We are so excited about our very first ad which was created totally “in house” by the Unique Views of Nature team.
The hardest part was selecting what images to showcase; we have so many to choose from now.
The first step was using Animation in Photoshop CS4 to create the first part where the black and white photos turn into color. Then we used Motion (bundled with Final Cut Pro, the program we use to edit video) to have our name scroll behind the color line. We had a bit of a challenge to get the timing right between the two, but we did it. Final Cut was used to add the cool transitions.
The funnest part was learning how to create our very own music using Garageband. We spent a couple of late nights laughing until our sides hurt trying to figure it all out. Things really got crazy when we hauled out the microphone and added the helium effect to our voices. Thankfully, that was deleted when the sun started to rise and we regained our senses.
We are so appreciative of YouTube and all of the awesome tutorials available. They really helped us out.
We are now working on our next creative endeavor. It includes some really cute little critters doing cute critter stuff. And of course, a musical masterpiece from Garageband.
Through the warm desert winter and balmy spring we have been traveling southern Arizona videoing and photographing the beautiful wildflowers. Now that the temperature is over 100 degrees we have retreated to the indoors where we’ve been chained to our computers going through thousands of photographs and hours of video footage. We’ve discovered that we’ve got some great stuff!
We also were busy revamping our website to make it easier to navigate. And, we built a gift shop to showcase our products!
Visit our Gift Shop for a collection of poster prints available for purchase. Choose from either 16×20 or 20×30. The poster selection will continue to grow.
We also have four videos for purchase. Three are nature themed.
The Birds of Prey-Raptor Free Flight features the birds of prey of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
The Hummingbirds-Joy of Motherhood follows three different female hummingbirds through the different phases of motherhood.
The Magic of Butterflies features tropical butterflies set to soothing music for a visual and auditory delight.
Lastly, we have a video created for our favorite non-profit, Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary. See how and why the sanctuary was founded. Meet some of the volunteers, adopted horses and their guardians. All proceeds from the sale of this video go to the Sanctuary.
Here is an awesome shot of an Eastern Collared Lizard. The lighting was perfect to capture the beautiful blue coloring. As we come across other interesting and unique photos and videos, we will post them. The best ones will be posters for sale. This guy is available as a poster in the Gift Shop!
Every year the staff and volunteers turn the zoo into a wonderland of lights. It is amazing what a great job they do. This is our favorite place to go in Tucson to view lights to get into the holiday spirit. Thank you, Reid Park Zoo, for decorating the zoo for the enjoyment of the community. Oh, all the animals were in bed.
Winter Butterfly
A very creative graphic artist by the name of Susan Zaku had the fun idea of overlaying our Ceraunus Blue butterfly over a frozen leaf. We think it adds a new dimension to the butterfly.
We wish you very joyful holidays and a wonderful, prosperous New Year! See you next year! To send a comment, please use the contact page.
