michel’s request: daisy chains
my request: grassy field/golden sun/happy family
michel and i wanted to get out there and do a few home movie sessions together, so we asked emily and fam to meet up with us on sunday. and just in case you dont read emilys blog-they are expecting baby love number three in september. this is a magical time for them!
we drove around the rancho sante fe area until we found the perfect patch of grass, nestled on a perfect little hill, sitting below the golden sun and sky.
the girls explored and mick and emily relaxed while i wandered around doing my thing. we were all so blissed out, to use a boho girl term. michel was like a fly on the wall, watching over everything as it took place, so laid back and relaxed and comfortable in his approach to recording what happened that we hardly noticed him there. and that is why i could never in a million years have imagined that in the short time we were together, that he could create something so absolutely heart stoppingly special.
but he did.
Falconbridge Family Film from Michel Sandy on Vimeo.
i feel like i cannot accurately express my feelings about what he has created. so i will let it speak for itself. i think it does.
we have another one planned for later this month with another very special family, and several inquiries coming in. for more information, go to www.tarawhitney.com or read this! (We are also offering this as a “special side” without the large package for $1525)
EDITED: MUSIC by Priscilla Ahn “Dream”
EDITED AGAIN: YOUR RESPONSE HAS COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED ME. i knew that if i had the reaction i did so would many, many others…but i had NO idea, NONE whatsoever, that this little film would touch so many people the way it has. i still have no words. i just feel very very lucky to have connected with michel, and very very lucky to be able to do this as my job.
we have had some people ask if we are taking this show on the road, and yes, absolutely we are interested in doing that. i will be traveling four times this year, and michel has already said he would love to tag along…more information on me, traveling, in the next blog post.
xo
Thanks for touching my heart again and again! this ROCKED
so beautiful – every minute of it!
That was simply awesome no other words!!!!
Tara & Michel, that was beautiful and amazing. Thank you for sharing it with the rest of us! (I so wish we weren’t on the other side of the country) XX’s BethBG
so amazing! I almost teared up it’s so beautiful and heartfelt.
wow.
omg freaking love it. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
Beautiful! Just beautiful!
As one of my three-year-old is fond of saying “Wow weezers!”
This video blissed me out, and made me cry….
what an absolute treat to see some bits of you in action-and emily’s family is magical……
wonderful
Xo
Thea
breathtakingly beautiful… wow – you’ve really gone to the core of family and love. i could watch it over and over.
tara! what a beautiful memory for this family! gorgeous. perfect. excellent, excellent job!
T H I S I S A M A Z I N G!!!!!
almost brought me to tears and I know emily just a little bit….I so wish I lived close by….
peace
KIM
incredible!!!! (holy crap, can you tell? look at those comments!)
This post + slightly down blog follower = crying over laptop while drinking wine. Wonderful! Really needed an infusion of love today, and this did it! Thanks for sharing….
Your work is Amazing.. This was sooo Beautiful, Thank you for sharing,Jamie
That was so wonderful. I actually cried! I want one! I need to start saving my money!
Amazing. That is priceless.
That was so amazing. I want to just grab a flight to LA with my guys and meet them in the meadow. Beautiful.
I…um, don’t suppose you’ll take this show on the road?
Absolutely beautiful, as always Ms. T.
Wow.
that was so beautiful, it gave me that feeling, and now i just want to burst.
Just watched it for the second time with my hubby. It makes me want to eat organic and recycle more. ;-)
LOVE!
Bets
love.it! such a beautiful window into an ordinary day in their life. something to treasure forever!
oh, tara. such a precious and immeasurable gift you are all to eachother. sigh. i can’t even begin . . . oh, my.
Like a beautiful film that makes me weepy – this did the same for my soul. Bubbling over and wishing you lived in Canada!
tara – if i beg and plead will you please come to OHIO?!
flippin amazing. you’re really onto something here…
This is the most touching video I have seen in a long time. You really capture the meaning of “LOVE” and “FAMILY”. The both of you make a FABULOUS team. Keep on creating so we can keep on being touched.
Thanks
Carol
Cried, cried, cried, and really wanted to go get my kids from school and have our family all together happy :) :)
I have tears this so beautiful! What an amazing treasure the two of you have created for this family!!! You are truly artists!!!
the two of you ALWAYS make me cry, with the depth of the emotion you both bring out in your subjects. wonderful stuff.
WOW WOW this made my heart ache it was just GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes… I cried… LOL
This moves me. Beyond belief. I WANT this. Bad. I met Emily a few months ago here in AZ when she was visiting a friend. What a lovely person & family…captured so beautifully. Sigh…can’t wait to see more… & start saving up for my own.
AMAZING, what a beautiful life, you are all so very blessed.
That is absolutely one of the most beautiful videos I have EVER seen! Awesome job….what a great way to capture Emily’s beautiful family.
oh my gosh.
arlene said it best.. it makes me want to burst. i seriously started tearing up SEVERAL times.. beautiful.
good luck to both of you in this venture. you are giving families a priceless treasure.
magical. that is the word that best describes the feeling i felt of this video of such a beautiful family. magical.
I just saw this on Em’s blog and commented, but I wanted to come and comment here, too. Beautiful work you two have created! From a mother’s heart, it touched me and brought tears to my eyes. What an amazing thing they have to cherish and pass down.
AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL!! I have watched it about five times now and made my whole family watch it…precious…what a treasure!
Wow! I am sure that family will cherish this forever.
oooohhhhh…that is just gorgeous! can they adopt me, please! oh wait, i have my own family to take care of…what a beautiful family they are!
Just beautiful. This is family videos taken to a whole new level. Simply beautiful.
this is such a beautiful and unique snapshot of a lovely family. it made me snuggle my own kids a little longer tonight. thank you for sharing your talents.
Wow, what a truly gorgeous and wonderful experience! Congratulations!
Amazing Space … great stuff! You two have formed a truly unique business partnership where each partner is so creative in his own right. The combination is killer! Best of luck!!!
amazing tara, as always. this is soooo beautiful. what a treasure.
i’m speechless! how divine :)
oh how magical would it have been if michel was with us in thailand?!
much love darling
ohhh tara and michel, it’s beautiful…
So beautiful. Thank you for sharing it. Wow.
Wow. This moved me to tears. Amazingly intimate and heartfelt and totally beautiful.