos interspersed - FABULOUS. I especially love the one of the little girl pouting and then turning around to give the cold shoulder to the camera. PERFECT! Wow - so inspiring.

AmyC - Wow! I always love these but this has to be my favorite! You guys ROCK!!

Jen - Just when I think I'm out of tears and winding down for the day, I come visit you and my heart bursts wide open again. You are amazing. Thanks for sharing these beautiful families as captured by you.

cheiron - Great song, great family, great house! I love this!

sarah - tara + michel: i could watch your beautiful movies all day long. brilliant. and beautiful. thank you for sharing!

erin lundy - Beautiful! Heartfelt! Gorgeous! Magnificent! I will stop now...lets just say I LOVED it! I could watch this over and over. Well done.

gina - i'm so moved, i can't move! i'm just sitting here thinking about the many years this family will sit together and watch this and look at their photos and no doubt cry. just magical!

Shari Schwarz - Brilliant! Who came up with the creative ideas? Locations? Props? ect... Brilliant!!!

TRACYBLAKE26@YAHOO.COM - Sooooo LOVE this. Wish I had one of my family when my kids were young. So beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

stacie - Brilliant!. . . I especially the bit where the little one is "Pouting" . . . so real! Nice job you guys!

Ada - this. is. fantastic. a true, wonderful look at family. FANTASTIC!

sarah - *lovely*

Lacey - Wow! Fantastic!

Kristy - So perfect. Leah, my sweet talented friend...you look amazing and your love for your kiddos just shines. What a wonderful memory to have.

Edie - I fell in love with that song when I heard for the first time a few weeks ago. Your movie and photos were amazing!!!! So beautiful!

Kristi - wow. what can I say that already hasn't been said. Love it!!!

Sami - these always give me goosebumps and make me howl!! When you come to Australia to visit Emily...make sure you bring Michel ;-)

vangie - just beautiful. sigh.

Jenn - Love, love, LOVE!!

Melanie - Awesome, love it!

heather - oh my.

Brooke Aslett - This is stunning. I love it.

liz kennedy - You know what is awesome!? Seeing two of your favourite photographers in action, one behind the camera and one in front, all on the other side of the planet.

Colleen - Love it, so inspiring I had to share with my FB friends!

Justin - E> (internet heart)

heather - what a beautiful share :)

Kim - OMG! This is the first home video of yours I've seen. The coolest thing EVER! Major tears. Just beautiful! I'm trying to understand what you did. Is someone filming while you are shooting photos and then this is a melding of the two? Just beautiful!

LisaB - The gifts that you both have make me speechless.

Patti Margarita - I pretty much get teary at every one of these family films you do. The one photo of mom and dad, mom is vertical and dad is horizontal and you just see his eyes, that would be an instant canvas in my house. I am just in awe of this film and the photos. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us.

shelleydalebout - Oh, I want to do it again! Is Texas on your list of places you want to visit? We still watch our film ALL THE TIME but I'd love to have one in our home, too :) Treasure!

Marla - This is lily blue! I LOVE her work, she is so amazing, you did a wonderful job capturing this beautiful family!

LoveBiscuits - Pure Awesomeness!!!

Sylvia Borgo - Perfection! You two are among my top 5 photographers. What absolute beauty, Tara!

Monica Brown - Tara - this is beyond beautiful...and just the inspiration I needed today. Thank you.

amy tangerine - how amazing is this?! i am loving that tie outfit and the umbrella scene. oh bliss!

jaana - dangit tara - you and your awesome ways! inspirational and adorable, as always.

Michelle Bellofatto - F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S!! I felt right at home watching that video. Truly magical. I wanted to be them.

Puanani - Heavy sigh. Twice.

Rosie - oh wow! absolutely wonderful! her kids really are the cutest!!

stacymeyers - oh sweet goodness tara and michel!!! :)

domenica - WOW. This is just incredibly special and beautiful. What a treasure for this family and their future generations to have and look back on for many year to come! :) LOVE, love this song too.

michelle - That little girl looks familiar. Is that the family of "Lily Blue"? So lovely!

Brandi C - Ah-mazing! Such a fabulous idea. What a treasure for that family. Did you shoot the video on a Canon 5d?

Macey - Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

Teresa - This is so totally awesome. It's heart warming emotion to music, it's creative, inspiring and wonderful. Wish this was my families video. Love the song they chose...and yep it gave me goosebumps too. Thanks for sharing this Tara, love, love loved it.

Judith - This song might become one of my all time favorites! And the video... wow!!!

Ginette Sundin - Okay, you already have a million comments, but i just HAVE TO say something too! I have NEVER been moved to tears by photos/video like I just was. Tara, not only do you have an amazing talent in capturing families and I am sure you bless them with it, you bless me with your blog! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! It was stunning and the most beautiful work of art I have seen in a long time.

stacey fike - i really and truly want to be you when i grow up!! you're amazing!

Lisa D - totally wow....totally...

carrie sandoval - All parties involved: rock my world!!! We're next, Tara and Michel!

Kristie - Looooooooooooove!!!!

Shanon Gibson - Lovely! I felt moved watching the family and the song is amazing!

Kim - absolutely beautiful - as always! the family is adorable! love love love it! thanks for sharing tara & michel! :)

j.ro - ridiculously awesome! your teamwork together on these just keeps getting better and better! and now it's going to take me even longer to save ... but so worth it!

kimbrali - i cry EVERY SINGLE TIME you post one of these. lovely family and yes kickass house.

Leora - wow, i love this video. Its absolutely amazing!!

Elaine Gates - your photography just speaks to people!! love what you do!

Becky Thomas - This is wonderful, as always. . .but I'm wondering what in the world are they eating with the chocolate sauce? Breakfast?

kerith - Living in "Rain-couver" (Vancouver, Canada) I find it hilarious that you needed to use a hose to make rain. Beautiful images as always. A big fan of Leah, so it was refreshing to see THE Leah Zawadzki with her Mom hat on.

Lisa Gregory - OMG...Amazing Grace!!! That was beautiful!!!!

Emily - beautifully beautiful... i too, have goosebumps ;) thanks for sharing!

Sue - OMG...stunning!!! Just totally love it...all these videos are so amazing!!! Yes...GOOSEBUMPS

Becky Thomas - oh . . .ice cream. . duh!

Julie Kirby - oh my gosh, that little luscious nugget with a tie on. I want to eat her. So adorable! And the boy when he is pouting & turns away from the camera. Awwwe. Love it.

Justina - OMGoodness! What a neat concept! Beautiful job, seriously!

julie - This is wonderful! I can't wait until we are there in October so we can have a session of our own :) I love LOVE. That is what I always say! I feel your passion for this as well. yay!!

Marina Miller - i recognize those people!!!! such adorable kiddos! great job!!!

Kacy Mehlem - This is amazing. Wish I had one of my own family! Makes me want to trade in my cameras for the new hd ones!

Maegan Dougherty - LOVE everything about it. I cried watching it - always do with your movies! You guys are amazing and that family is amazing. SO inspiring - both to be such a fun-loving parent and to capture memories the way you do!

lisa lucky - gee whiz...that was great!

alpana - awesome! Leah's family is so gorgeous.

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