Family Films

Nostalgic documentary films woven gently into family sessions.

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Our lives are full of iPhone snippets. What’s missing is a single thing you can sit and watch with your kids to remember an era. Little films — the sound of laughter, a hand brushing grass, sunlight glinting off hair as they moved.

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Add a film to your family photo session

1. A Short Family Film

A seamless add-on to a Custom Lifestyle session. We extend your time slightly and capture movement between still photographs. The final edit is a short highlight reel that lives beautifully alongside your gallery.

Includes

  • One human taking photos & video
  • Adds 15 minutes to your session
  • 1–2 minute video
  • Set to licensed music

Starting at $750

Click below, and you can schedule a Custom Lifestyle Photo Session + add a Short Family Film.

2. Documentary Film

One of my filmmaking partners joins us for the full session, working alongside me to create a more layered and immersive film. This version carries more environmental sound, more dialogue, and a fuller narrative arc.

Includes

  • Dedicated videographer
  • 3 – 4 minute video
  • Licensed music
  • Interwoven voices & sounds
  • Watch a sample Documentary Film

Starting at $1750

Family of three walk headland trail towards the ocean as toddler looks back towards the camera.

Or check out…

The Inspiration Series

Curated sessions with film included. Select Inspiration Experiences are designed with video built in from the start. If you find a session with video that’s right for your family, this is the simplest option!

– Hanna

“You two make an incredible team. You both have such great energy with the kids and made the whole morning feel easy and fun, just like another day at the beach.”

Film Team

I work alongside two talented Marin-based filmmakers.

For session add-ons, I hand off footage to edit. For full-length films, one of them joins the session from start to finish.

Either way, the goal is the same – photos and films that feel cut from the same cloth.

Sean

He brings a quiet, observational quality to everything he shoots. Easy to be around. Work that’s hard to ignore on screen.

Sean grew up in the forests and coastal landscapes of Marin, and it shows in his work. He’s been making films since he was six — narrative, documentary, music videos — and his films have screened at festivals internationally, including an Official Selection at Berlin Commercial.

Louis

As an environmentalist, natural light and locations are his favorite ingredients for cooking up breathtaking footage.

Louis is a documentarian who often shoots and edits his own projects. His filmmaking reveals timeless, dreamlike moments in both everyday happenings and special events like weddings.

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