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.)
ahhhhhhh-mazing…
love love love…
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Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing all your amazing photos! Looks like you and your family had an amazing year!
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.
That was so cute! Love it!
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.
So fun and wonderful. I’m so happy you had a great year! Thanks for sharing :)
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.
amazing. really, beautiful.
Gaaaah!!! Kicking myself. Wishing for those fleeting moments I had you in my grips, I’d been a wee bit more selfish.
what an amazingly beautiful family. and photographs. amazing.
A.W.E.S.O.M.E
love love love this!!! Thanks for sharing:)
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
That was amazing! Happy New Year! XXX
beautiful. tears rolling down my face. many blessings to you and your beautiful family in 2010! xo
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.
I just found my way here through a Becky Higgins tweet and *gasp* your pictures are AMAZING! Have a great new year!
Amazing and so very beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
love, just love.
Amazing….thanks for sharing your joy!
Happy New Year, Tara!
THAT was fun……..
beautiful.
Happy Twenty Ten!
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!
PERFECT. just perfectly you. :) loved it!
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!!!!
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!
Wow, AWESOME !!! Love it.
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 :)
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!
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!!
this is absolutely beautiful!
I loved it. Awesome.
Ria
love you guys.
Okay, that was fabulous. Thanks for putting it out there for us to enjoy.
ummmm….LOVE.
fantastic!
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.
yep.
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
Absolutely love it! Love your family! So sweet.
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!
Love it!!!!!! Happy New Year!
I so want to do this! I need to figure it out & put our year to a song :)… as usual you soooo inspire me!
a-freaking-mazing!!!!!!! YOU ROCK! :) Happy 2010….looking forward to checking out your great work again this year!
Tara, this was a delight to watch! Happy New Year to you and your family :) :) :)
soooooo, arent you happy you did personal instead of client now??? this is BEAUTIFUL…STUNNING….BREATHTAKING. I loved every single second *sigh*
so so so so so good. you and your family are absolute sunshine.
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
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)