Franklin , TN Family Photographer | What is A family film?

A family film is the ultimate way to capture your life together as a family as it is right now.

 

I spend a few hours with your family, alternating between video and photos. From these video clips, I will create a 3-5 minute cinematic film, or home movie, of your family. Kind of like wedding videography, but for families!

Think about how many video clips you have on your phone that you haven’t done anything with.

Probably more than you can count right?

When you book a family film with me, you are making sure that your memories aren’t lost forever in an old phone that you can’t turn on anymore. Or deep in the cloud with the hundreds of thousands of photos, videos, and screenshots you captured over the years.

 

Your film becomes the thing that you treasure most.

The video that you rewatch over and over together as a family. Preserving not just your children’s expressions and laughter, but your interactions and connections with them as a parent as well.

It’s the most priceless gift you’ll ever give your kids.

Back before we had phones, many families made homemade movies. We had these VHS tapes or whatever object and watched our family memories play on the screen. We would sit together and replay these videos, laughing and crying and telling stories amidst the nostalgia. It would help solidify those memories into our brains. We could replay a family member's facial expressions and laughter to our heart's content.

Despite having a device on us 24/7 and even taking videos and photos and posting them on social media for the world to see, we have ironically lost our intentionality when it comes to preserving these memories. Back in the day, when we took video, we didn't do it daily and super frequently. It was usually a special occasion, like our yearly trip to the lake or Christmas etc. This helped it become a permanent object in our home. It was also easier to do something with the videos, because we just ejected the tape and put it in it's special place.

So what can we do in the modern time period to bridge the gap between the way we did things and the way we do things now? Because what we are doing now is not ideal. How can we show our kids their lives growing up if we don't do something with our videos we take? We can't sit them down daily and watch our memories pop up on Facebook.

One way to make sure in 10, 20, 30 years we have true video to show our family, is to hire someone like me to capture your family every year. I will spend 2-3 hours filming and photographing your family. The entire session is custom to what your family normally does, to what memories are important to you. Each year, your film changes, and your family has changed. And you know that no matter what happens with phones or social media, you'll have videos to cherish and show for years to come.

I know there are 364 days left in the year I won't be with you to video, and you will want to use that device. So what can you do? The best thing you can do is sit down once a month and do something with your memories on your device. I use http://artifactuprising.com  and print yearly albums from the images I post on Instagram. Each album is labeled by year.

But what about video? I have one friend who uses an app called 1 second everyday. Each month she makes a video of her family's month from videos on her phone.

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If you live in the Franklin or Nashville, Tennessee area and want a film, I would be HONORED to capture your family. I also travel for films a handful of times a year, so if you do not live near me, feel free to inquire! I also offer documentary family photography - if you are not ready for a film or if I am booked for films.