This weekend, the #ShareTheGift Largest Nativity music video was released. I was hired for two days to be there during the creation to capture some behind the scenes images as well as do all the VIP portraits for social media, as well as shoot some video interviews too. It was all put together by the Radiant Foundation who brought together Peter Hollens, David Archuleta, The Piano Guys, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and YouTube personalities like Shay Carl, Alex Boyé, Cute Girl Hairstyles, Devin Supertramp, Stuart Edge, Kid History, Studio C, and The Gardiner Sisters.

It started with the Guinnes Book of World Records representative double-checking all the numbers and making sure a record was made as over a thousand volunteers streamed in and were given white robes to wear.

Then the announcement was made that a new world record had indeed been made.

Throughout the night, I photographed people in the VIP tent on the ‘step and repeat’ background. A lot of those images can be seen on the Live Nativity’s Facebook page. Here’s some of them.

And as it got darker, the filming began for the music video. This was just day one of filming for the music video.

Day two of filming included people like David Archuleta and the Piano Guys at a different location. Again, I was there to do the VIP portraits on the ‘step and repeat’ background, as well as some behind the scenes shots.

The hashtag has been trending on social media sites, as has the music video this weekend on YouTube. It has been a huge hit and has been covered by the news both local and national. Here are links to some of the news stories:

Deseret News / KSL News / Channel 4 Salt Lake KTVX / The Blaze / Salt Lake Tribune / News in Virginia / Fresno California Bee / CBN Christian Broadcasting Network / Univision / AOL News …

Here is the final music video

It was a real honor to be asked to photograph this event. I know there were a lot of people at all levels that worked countless hours on this project. I hope everyone gets a chance to watch the video above, as well as this beautiful video below that is a part of the same #ShareTheGift campaign.

Merry Christmas and until next time, America.