We are creating a super cool tutorial on filming and editing with iphone or ipad. It should be out in the next few weeks and you’ll be able to buy it from our shop.
Even better, if you’re really interested in making your own films, come along to this amazing Pro Blogging event. I will be showing you HOW to make films on a shoestring!

So extremely excited to be invited to speak!! Hope to see you there!

Here is a little film I did a couple of weeks ago. It is something that has been on my mind for some time. I think 365grateful taught me so very much… and keeps on teaching me so much. This little film about finding hearts… it’s my little reminder that I will keep finding what I look for… such a powerful and amazing concept to grasp.

This was made on my iPhone and edited on iMovie (which you can use on your ipad! for only 5.99!)

In three weeks of walking on our beach every couple of days we found 352 heart rocks (thanks to the kids and friends who helped too!).
I also used this cool app, 8mm for making my iphone footage look a little old fashioned.

Here is a little postcard we did with some of the hearts we found.

IF you want to share with us your natural heart photos, please email me at hailey@youcantbeserious.com.au or hailey@365grateful.com

Amazing thing is it seems a similar theme has been on my mother’s mind too! She just spoke at a TEDX talk in Noosa. You can see it here. Great minds think alike! Speaking for TED talks has been one of my mum’s life goals and I am thrilled she did this and so amazingly well. But then again no surprises there. She is pretty amazing at anything she sets her mind to. Please do check it out. Check it out here!

So today on Instagram I had the funniest experience.

I was tagged in a photo of some street art in Istanbul! Lo and behold I recognized this artwork very well.

So hilarious to see my photo inspired a bit of street art on the other side of the world.
You can see the artist here.

And here is the original shot!!!!

Amazing to see how far and wide this shoot went!

To everyone who entered and pushed themselves into something new… CONGRATULATIONS and I loved watching your work. It was my honor and I hope you enjoy making many more films!

To learn how to make films like this and more…check out CreativeLIVE and my workshop with Sue Bryce HERE>

The overall winner is Kathleen for this film below. “Home is with YOU”

We have another award from my editor Digby Hogan for this entry below. It is AMAZING!

There are 4 runner ups below, each one so lovely!

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30 days of grateful from flamencofilm on Vimeo.

Thankyou to everyone who entered!!

Not long after that I started working for Suncorp Group!

They have the most amazing program called ‘Brighter Futures’ and I am so proud to be involved in a small way. I was hired to take a series of images and you can see some in the posters below and others in a series posted here.

Brighter Futures is all about helping the staff of Suncorp feel fulfilled and have meaning. The research that goes into this program is amazing and being able to see the benefits of what they do was an honor.

From documenting personal stories of people who had been put forward for grants, to staff who had been fundraising for the charity they believed in…
All this made for an amazing job with an beautiful group of people.

You can see a small part of that below.

You can find out more about the program HERE.

This film along with others in the series was Produced by You Can’t Be Serious! in conjunction with Rem Bruijn from BrainHeart.
Editing at Cutting Edge, Brisbane by Digby Hogan.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

It really has been the most extraordinary journey. 365 grateful has been teaching me things for the last 5 years and keeps on giving. I feel very lucky to be able to hold part of the journey in my hands along with so many other amazing people’s gratefuls! It is a small book but a huge milestone for this project and for us personally. We are excited that we are also in the final stages of the film and can’t wait to have them sitting side by side. Hope you laugh and cry reading it too. There are so many wonderful stories within it’s little pages.

We’ve just been told by the publisher that it will be on sale from April 2, 2013 in the US, wherever books are sold including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores and direct from Penguin. Stay tuned for details of international release dates.

You can pre-order your copy HERE!

If you would like to WIN a copy of this book leave a comment below with what you are grateful for! You have until the 10th of April to enter!!

We have so many photos sitting on hard drives waiting to be put on this blog. Trips and travels and clients and ideas.

These photos were taken in June last year on our travel to NY to work on this film. I used the fantastic ALIEN skin to work on these images. BEST fun outside of Instagram if you ask me!

Here is the family portrait we took in their fantastic B&W photo booth. It makes me laugh every time I see it.
The last shot in the series is totally Sue Bryce inspired. After hanging out with her for a couple weeks I think the only one of us to really nail the ‘Head forward, chin down’ is Poppy! LOL!

In other news miss Poppy reads below the kids book we published last year!
Hope you and your little ones enjoy this. Please feel free to share it – we really want this story out and about!
You can find out more about the book and short film here. I LIKE TO BE ME

Also I wanted to edit up the footage from the live shoot so that Darla and Jeremy have something to show for the mess I made of them! So combining these two objectives, I have made my first editing tutorial which you can see below.
I have to say that it is a little speedy. If you are just starting out you may need to play over certain sections a couple of times!

However as a free little starter guide I hope you enjoy!

first the finished video:

Now a very cut down version of how we got there: