Nothing says I love you like being afraid of heights and going on a hot air balloon ride. This is what I did with my wife for your one year anniversary. Last year for our wedding gift, our Ultimate Frisbee team all pitched in and gave Claire and I a one hour hot air balloon ride over Napa Valley, with a Champagne breakfast afterward. I had been inspired by a few videos I came across online to try to make a video only using still photography. This is my first attempt at a photo animation and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. There is no video in this at all, it’s all stills taken from my Nikon D90. It feels choppy at first, that’s my editing style, get over it. Thanks to Carl Atilano and my sister Cait Scott for letting me use this song. Cait and Carl recorded hours of their friends hanging out and created this song from the recordings.
You can find more of the photos at my Flickr account here.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Dad // May 26, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Very awesome indeed. Your photography is wonderful and the editor deserves a high five.
We couldn’t be happier for the two of you Whit and Claire. Congratulations.
2 thomasknoll // May 27, 2010 at 6:52 am
Whit, seriously dude, you’re going to have to stop being so awesome. Your editing destroys my ability to enjoy anything on TV and most movies.
I love you both! Cheers to your next year together.
3 Jeremy Vaught // May 27, 2010 at 7:05 am
Nicely done! Great video and congratulations! They say the first year is the hardest, so it’s all smooth sailing from here on out.
4 sarah vela // May 27, 2010 at 7:10 am
Great work, Whit. I’m so impressed! Amazing editing work – perfectly synced, gorgeous shots, love the soundtrack. Congratulations and happy anniversary to you and Claire. xxx
5 Jeff Boudier // May 27, 2010 at 8:09 am
Bravo! Kawaiiii! Love the music btw. If you could distill some of your video making awesomeness in some potion I’d love to take a sip.
6 Whit Scott // May 27, 2010 at 8:22 am
Jeff, I love that – I would have so many people do that for me. I think I would take a sip of your good looks potion. Thanks for the kind words Sarah, Jeremy, Thomas and Dad!
7 Abby Armstrong // May 27, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Whit! beautiful video- seeing this reminds me of the newness and creativity that i associate with some of your earlier videos. Great to see you trying new techniques. Also- the song works so well with the stop animation. love it.
8 susan rostoni // May 27, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Nice work Whit!! It was fun to have looked at the stills first and then seen them together in a video. Congrats to both of you!!
9 Skip // May 27, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Awesome! Very clever.
10 Daniel Brusilovsky // May 28, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Awesome video!
11 seth // May 28, 2010 at 10:20 pm
very cool
12 VTR1000 Lady // May 29, 2010 at 6:34 am
My friend and I were arguing about this! Now I know that I was right. lol! Thanks for making me sure!
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