Ben Franklin praised its waters. Mystics adopted it as a place to experience the divine. Philadelphia’s elites brought their carriages to its banks on an annual “Wissahickon Day.” Edgar Allen Poe wrote, “Now the Wissahiccon is of so remarkable a loveliness that, were it flowing in England, it would be the theme of every bard, and the common topic of every tongue.”
Now, you can experience the breathtaking scenery of the Wissahickon Creek, a unique and beautiful region enjoyed by generations of Philadelphians. Photographed by Brian Siano, and scored by composer Chris Zabriskie, The Wissahickon Creek can be a rich, meditative experience, or a soothing background for your daily activities.
We’re rolling out a new video, The Wissahickon Creek. It’s not just an expanded version of our previous release, Wissahickon Moods: this time, it’s considerably longer, and it’s all new footage shot in 4K video.
There are several ways to watch The Wissahickon Creek. Amazon Streaming offers the easiest method and, best of all, if your TV can handle it, it plays in UHD 4K video. Which is the main reason we made this video. (We’re distributing the video through Filmhub, which has also placed it with Vimeo On demand and UDU Digital, which distributes through Roku. But as of August 12, it’s not available there yet.)
In hi-def video, the film is available in hi-def through Vimeo, at https://wissahickoncreek.vhx.tv/, $2.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy.
If you’d like to buy The Wissahickon Creek [Blu-ray]
We would like to make The Wissahickon Creek available in bulk purchases, for organizations that might want to resell them or use them for fundraising purposes. Pricing and features are still being planned, but if you’re with an organization that might want, say, 300 to 1500 copies, send me an email at briansiano@gmail.com. (We don’t have the means to make 4K video disks, but if there are any companies that’d like to sell one, get in touch.)
For a long and chatty account about how I made this video, you can read Wasteful and Ridiculous Excess along the Wissahickon.
And if you want to use any of my Wissahickon video footage in your own project, most of it is available through stock footage sites. I use BlackBox, which posts my material onto other Stock Footage sites such as Storyblocks, Pond5, Shutterstock, and Adobe Stock. Click on the links to find it: if you use the keywords “Wissahickon” and “BlackBoxGuild” in your search strategies, you should be able to find most of the footage I used in The Wissahickon Creek, in 4K and in HD.
Go to this page for links and info about the older version, Wissahickon Moods.